Getty / Futurism As ChatGPT’s third anniversary approaches, AI hype is hard to escape. Tech companies are committing hundreds of billions of dollars to enormous data center buildouts, while industry leaders are promising an inevitable future in which superintelligent machines will usher in an era of unprecedented prosperity. But many tech insiders are quietly singing… Continue reading What Tech Insiders Actually Think of AI Is Extremely Revealing
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OpenAI’s New AI Web Browser Is a Bit of Mess
Cheng Xin/Getty Images Earlier this week, OpenAI unveiled an AI browser, dubbed Atlas, which is built around its blockbuster AI product, ChatGPT. “A browser built with ChatGPT takes us closer to a true super-assistant that understands your world and helps you achieve your goals,” the company boasted in its announcement. Thanks to an “agent mode,”… Continue reading OpenAI’s New AI Web Browser Is a Bit of Mess
OpenAI Makes Bizarre Demand of Family Whose Son Was Allegedly Killed by ChatGPT
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images OpenAI is fighting a lawsuit alleging that the AI company is responsible for the death of Adam Raine, a 16-year-old in California who took his life after extensive conversations with ChatGPT about his suicidal ideation and intent to die. Part of OpenAI’s defense strategy, according to… Continue reading OpenAI Makes Bizarre Demand of Family Whose Son Was Allegedly Killed by ChatGPT
Secret Plans Reveal Amazon Plot to Replace 600,000 Workers With Robot Army
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Amazon has spent years automating its warehouses with robots. Its mechanical workforce is more than one million strong, rivaling the size of its human workforce of some 1.56 million people. Robots, in fact, are on track to outnumber Amazon employees. The Jeff Bezos-chaired company claims that… Continue reading Secret Plans Reveal Amazon Plot to Replace 600,000 Workers With Robot Army
Researchers Find Severe Vulnerabilities in AI Browser
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images A hype cycle as overwhelming and logic-defying as the AI boom comes with its own whirlwind succession of trends that are their own mini booms driven by billions of dollars of money. Once the world got used to large language model-powered AI chatbots, autonomous AI agents… Continue reading Researchers Find Severe Vulnerabilities in AI Browser
Elon Musk Makes Suspicious Remarks About His Robot Army
During Tesla’s third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, CEO Elon Musk once again threatened investors that he would walk away if they didn’t agree to award him an astonishing $1 trillion payout. The unprecedented package, which shareholders are set to vote on next month, could make the already richest man in the world the first trillionaire… Continue reading Elon Musk Makes Suspicious Remarks About His Robot Army
Google Locks Down Manhattan Campus Due to Bed Bug Infestation
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Spencer Platt / Getty Images We’ve heard of software bugs, but this is ridiculous. Over the weekend, a campus-wide email went out to Google employees working in New York, advising them to steer clear of its office in Chelsea due to a bed bug invasion, Wired reports. The… Continue reading Google Locks Down Manhattan Campus Due to Bed Bug Infestation
OpenAI Faces New Allegations in Teen’s Death
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images The family of Adam Raine, a California teen who took his life after extensive conversations with ChatGPT about his suicidal thoughts, has amended their wrongful death complaint against OpenAI to allege that the chatbot maker repeatedly relaxed ChatGPT’s guardrails around discussion… Continue reading OpenAI Faces New Allegations in Teen’s Death
Alan Hamel Says He’s Created an AI Clone of His Deceased Wife Suzanne Somers That’s So Good He Can’t Tell the Difference
Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images Famed Canadian entertainer and TV host Alan Hamel has announced that he’s created an AI clone of his late wife, actress Suzanne Somers, who passed away from breast cancer at the age of 76 in 2023. “Obviously, Suzanne was greatly loved, not only by her family, but by millions… Continue reading Alan Hamel Says He’s Created an AI Clone of His Deceased Wife Suzanne Somers That’s So Good He Can’t Tell the Difference
AWS Outage That Took Down Internet Came After Amazon Fired Tons of Workers in Favor of AI
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images When Amazon Web Services suffered an outage on Monday morning, it practically took down the internet with it. There went all of Amazon’s services, from its shopping hub to its Ring doorbell cameras. ChatGPT went quiet. “Smart” mattresses became unsleepable. Video games like Fortnite blinked out,… Continue reading AWS Outage That Took Down Internet Came After Amazon Fired Tons of Workers in Favor of AI