They were reassigned to work on the Model Y instead. CyberSlump Tesla is moving workers away from Cybertruck production at its Austin factory to focus on the Model Y instead, with three workers at the plant telling Business Insider that they were being reassigned to work on the best-selling SUV. The Elon Musk-led EV maker… Continue reading Tesla Moves Workers Away From Cybertruck Production as Demand Slumps
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A Boeing Jet’s Nose Was Caught on Video Suddenly Collapsing to the Ground
“We can already confirm that no technical problem is at the origin of this incident.” Nasal Passage In Belgium, a Boeing 737 jetliner quite literally fell on its nose — and the airline behind it is stumped as to what happened. As Dutch-language Het Laatste Nieuws indicates, the nose landing gear of the TUI airlines-operated 737,… Continue reading A Boeing Jet’s Nose Was Caught on Video Suddenly Collapsing to the Ground
People Think the Hollywood Sign Is on Fire Because of AI Slop
Far-right hate speech incubator X is riddled with disinformation about the ongoing and devastating wildfires surrounding Los Angeles right now. The iconic Hollywood sign adorning the hills behind West Hollywood has quickly become a particularly popular inspiration for AI slop. A quick search on X reveals numerous fictional images and even videos showing the decades-old… Continue reading People Think the Hollywood Sign Is on Fire Because of AI Slop
Facebook Caught Hosting AI-Powered Hitler
The bare minimum: don’t create RoboHitler! RoboHitler Fresh on the heels of Meta-formerly-Facebook issuing a sweeping — not to mention both inexplicable and all-around awful — series of changes to its “hateful conduct” standards allowing for a much-expanded array of horrendous speech on its platform, an NBC investigation has revealed that the social media giant’s… Continue reading Facebook Caught Hosting AI-Powered Hitler
There’s a Fascinating Reason OpenAI Is Afraid to Launch Its AI-Powered “Agents”
One wonders why other AI companies aren’t being as cautious. Holding Off If you believe AI industry execs, the next big thing in the tech world will be so-called “AI agents” — models that are capable of interacting with their environment, like a computer desktop, allowing them to autonomously complete tasks without human intervention. Microsoft… Continue reading There’s a Fascinating Reason OpenAI Is Afraid to Launch Its AI-Powered “Agents”
Facebook Is Creating Fake AI-Powered Black Women While Changing Its Rules So It’s Okay to Harass Real Ones
With Meta’s new content moderation policies, the company is now allowing users to spew hate at real-life Black women, who are already disproportionately targeted by online vitriol — even as it plans to move forward with AI “characters” that mimic them. In a new editorial, Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah published an abridged version of her lengthy chat… Continue reading Facebook Is Creating Fake AI-Powered Black Women While Changing Its Rules So It’s Okay to Harass Real Ones
The Publisher of the Journal “Nature” Is Emailing Authors of Scientific Papers, Offering to Sell Them AI Summaries of Their Own Work
Springer Nature, the stalwart publisher of scientific journals including the prestigious Nature as well as the nearly 200-year-old magazine Scientific American, is approaching the authors of papers in its journals with AI-generated “Media Kits” to summarize and promote their research. In an email to journal authors obtained by Futurism, Springer told the scientists that its AI… Continue reading The Publisher of the Journal “Nature” Is Emailing Authors of Scientific Papers, Offering to Sell Them AI Summaries of Their Own Work
Crypto Platforms Like Polymarket Now Taking Bets on Los Angeles Fire Devastation
“Polymarket should be shut down for this.” Fire Sale As Los Angeles burns, users of the crypto-based platform Polymarket are gleefully placing bets on the devastation caused by the raging wildfire, which has already destroyed more than one thousand homes and killed at least two people. As of writing, there are at least nine running… Continue reading Crypto Platforms Like Polymarket Now Taking Bets on Los Angeles Fire Devastation
Facebook Now Allows Calling Women Personal Property
Meta’s new hate speech rules — or lack thereof — now allow users to make shockingly misogynistic claims on the company’s social networks. A perusal of the latest update to Meta’s “hateful conduct” rules reveals that a number of rules that barred users from comparing minorities to inanimate objects, including references to “women as household… Continue reading Facebook Now Allows Calling Women Personal Property
CEO Who Bragged About Replacing Workers With AI Now Distressed That AI Will Replace His Job Too
Last month, Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski boasted that he hadn’t hired anyone in a year as a result of his company embracing AI. Klarna’s workforce had shrunk by about 22 percent since doubling down roughly a year ago. Meanwhile, the company has amassed a valuation of well over $14 billion, in what Siemiatkowski frames as… Continue reading CEO Who Bragged About Replacing Workers With AI Now Distressed That AI Will Replace His Job Too