“Normally, on an airport with a runway at the end, you don’t have a wall.” Localizer Tragedy In South Korea, a jet quite literally crashed and burned when it hit a wall that was placed at the end of an airport runway, killing 179 passengers. As the BBC reports, the pilot of the Jeju Air plane… Continue reading Experts Alarmed by Huge Wall at Airport That Jet Crashed Into, Killing 179 Passengers
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OpenAI Admits It Needs Vastly More Money Than It Thought
Of course it does. Fund and Games The former entirely-nonprofit-company known as OpenAI says it needs a boatload of more cash as it plans to transform its corporate structure to prioritize making money. In an announcement Friday, the ChatGPT maker argued that by creating a for-profit corporation to control its commercial enterprises, it can make… Continue reading OpenAI Admits It Needs Vastly More Money Than It Thought
OpenAI’s Latest AI Can Cost More Than $1,000 Per Query
Brainpower, at an extreme premium. Money to Burn OpenAI’s recently unveiled o3 model is purportedly its most powerful AI yet, but with one big drawback: it costs ungodly sums of money to run, TechCrunch reports. Announced just over a week ago, o3 “reasons” through problems using a technique known as test-time compute — as in,… Continue reading OpenAI’s Latest AI Can Cost More Than $1,000 Per Query
Elon Musk Begs People on Twitter to Be Nicer
“Too late. You created this cesspool.” Golden Rule Elon Musk just wants to be a wholesome guy. On Sunday, the tech centibillionaire made a humble plea on his website X — formerly Twitter — to his over two hundred million followers: “Please post a bit more positive, beautiful or informative content on this platform.” From… Continue reading Elon Musk Begs People on Twitter to Be Nicer
Facebook Planning to Flood Platform with AI-Powered Users
“We expect these AIs to actually, over time, exist on our platforms, kind of in the same way that accounts do.” Bot Net Were you hoping that bots on social media would be a thing of the past? Well, don’t hold your breath. Meta says that it will be aiming to have Facebook filled with… Continue reading Facebook Planning to Flood Platform with AI-Powered Users
“Brain Rot” Is Poisoning Our Minds
Image by Getty/Futurism It turns out that the slang “brain rot” may not be an inaccurate description of what’s actually going on in our domes while we endlessly scroll TikTok. As Spanish newspaper El País reports, a growing body of scientific evidence over the past decade suggests that consuming mind-numbing content, from sources ranging from… Continue reading “Brain Rot” Is Poisoning Our Minds
MAGA Figures Turn on Elon Musk for Not Hating Immigrants Enough
We may be seeing some of the first major fissures forming in the dalliance between Donald Trump and his billionaire backer Elon Musk. Over the holiday week, Musk entered into a heated online conflict with notable pro-Trump figure and culture warrior Laura Loomer over the president-elect’s immigration policy, the Washington Post reports. The debacle saw… Continue reading MAGA Figures Turn on Elon Musk for Not Hating Immigrants Enough
Stupidly Easy Hack Can Jailbreak Even the Most Advanced AI Chatbots
Are you serious? Typo Personality It sure sounds like some of the industry’s smartest leading AI models are gullible suckers. As 404 Media reports, new research from Claude chatbot developer Anthropic reveals that it’s incredibly easy to “jailbreak” large language models, which basically means tricking them into ignoring their own guardrails. Like, really easy. What… Continue reading Stupidly Easy Hack Can Jailbreak Even the Most Advanced AI Chatbots
Dead OpenAI Whistleblower Had Been Named as Potential Witness in Lawsuit Against Employer
He said he’d “try to testify.” Spill the Beans Suchir Balaji, the young OpenAI whistleblower whose death was made public earlier this month, was apparently being considered as a witness against his former employer in a major lawsuit, The Associated Press reports. Shortly before his passing, the 26-year old Balaji had sounded the alarm on… Continue reading Dead OpenAI Whistleblower Had Been Named as Potential Witness in Lawsuit Against Employer
Touchy Trump Insists That He’s Not Taking Orders From Elon Musk
The President doth protest too much. Pecking Order Donald Trump is starting to sound markedly testy about people insinuating that his “First Buddy” Elon Musk is the real one running the show. During an appearance on Sunday at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest conference in Phoenix, the Republican president-elect mocked the idea that he’s “ceded the… Continue reading Touchy Trump Insists That He’s Not Taking Orders From Elon Musk