Are you serious? AI Claims Amid the fallout from UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder, the firm’s prescription drug middleman is under fire for a huge AI oopsie. As TechCrunch reports, a chatbot used by UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) to help employees figure out insurance claims and disputes was accidentally made public — and… Continue reading UnitedHealth Accidentally Makes Claims-Judging AI Public for Anyone to Use
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Cosmetic Surgeon Weighs in on “Parasite” Ravaging Brandi Glanville’s Face
Image by Gary Gershoff via Getty / Futurism A celebrity cosmetic surgeon is sounding off on Real Housewife Brandi Glanville’s alleged face parasite and urging her to handle it ASAP. In an interview with TMZ, Dr. Terry Dubrow of the plastic surgery nightmare show “Botched” suggested that “parasite” may be the wrong word for whatever… Continue reading Cosmetic Surgeon Weighs in on “Parasite” Ravaging Brandi Glanville’s Face
Apple AI Tells Users Luigi Mangione Has Shot Himself
“I am surprised that Apple put their name on such demonstrably half-baked product.” Claim Denied Apple’s generative AI should be making headlines. Instead, it’s making them up. Just days after its launch in the UK, the tech company’s Apple Intelligence model blurted out a totally fabricated headline about Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man who’s been… Continue reading Apple AI Tells Users Luigi Mangione Has Shot Himself
Former Governor of Maryland Mocked for Posting Video of “Drones” That Appear to Be Ordinary Stars
Former governor of Maryland Larry Hogan shared a video on Friday, claiming to have “personally witnessed (and videoed) what appeared to be dozens of large drones in the sky above my residence in Davidsonville, Maryland.” Claims of unidentified objects — some of which appear to be the size of cars — flying over much of… Continue reading Former Governor of Maryland Mocked for Posting Video of “Drones” That Appear to Be Ordinary Stars
Mexico Is Getting So Hot That Even Young People Are Dropping Dead
This doesn’t bode well. Killer Heat Scientists have found that it’s not just older adults succumbing to dangerous temperatures driven by climate change — even younger people may be more susceptible to extreme heat as well. As detailed in a new study published in the journal Science Advances, researchers found that three-fourths of heat-related deaths… Continue reading Mexico Is Getting So Hot That Even Young People Are Dropping Dead
Schools Using AI to Send Police to Students’ Homes
“It was one of the worst experiences of her life.” Worst Experience Schools are employing dubious AI-powered software to accuse teenagers of wanting to harm themselves and sending the cops to their homes as a result — with often chaotic and traumatic results. As the New York Times reports, software being installed on high school… Continue reading Schools Using AI to Send Police to Students’ Homes
Fusion Startup Conducts Strange Ceremony Involving Woman With Wires Coming Out of Her Back
That’s one way to get investors. Spectacular Oracular Earlier this year in a Silicon Valley warehouse, a nuclear fusion startup held a strange secret ceremony that featured, among other things, a bunch of giant capacitors and a woman with wires attached to her back playing piano alongside a robotic arm. As Wired reports, attendees at the… Continue reading Fusion Startup Conducts Strange Ceremony Involving Woman With Wires Coming Out of Her Back
Shop Scrutinized for Selling Human Bodies Out of a Strip Mall
Image by Getty / Futurism In Las Vegas, a strip mall corpse salesman’s shady dealings are drawing controversy. As NBC News reports, the near-complete lack of regulations surrounding the educational body broker business provided ample room for Obteen Nassiri, the manager of Vegas’ Med Ed Labs, to sell human bodies in a shop located between a… Continue reading Shop Scrutinized for Selling Human Bodies Out of a Strip Mall
Paul McCartney Reverses Opinion on AI After Using It to Produce New “Beatles” Song, Now Alarmed It Will “Wipe Out” the Music Industry
“A very sad thing indeed.” White Knight Despite previously using artificial intelligence tools to help resuscitate old John Lennon vocals, fellow Beatle Paul McCartney is now singing a different tune about the tech. As the Guardian reports, the benighted Beatle has issued a statement ahead of the UK parliament’s debate over amending its data bill… Continue reading Paul McCartney Reverses Opinion on AI After Using It to Produce New “Beatles” Song, Now Alarmed It Will “Wipe Out” the Music Industry
Twitter’s Traffic Appears to Be Falling Off a Cliff
Over the past few months, traffic to the site formerly known as Twitter has taken an absolute nosedive as competitors like Bluesky and Threads continue to bring in more and more users. According to the traffic-estimating service Similarweb, visits to the Elon Musk-owned social network now known as X have plummeted drastically over the past… Continue reading Twitter’s Traffic Appears to Be Falling Off a Cliff