By now, most of us should be vaguely aware that artificial intelligence is hungry for power. Even if you don’t know the exact numbers, the charge that “AI is bad for the environment” is well-documented, bubbling from sources ranging from mainstream press to pop-science YouTube channels to tech trade media. Still, the AI industry as… Continue reading How Much Electricity It Actually Takes to Use AI May Surprise You
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Insurance Company Accused of Pressuring Medical Staff to Change Patients’ Status to “Do Not Resuscitate”
Image by Getty / Futurism UnitedHealth, the largest healthcare insurer in the United States, reportedly went to extreme lengths to deny care to seniors and cut costs to pad out its profit margins. As The Guardian reports, nurse practitioners say that UnitedHealth pressed them to change patients’ status to “do not resuscitate” — even after… Continue reading Insurance Company Accused of Pressuring Medical Staff to Change Patients’ Status to “Do Not Resuscitate”
Hawk Tuah Girl Admits She Knew Essentially Zero About Crypto When Her Disastrous Meme Coin Launched
Influencer Haliey Welch, who rose to fame as the “Hawk Tuah” girl from a viral TikTok video last year, became the epicenter of a major controversy after launching a dubious cryptocurrency meme coin called $HAWK in December. The token hit the roof in mere hours, reaching a market cap of almost half a billion dollars,… Continue reading Hawk Tuah Girl Admits She Knew Essentially Zero About Crypto When Her Disastrous Meme Coin Launched
CEO Who Bragged About Replacing Human Workers With AI Realizes He Made a Terrible Mistake
The company’s net losses just doubled. Do No Klarn Swedish buy-now-pay-later company Klarna, whose CEO once bragged about its automated customer service AI bots doing the work of “700 full-time agents,” is now in deep trouble. The fintech outfit is facing net losses of $99 million for the first quarter of this year, CNBC reports, which… Continue reading CEO Who Bragged About Replacing Human Workers With AI Realizes He Made a Terrible Mistake
A Billion Dollar AI Startup Just Collapsed Spectacularly
As the artificial intelligence industry struggles with ever-rising costs — not to mention a steady uptick in hallucinations — investors are getting impatient. One investment firm went as far as seizing $37 million from accounts owned by Builder.ai, a UK-based AI startup meant to make developing apps “as easy as ordering a pizza.” That left… Continue reading A Billion Dollar AI Startup Just Collapsed Spectacularly
After Leaving the Government in Ruins, Elon Musk Says He’s Giving Up on Politics
Even a centibillionaire’s pockets only run so deep. With moths fluttering from his wallet, Elon Musk says he’s going to do “a lot less” political spending from now on, as he steps back from his active involvement in the Trump administration. “I think I’ve done enough,” Musk said Tuesday during an interview at the Qatar… Continue reading After Leaving the Government in Ruins, Elon Musk Says He’s Giving Up on Politics
The Microplastics in Your Brain May Be Causing Mental Health Issues
Image by Getty / Futurism Each of our brains is swimming in enough microplastics to form a plastic spoon, scientists discovered earlier this year. Since then, medical researchers have been scrambling to understand how that could affect our neurological health. Now, ominous data is starting to trickle in, with new research comprising four papers published in… Continue reading The Microplastics in Your Brain May Be Causing Mental Health Issues
Elon Musk Gets Rattled by Hard Questions He Can’t Answer, Calls Interviewer an “NPC” While Giving One-Word NPC-Like Responses Himself
Billionaire Elon Musk made a bafflingly childish appearance this week at Bloomberg‘s Qatar Economic Forum. While being asked some hard — but entirely fair — questions by UK broadcaster Mishal Husain, covering topics such as his highly questionable work at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, the massive hits Tesla has taken as a result,… Continue reading Elon Musk Gets Rattled by Hard Questions He Can’t Answer, Calls Interviewer an “NPC” While Giving One-Word NPC-Like Responses Himself
Journalists at Chicago Newspaper “Deeply Disturbed” That “Disaster” AI Slop Was Printed Alongside Their Real Work
Writers at The Chicago Sun-Times, a daily newspaper owned by Chicago Public Media, are speaking out following the paper’s publishing of AI-generated misinformation, urging that the “disaster” content threatens the paper’s reputation and hard-earned reader trust. The Sun-Times came under fire this week after readers called attention to a “summer reading list” published in the… Continue reading Journalists at Chicago Newspaper “Deeply Disturbed” That “Disaster” AI Slop Was Printed Alongside Their Real Work
Elon Musk Says Being Tesla CEO Might Kill Him
America’s most infamous tech baron has no plans to quit Tesla anytime soon, according to a recent interview. Speaking remotely as a looming, dystopian figure (something he seems to love) at Bloomberg’s Qatar Economic Forum on Tuesday, Musk said he was committed to leading Tesla for at least the next five years. “No doubt about that… Continue reading Elon Musk Says Being Tesla CEO Might Kill Him