Content warning: this story discusses sexual abuse, self-harm, suicide, eating disorders and other disturbing topics. Earlier this week, Futurism reported that two families in Texas had filed a lawsuit accusing the Google-backed AI chatbot company Character.AI of sexually and emotionally abusing their school-aged children. The plaintiffs alleged that the startup’s chatbots encouraged a teenage boy… Continue reading Google-Backed AI Startup Announces Plans to Stop Grooming Teenagers
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Congress Introduces Bills to Break Up UnitedHealth Group
Image by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty / Futurism Congress is pushing to break up the nation’s biggest insurance monopolies after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder last week sparked widespread anger. As the New York Times reports, a pair of bipartisan bills seek to force insurers and other healthcare companies to sell off their so-called… Continue reading Congress Introduces Bills to Break Up UnitedHealth Group
Real Housewife Details Battle With Parasite Living Inside Her Face
Image by Brandi Glanville via X / Getty / Futurism “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Brandi Glanville claims that she has a parasite living in her face that has caused her massive physical pain and embarrassment for a year-and-a-half. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the 52-year-old Bravo personality said she’s spent tens of… Continue reading Real Housewife Details Battle With Parasite Living Inside Her Face
Google Says It Appears to Have Accessed Parallel Universes
Google has made an eyebrow-raising claim, saying that its new quantum chip may be tapping into parallel universes to achieve its results. The search giant recently unveiled a new quantum computer chip, dubbed Willow, which — on a specific benchmark, at least — the company says can outperform any supercomputer in the world. “Willow’s performance on this… Continue reading Google Says It Appears to Have Accessed Parallel Universes
Home Security Startup Sauron Secures Funding for All-Seeing Eye
“The bad people, they know they’re being watched.” Mor-Don’t Life imitates art. And oftentimes, so do tech bro capitalists — although in a way that often makes us wonder if they actually understood the subject matter. Case in point, there’s a Silicon Valley start-up offering high-tech security and surveillance solutions for wealthy people’s personal abodes-turned-fortresses… Continue reading Home Security Startup Sauron Secures Funding for All-Seeing Eye
Cybertruck Owner Brags and Brags About Performance in Winter… Before Suffering Terrible Surprise
Tesla’s service center blew him off repeatedly while he was waiting for his truck to be fixed. Locked Up After discovering that his Cybertruck had a fatal flaw, allowing snow and ice to perfectly build up in front of the headlights, owner Joe Fay has encountered yet another glaring issue. After bragging on TikTok about… Continue reading Cybertruck Owner Brags and Brags About Performance in Winter… Before Suffering Terrible Surprise
Wanted Posters for More Insurance Executives Appearing in NYC
“Health care CEOs should not feel safe.” Threat Level Midnight Grim “wanted” posters for healthcare executives have started cropping up around New York City in the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s stunning assassination last week — and cops are worried about what it might mean. A short video posted to TikTok and shared widely… Continue reading Wanted Posters for More Insurance Executives Appearing in NYC
Character.AI Was Google Play’s “Best with AI” App of 2023
In the face of piling controversy — and a second lawsuit concerning the welfare of children — Google has taken pains to downplay its relationship to the embattled AI chatbot startup Character.AI. About this time last year, though? Google was crowning Character.AI as Google Play’s first-ever “Best with AI” app of the year. “AI made… Continue reading Character.AI Was Google Play’s “Best with AI” App of 2023
Cops Say CEO Shooter’s Pistol and Silencer Were Both 3D-Printed
Homemade solution. Rare Bird Police now sound confident that the handgun and suppressor found in possession of Luigi Mangione, the suspect charged with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, were fabricated with a 3D-printer, The New York Times reports. Initially, authorities had only suggested that the weapon may have been 3D-printed, but were… Continue reading Cops Say CEO Shooter’s Pistol and Silencer Were Both 3D-Printed
Luigi Mangione’s Notebook Details Plan to “Wack the CEO at the Annual Parasitic Bean-Counter Convention”
“It’s targeted, precise, and doesn’t risk innocents.” Wack AF Law enforcement has recovered a notebook that belonged to Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old who was charged with fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York last week. Mangione was spotted at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania on Monday, leading to his arrest. In addition to an… Continue reading Luigi Mangione’s Notebook Details Plan to “Wack the CEO at the Annual Parasitic Bean-Counter Convention”