Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, has gone absolutely bonkers and is flooding X-formerly-Twitter with bizarre posts about “white genocide” in response to completely unrelated tweets. The issue was flagged online by Aric Toler, a visual investigative journalist for The New York Times, and first reported by Gizmodo. Ask Grok abut anything, it seems — HBO Max’s latest… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Unhinged Grok AI Is Rambling About “White Genocide” in Completely Unrelated Tweets
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Tesla Is Seriously Struggling With Its Robotaxi Service
During Tesla’s earnings call last month, CEO Elon Musk admitted that the carmaker’s much-lauded self-driving robotaxi service would be relying on safety drivers. As The Information reports, the company is already woefully behind schedule and hasn’t even started testing its autonomous vehicles without a safety driver as of April. And the company is quickly running… Continue reading Tesla Is Seriously Struggling With Its Robotaxi Service
SoundCloud Backtracks on AI and Changes Policies After Artist Outrage
SoundCloud has altered its platform policies to require opt-ins for training generative AI models with artists’ music following widespread user backlash, the company announced today in a letter from its CEO. On Friday, Futurism broke the story that SoundCloud had quietly updated its Terms of Use (TOU) in February 2024 with language allowing it to… Continue reading SoundCloud Backtracks on AI and Changes Policies After Artist Outrage
Student Livid After Catching Her Professor Using ChatGPT, Asks For Her Money Back
Many students aren’t allowed to use artificial intelligence to do their assignments — and when they catch their teachers doing so, they’re often peeved. In an interview with the New York Times, one such student — Northeastern’s Ella Stapleton — was shocked earlier this year when she began to suspect that her business professor had generated lecture… Continue reading Student Livid After Catching Her Professor Using ChatGPT, Asks For Her Money Back
As Sales Continue to Plummet, Tesla Is Considering a Massive Payday for Elon Musk
As car sales plunge and its brand image goes up in flames, Tesla’s board has formed a special committee of exactly two people to review CEO Elon Musk’s compensation — including potentially offering him a brand new pay package in stock options, the Financial Times reports. The two committee members are Tesla’s chair, Robyn Denholm,… Continue reading As Sales Continue to Plummet, Tesla Is Considering a Massive Payday for Elon Musk
Colorado Has a Massive Home-Grown Crypto Crime Problem
A Chinese crypto service called Xinbi Guarantee, an online marketplace for laundering money, for-hire harassment, hacking rings, and sex trafficking, was hiding in plain sight in Colorado — until crypto-tracking group Elliptic caught wind of the operation. According to the firm’s latest report, Xinbi’s business was mostly conducted through the freewheeling messaging site Telegram, where… Continue reading Colorado Has a Massive Home-Grown Crypto Crime Problem
Trump’s Memecoin Tanked, But His Family Has a New Crypto Hustle
Like father, like sons. Scam Fam Donald Trump’s eponymous meme coin is all but worthless now — but that’s not stopping his kids from launching their next crypto scheme. As Bloomberg and other outlets report, the president’s sons, Eric and Donald Jr., are taking their Bitcoin mining venture public on the traditional stock markets. Known… Continue reading Trump’s Memecoin Tanked, But His Family Has a New Crypto Hustle
Company Regrets Replacing All Those Pesky Human Workers With AI, Just Wants Its Humans Back
Two years after partnering with OpenAI to automate marketing and customer service jobs, financial tech startup Klarna says it’s longing for human connection again. Once gunning to be OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s “favorite guinea pig,” Klarna is now plotting a big recruitment drive after its AI customer service agents couldn’t quite hack it. The buy-now-pay-later… Continue reading Company Regrets Replacing All Those Pesky Human Workers With AI, Just Wants Its Humans Back
As Crisis at Tesla Deepens, a Hail Mary Is Turning Out to Be a Major Bust
Tesla investors were hopeful that the latest refresh of the EV maker’s bestselling Model Y would breathe new life into plummeting sales. But say it ain’t so: The addition to the company’s rapidly-aging lineup, which launched in January, has turned out to be a dud — at least as far as consumer interest is concerned.… Continue reading As Crisis at Tesla Deepens, a Hail Mary Is Turning Out to Be a Major Bust
Why Elon Musk Is Furious and Publicly Raging at His Own AI Chatbot, Grok
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, thinks that The Atlantic and The BBC are credible, reputable sources for news and information. Which is funny, because Musk — who’s engaged in a years-long project to erode trust in legacy media organizations and even specific journalists — doesn’t. And now, he’s furious at his own AI chatbot. The Musk-Grok tiff happened over… Continue reading Why Elon Musk Is Furious and Publicly Raging at His Own AI Chatbot, Grok