Boohoo. Shut Down Tesla CEO Elon Musk has lost his bid to get his absurdly astronomical pay package — currently valued at just north of $100 billion — reinstated. In January, Delaware judge Kathaleen McCormick deemed the largest compensation plan in US history null and void, arguing that Musk had full control over Tesla and… Continue reading Elon Must Just Got Absolutely Owned
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It Sounds an Awful Lot Like OpenAI Is Adding Ads to ChatGPT
Ads inside ChatGPT may be on the horizon. Ad Age They’re not copping to much yet, but recent hiring activity and wishy-washy statements make it seem an awful lot like OpenAI is planning to introduce ads into its suite of products like ChatGPT. As the Financial Times reports, the company is hiring ad talent away from… Continue reading It Sounds an Awful Lot Like OpenAI Is Adding Ads to ChatGPT
Infamous Billionaire Accused of Running Bizarre Human Birthing Scheme
Image by Getty / Futurism An infamous insurance billionaire has been accused by several women of operating a bizarre “baby project” to build a giant white family. In a wide-reaching exposé, Bloomberg reports that North Carolina insurance tycoon Greg Lindberg operated this scheme by manipulating young women into donating eggs to him — and signing over… Continue reading Infamous Billionaire Accused of Running Bizarre Human Birthing Scheme
ChatGPT Is Absolutely Butchering Reporting From Its “News Partners”
A review by Columbia’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism found that OpenAI’s ChatGPT search — a newer version of OpenAI’s flagship chatbot designed to paraphrase web queries and provide links to proper sources — is routinely mangling reporting from news outlets, including OpenAI “news partners” that have signed content licensing deals with the AI industry leader.… Continue reading ChatGPT Is Absolutely Butchering Reporting From Its “News Partners”
Scientists Intrigued by Large Dark Shapes Appearing on Surface of Jupiter
Something’s up. Magnetic Tornadoes Researchers have observed mysterious “dark ovals,” each roughly the size of the Earth, appearing on the polar regions of Jupiter on the ultraviolet spectrum. The gas giant, whose Great Red Spot has already puzzled astronomers for centuries, has an extremely powerful magnetic field which scientists say could be behind the odd… Continue reading Scientists Intrigued by Large Dark Shapes Appearing on Surface of Jupiter
Scientists Say Skeletons Show Ancient Humans With Huge Heads
“I think the record is more expansive than most specialists have been assuming.” Big Brain Time Scientists are suggesting that a “large-headed” group of extinct humans once lived during the same time as homo sapiens — that’s us, of course — hundreds of millennia ago in what’s now modern-day China. As detailed in a paper published in the… Continue reading Scientists Say Skeletons Show Ancient Humans With Huge Heads
Cybertrucks Appear to Have a Bafflingly Stupid Problem When It Snows
“I can’t believe Tesla just didn’t think about this.” Snow Crash Cybertruck owners are discovering yet another eyebrow-raising decision Tesla made while designing the divisive truck: the front bumper excels at collecting snow and ice, obscuring the headlights with icy buildup during the wintry conditions in which it’s supposed to excel. In a video shared on… Continue reading Cybertrucks Appear to Have a Bafflingly Stupid Problem When It Snows
Crypto Guy Buys $6.2 Million Banana, Eats It on the Spot
It’s one banana. What could it cost, $6.2 million? Money in the Banana Stand A crypto baron spent a whopping $6.2 million on a banana duct-taped to a wall — a conceptual artwork titled “Comedian” by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan — at a Sotheby’s auction in New York last week. Instead of “hodling,” by allowing… Continue reading Crypto Guy Buys $6.2 Million Banana, Eats It on the Spot
Man Renovates Decommissioned Missile Silo Into Delightful Airbnb, Attracts “Swingers”
“I’m not a full doomsday prepper, but I like the idea of being prepared for the unknown.” Doomsdairbnb A man in Arkansas turned a decommissioned missile silo into a lavish short-term rental property. But whether it was a wise long-term investment remains to be seen. As owner GT Hill tells Business Insider, he bought the silo… Continue reading Man Renovates Decommissioned Missile Silo Into Delightful Airbnb, Attracts “Swingers”
Man Busted Dumping Toxic Waste in Human Cemetery
Do not do this. Grave Mistake UK courts sentenced a man to 12 months in jail after he was found ditching his asbestos waste in a cemetery. Security cameras caught the man, 36-year-old Damian Barr, dropping off large hunks of what seems to be toxic paneling in a dumpster at the Foster Hill Road Cemetery… Continue reading Man Busted Dumping Toxic Waste in Human Cemetery