Image by Getty / Futurism Our next potential leader of US health policy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, wants to ban adding fluoride to public drinking water — a practice that experts agree has remarkably elevated teeth health for millions of Americans at little cost. In a country where many people don’t have access to dental… Continue reading When They Took Fluoride Out of the Water Like RFK Jr. Wants to Do Everywhere, People’s Teeth Started Rotting Out of Their Heads
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Change to Twitter Suggests Elon Musk Is Panicking Over Users Leaving for Bluesky
He’s scared. Nothing to See X owner Elon Musk appears to be spooked by the continuous flow of users leaving the social media platform in favor of alternatives like BlueSky and Meta’s Threads. In a surprising move last week, Musk announced that the platform would start allowing users to hide likes, shares, and reposts —… Continue reading Change to Twitter Suggests Elon Musk Is Panicking Over Users Leaving for Bluesky
Former Google CEO Alarmed by Teen Boys Falling in Love With AI Girlfriends
“You put a 12- or 13-year-old in front of these things…” TFW AI GF Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt seems mighty concerned about today’s youth becoming obsessed with AI girlfriends. During a recent interview on “The Prof G Show” podcast, Schmidt suggested that both parents and young people are ill-equipped to handle what he calls… Continue reading Former Google CEO Alarmed by Teen Boys Falling in Love With AI Girlfriends
Three Recent High School Grads Dead in Grisly Cybertruck Crash
This is absolutely tragic. Up in Smoke In Northern California, a group of recent high school graduates have died in a Cybertruck inferno. As San Francisco’s KTVU reports, four young people who graduated high school last year in the town of Piedmont had been inside the Tesla vehicle when it slammed into a barrier and caught… Continue reading Three Recent High School Grads Dead in Grisly Cybertruck Crash
Elon Musk Demands Ownership of InfoWars Social Accounts
You don’t own your social media account. Not on Musk’s platform, anyway. No Accountability Ever the center of attention, Elon Musk — through his social media site X, formerly Twitter — has managed to barge his way into the ongoing sale of Infowars to The Onion. In case you’re not up to speed, the satirical publication… Continue reading Elon Musk Demands Ownership of InfoWars Social Accounts
Character.AI Confirms Mass Deletion of Fandom Characters, Says They’re Not Coming Back
Sorry, fandoms: it sounds like your favorite Character.AI bots aren’t coming back. The embattled AI companion company Character.AI confirmed to Futurism that it removed a large number of characters from its platform, citing its adherence to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA) and copyright law, but failing to say whether the deletions were proactive or in… Continue reading Character.AI Confirms Mass Deletion of Fandom Characters, Says They’re Not Coming Back
OpenAI’s Super-Powerful “Sora” AI Video Generator Appears to Have Leaked
“We are not your free bug testers, PR puppets, training data, validation tokens.” Sora Spot A group of unhappy artists say they’ve leaked OpenAI’s video generator Sora. The text-to-video model was first announced in February of this year, with the company showing off its impressive ability to generate photorealistic — albeit imperfect — video footage.… Continue reading OpenAI’s Super-Powerful “Sora” AI Video Generator Appears to Have Leaked
Trump’s Huge New Tariffs Spell Trouble for the AI Industry
Did he think this one through? Off the Rack President-elect Donald Trump’s newly-announced tariffs represent yet another headache for the troubled AI industry. Long a part of Trump’s bid to get back into the White House, raising tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico is now a cornerstone of the real estate mogul’s bold and short-sighted… Continue reading Trump’s Huge New Tariffs Spell Trouble for the AI Industry
Congressman Asks FEMA Head If She’s Controlling Weather, Sending Hurricanes to Trump Voters’ Homes
“Why would anybody want to bring harm to the American people?” Rainmaker In an apparent attempt to dispel hurricane misinformation, a member of Congress asked the head of FEMA outright if she controls the weather. As spotted by Mediaite, Illinois Democrat Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi used part of his time during a recent Congressional hearing to highlight… Continue reading Congressman Asks FEMA Head If She’s Controlling Weather, Sending Hurricanes to Trump Voters’ Homes
Users Furious as Character.AI Deletes Countless Beloved “Harry Potter” Chatbots
The troubled chatbot company Character.AI appears to be mass-removing “Harry Potter”-themed AI characters from its platform — and users are in an uproar. The Reddit forum r/characterAI has been flooded since yesterday with posts from users claiming that chatbots based on the “Harry Potter” franchise had suddenly been deactivated at scale. When we took a… Continue reading Users Furious as Character.AI Deletes Countless Beloved “Harry Potter” Chatbots