It was meant to be. Prophecy Foretold Twitter alternative Bluesky has skyrocketed in popularity ever since Donald Trump was reelected as US president earlier this month. Over the last week alone, its user base doubled to 15 million users, then blew past 19.5 million. The small team behind the operation is racing to keep up with… Continue reading The CEO of Bluesky’s Actual Name Means “Blue Sky” in Chinese
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Scientists Say Aliens May Be Hiding in the Multiverse
“We may not live in the most likely of universes.” Into the SETIverse Scientists suggest that the reason why we have yet to find aliens could be that they’re hiding in a parallel universe. As detailed in a new paper published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, a team led by… Continue reading Scientists Say Aliens May Be Hiding in the Multiverse
Elon Musk Reportedly Gets in Blowout Fight With Trump Adviser at Mar-a-Lago Dinner
The girls are fighting. Blow-Up Dolls It’s only been a few weeks since Elon Musk’s money helped bring Donald Trump back to the White House — and already, the billionaire seems to be causing problems. According to insiders who spoke to Axios, Musk and Donald Trump’s indicted lawyer Boris Epshteyn got into what the outlet’s sources… Continue reading Elon Musk Reportedly Gets in Blowout Fight With Trump Adviser at Mar-a-Lago Dinner
Trump Reportedly Planning to Let Self-Driving Cars Loose
Now that Trump is in the White House, Musk could fast-track the Cybercab. Green Light President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration is expected to attempt to widen the rules governing self-driving cars — news that has sent Tesla’s stock soaring by almost more than five percent on Monday. Loosening regulations surrounding the rules of driverless vehicles… Continue reading Trump Reportedly Planning to Let Self-Driving Cars Loose
Robot Dog Spotted Guarding Mar-a-Lago
“DO NOT PET.” Pet Sounds The US Secret Service has deployed a Boston Dynamics Spot robot dog to patrol president-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. While the quadruped isn’t armed, as the BBC reports, its legs are emblazoned with an ominous message to passersby: “DO NOT PET.” The robot’s deployment shouldn’t come… Continue reading Robot Dog Spotted Guarding Mar-a-Lago
Sam Altman Points Out That Elon Musk’s “Anti-Woke” Grok AI Seems to Actually Support Kamala Harris
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had a very simple question for xAI CEO Elon Musk’s foul-mouthed Grok chatbot: who would make for a “better overall president for the United States?” The chatbot, which Musk has long positioned as the “anti-woke” alternative to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, had an equally simple answer: Kamala Harris. Grok listed a number of… Continue reading Sam Altman Points Out That Elon Musk’s “Anti-Woke” Grok AI Seems to Actually Support Kamala Harris
Judging Them Blind, Humans Appear to Prefer AI-Generated Poems
Suck it, Shakespeare. Dead Poets Scientists have found that readers have a lot of trouble telling apart AI-generated and human-written poetry — even works by the likes of William Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson. Even more surprisingly, the researchers found that humans generally prefer the former over the latter, which could bode poorly for the role… Continue reading Judging Them Blind, Humans Appear to Prefer AI-Generated Poems
Barbers Alarmed When Customers Start Asking for AI-Generated Haircuts
“Usually it’s got a sheen.” Taper Expectations Most of us are probably guilty of having unrealistic expectations for how our haircuts should look. Showing your barber a photo of David Beckham, sadly, does not mean you will strut out the shop looking like the iconic soccer champion. That being said, bringing a photo of a… Continue reading Barbers Alarmed When Customers Start Asking for AI-Generated Haircuts
Scientist Injects Her Own Cancerous Tumor With Viruses She Grew in Lab
Image by Getty / Futurism Upon learning she had a breast cancer tumor, a Croatian virologist decided to grow her own viruses to fight the disease — a radical departure from medical norms that appears to have worked. As the journal Nature reports, the risky self-treatment gambit undertaken by the University of Zagreb’s Beata Halassy has… Continue reading Scientist Injects Her Own Cancerous Tumor With Viruses She Grew in Lab
US Military Tests AI-Powered Machine Gun
What could go wrong? Gun Bots US Defense Department contractor Allen Control Systems (ACS) has developed an artificial intelligence-powered autonomous robotic gun system called the “Bullfrog,” which can target small drones using proprietary computer vision software. As Wired reports, the Defense Department tested out the system during the Technology Readiness Experimentation event earlier this year,… Continue reading US Military Tests AI-Powered Machine Gun