Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Sven Hoppe / picture alliance via Getty Images Microsoft has continued to focus more and more on AI — almost certainly at the expense of its core products, like the Windows operating system. And unfortunately for the Redmond giant, the gambit doesn’t seem to be paying off. Current and… Continue reading Microsoft’s AI Efforts Are Faceplanting
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Trade Unions Alarmed by Robots Designed to Do Blue Collar Work
Photo by Tang Yanjun/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images When past generations imagined the best version of the future, it was one of leisure. Advertisements, cartoonists, and pulp novelists dared us to dream of a world where the spoils of industrial development were shared with all: robot butlers, transit by pneumatic tube, and more familiar… Continue reading Trade Unions Alarmed by Robots Designed to Do Blue Collar Work
The Reviews are in on Darren Aronofsky’s AI-Generated Show, and May We Just Say: “Yikes”
Darren Aronofsky has always been a divisive filmmaker. But the director of hits like “Black Swan,” “The Wrestler,” and “Requiem for a Dream” has now almost certainly blown up his credibility even with his die-hard fans, after cranking out an almost completely AI-generated historical video series. Called “On This Day … 1776,” the show, which… Continue reading The Reviews are in on Darren Aronofsky’s AI-Generated Show, and May We Just Say: “Yikes”
Butterfly Emerges From Chrysalis in Zero Gravity
Like their neighbors on the International Space Station, the taikonauts orbiting the planet in China’s Tiangong space station brought some mementos from home. In past months, the crew aboard the Tiangong have treated themselves to succulent BBQ wings, fresh veggies, and even moon cakes. Their latest consignment isn’t for eating, however: it’s a butterfly, which… Continue reading Butterfly Emerges From Chrysalis in Zero Gravity
Anthropic Insiders Afraid They’ve Crossed a Line
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images At $183 billion AI firm Anthropic, the stakes have always been high. Now with the stock market in a nosedive, however, some of the company’s employees are realizing they may have had a hand in tipping the first in a long series of dominoes. Last week,… Continue reading Anthropic Insiders Afraid They’ve Crossed a Line
Man Wakes Up Homeless, Realizes He Fell Into AI Psychosis That Destroyed His Entire Life
A man’s obsession with an AI chatbot led to his life completely spiraling out of control — and he only snapped out of it when, one day, he woke up outside on a stranger’s futon, completely penniless. “I wasn’t aware of the dangers at the time, and I thought that the AI had statistical analysis… Continue reading Man Wakes Up Homeless, Realizes He Fell Into AI Psychosis That Destroyed His Entire Life
OpenAI’s Latest AI Was Created Using “Itself,” Company Claims
On Thursday, OpenAI announced GPT-5.3-Codex, a new coding model that’s purportedly 25 percent faster than its predecessor, along with other impressive benchmarks. The real head-turner, however, is another claim the Sam Altman-led company made about its development. GPT-5.3-Codex, supposedly, is its first model “that was instrumental in creating itself,” with its team “blown away” by… Continue reading OpenAI’s Latest AI Was Created Using “Itself,” Company Claims
Professor Says Her Garbled AI Textbook Was a Huge Success
Elizabeth Landers / Kudu via UCLA The professor behind an AI-generated textbook says that her error-ridden experiment was actually a resounding success. Designed for a comparative literature course on medieval and Renaissance-era writing and announced by UCLA at the end of 2024, the digital textbook was immediately met with widespread mockery and derision from educators.… Continue reading Professor Says Her Garbled AI Textbook Was a Huge Success
An Analysis Just Found Something Extremely Unflattering About What Happens to Users of Prediction Markets
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images After an analyst found that users are losing money faster on sites like Polymarket than on traditional sports gambling platforms, the US’s largest prediction market Kalshi hit back with a decidedly unusual response. As Bloomberg reports, the betting platform told it that the analysis was part… Continue reading An Analysis Just Found Something Extremely Unflattering About What Happens to Users of Prediction Markets
Novo Nordisk Furious at $49 Knockoff Ozempic Pill
Novo Nordisk conquered the world with its borderline miraculous drug semaglutide, sold as Ozempic and Wegovy. But with a sinking stock price and compelling alternatives eating its lunch, it’s now finding itself in a position in which it has to take desperate measures to fight off its competitors. On Thursday, the Danish pharmaceutical giant vowed… Continue reading Novo Nordisk Furious at $49 Knockoff Ozempic Pill