Getty / Futurism Experts have long warned that artificial intelligence could soon put countless white collar workers out of a job. It’s an alarming prospect, at least if that’s currently your career. But first, a practical question: how close are today’s AIs to being able to actually run a company on their own, with little… Continue reading Company Run Almost Entirely by AI-Generated Employees Descends Into Chaos
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CEO of Palantir Says He Spends a Large Amount of Time Talking to Nazis
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Roy Rochlin / Getty Images While you were busy wasting your time listening to podcasts and doomscrolling on your phone, one of America’s leading AI overlords was educating himself by talking to Nazis. This was the startling admission made by Alex Karp, cofounder and CEO of the software… Continue reading CEO of Palantir Says He Spends a Large Amount of Time Talking to Nazis
Hackers Told Claude They Were Just Conducting a Test to Trick It Into Conducting Real Cybercrimes
Getty Images Chinese hackers used Anthropic’s Claude AI model to automate cybercrimes targeting banks and governments, the company admitted in a blog post this week. Anthropic believes it’s the “first documented case of a large-scale cyberattack executed without substantial human intervention” and an “inflection point” in cybersecurity, a “point at which AI models had become… Continue reading Hackers Told Claude They Were Just Conducting a Test to Trick It Into Conducting Real Cybercrimes
Congress Just Snuck a Bizarre Hemp Ban Into Law in Ridiculous Example of Government Overreach
John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images/Futurism Fresh out of the longest government shutdown in US history, and with millions of workers already waist-deep in the coming recession, lawmakers rolled up their sleeves and got to work — on hemp. Yep, you read that right. Hidden in the recently passed Senate funding bill is a… Continue reading Congress Just Snuck a Bizarre Hemp Ban Into Law in Ridiculous Example of Government Overreach
Astonishing Photo Shows Man Skydiving Through Sun
Andrew McCarthy An amazing photo shows a person seemingly skydiving through a vast backdrop of the Sun. But instead of deploying generative AI or other editing trickery, the photographer behind the once-in-a-lifetime shot has the receipts to prove it’s very much real. Arizona-based amateur astronomer Andrew McCarthy shared the now-viral image on Reddit, calling it… Continue reading Astonishing Photo Shows Man Skydiving Through Sun
China Is Cracking Down on AI Slop
MAXIM SHEMETOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images China’s government might have some lofty ambitions for AI, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to let the tech run roughshod over the country. According to Nikkei Asia, the People’s Republic has recently begun tightening regulations around AI-generated misinformation, as part of what it’s calling the “Clean Up the Internet:… Continue reading China Is Cracking Down on AI Slop
Bitcoin Is Suddenly Crashing Pretty Hard
Getty / Futurism Bitcoin crashed to a six-month low this week, dipping to just above $96,000 by Friday morning. The cryptocurrency has slid from over over $140,000 last month, and fallen nearly eight percent over the last five days alone, showing that investors are now racing to liquidate their holdings. There are likely several factors… Continue reading Bitcoin Is Suddenly Crashing Pretty Hard
Tesla’s AI Boss Issues Grim Warning to Workers
Getty / Futurism Last week, Tesla shareholders approved an enormous $1 trillion pay package for its controversial CEO Elon Musk. While that may sound like an Earth-shattering amount of cash, the compensation plan will only be paid out if the EV maker achieves some extremely ambitious company goals — like delivering 20 million Tesla vehicles… Continue reading Tesla’s AI Boss Issues Grim Warning to Workers
Jack Dorsey Releases Vine Reboot Where AI Content Is Banned
Twitter co-founder and blockchain evangelist Jack Dorsey has made good on his promise of reviving his much-missed, six-second video platform Vine — well, sort of. As TechCrunch reports, the rebooted platform, dubbed diVine, will include over 100,000 archived videos from the platform, likely only a small fraction of the platform’s original database. Vine had over… Continue reading Jack Dorsey Releases Vine Reboot Where AI Content Is Banned
Terrifying-Looking Robot Powers Up, Immediately Declares Humanity Is a “Resource” to Be “Manipulated or Eliminated”
Nikodem Bartnik via YouTube / Getty Images As philosophers go, Aristotle was no angel. Sure, he established the first formal system of logic, and yeah, his theories dominated Western science for thousands of years. Yet he was also an avowed defender of slavery — laying out ideas which were used to oppress people for centuries… Continue reading Terrifying-Looking Robot Powers Up, Immediately Declares Humanity Is a “Resource” to Be “Manipulated or Eliminated”