AI Generated Image AI slop is going off the rails over on the British Isles. In England, racist influencers are using generative AI to stoke anti-immigrant hostilities, while Ireland dealt with a rise in AI-generated deepfakes spreading misinformation about the presidential election, not to mention a fake Halloween parade. In Scotland, meanwhile, the infamous Willy’s… Continue reading Officials Halt Dozens of Trains Due to AI Hoax
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AI “Research” Papers Are Complete Slop, Experts Say
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images There’s sloppy science, and there’s AI slop science. In an ironic twist of fate, beleaguered AI researchers are warning that the field is being choked by a deluge of shoddy academic papers written with large language models, making it harder than ever for high quality work… Continue reading AI “Research” Papers Are Complete Slop, Experts Say
King Gizzard Pulled Their Music From Spotify in Protest, and Now Spotify Is Hosting AI Knockoffs of Their Songs
Mairo Cinquetti/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Acclaimed Australian prog rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard joined a growing number of artists when it left Spotify in July. At the time, band leader Stu Mackenzie took aim at Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, excoriating him for investing in an AI weapons company. “We’ve been saying… Continue reading King Gizzard Pulled Their Music From Spotify in Protest, and Now Spotify Is Hosting AI Knockoffs of Their Songs
AI Surveillance Startup Caught Using Sweatshop Workers to Monitor US Residents
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images What does it take to become the most successful AI surveillance company in 2025? If you’re anything like Flock, the startup selling automatic license plate readers and facial recognition tech to cops, you don’t really need much AI at all — just an army of sweatshop… Continue reading AI Surveillance Startup Caught Using Sweatshop Workers to Monitor US Residents
AI Is Incredibly Good at Changing Voters’ Minds, New Research Finds — With an Incredible Caveat
Getty Images New research suggests that AI chatbots like ChatGPT can persuade roughly one out of every 25 people to change who they’re going to vote for — with one major caveat. First reported by The Washington Post, the revelation comes as a result of joint international studies led by researchers at MIT. To analyze… Continue reading AI Is Incredibly Good at Changing Voters’ Minds, New Research Finds — With an Incredible Caveat
Billionaires’ Fleshy Heads Put on Robot Dog Bodies
Sean Zanni / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images How’s this for a sign of the times: fresh out of a legendary run in the NFT space, the digital artist Mike Winkelmann — better known by the cutesy mononym Beeple — has a new art installation featuring robot dogs with human heads. And these aren’t just… Continue reading Billionaires’ Fleshy Heads Put on Robot Dog Bodies
Passenger Jet Suddenly Dropped From Sky for a Wild Reason, Airbus Says
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images After taking off from Cancun, Mexico, on October 30, a packed JetBlue airliner seemed well on its way for just another uneventful flight. It had reached its cruising altitude of 35,000 feet, at which point the plane practically flies itself, and passengers begin to unwind, unbuckle… Continue reading Passenger Jet Suddenly Dropped From Sky for a Wild Reason, Airbus Says
AI Researchers Say They’ve Invented Incantations Too Dangerous to Release to the Public
Getty / Futurism With great power comes great dupe-ability. Last month, we reported on a new study conducted by researchers at Icaro Lab in Italy that discovered a stupefyingly simple way of breaking the guardrails of even cutting-edge AI chatbots: “adversarial poetry.” In a nutshell, the team, comprising researchers from the safety group DexAI and… Continue reading AI Researchers Say They’ve Invented Incantations Too Dangerous to Release to the Public
The Country Music Industry Has Discovered That AI Can Crank Out Hits Like Crazy
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images For decades, the country music industry has billed itself as the rough-hewn, rural cousin to the effete sounds of the city. That appears to be going out the window, as more and more country producers embrace San Francisco’s AI over Nashville’s homespun troubadours. In a detailed… Continue reading The Country Music Industry Has Discovered That AI Can Crank Out Hits Like Crazy
Old Teslas Are Falling Apart
Alex Martin / AFP via Getty Images / Futurism Want a used car that works? You’d be wise to not get an older Tesla. In Consumer Reports’ latest ranking for used cars, the Elon Musk-run automaker came dead last in terms of reliability, trailing by over forty points from the top spot on a scale… Continue reading Old Teslas Are Falling Apart