Katie Helen via Facebook Christmas magic fell a little flat this week when a holiday drone show in the English town of Haywards Heath flopped, with the company behind the production suffering “technical difficulties.” According to the BBC, the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Drone Show, put on by Lumina Sky Theatre, was advertised as a… Continue reading Christmas Drone Show for Children Ends Flops Pathetically
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Researchers Concerned to Find That Five-Year-Olds Are Already Deeply Hooked on Brain Rot Content
Getty / Futurism The brains of neurotypical children under the age of five years old experience a turbo-charged growth spurt that takes them from drooling infants to potty-trained kids ready to learn their ABCs in school. That’s why it’s so worrisome that we’re inadvertently subjecting a large group of these children to an epic amount… Continue reading Researchers Concerned to Find That Five-Year-Olds Are Already Deeply Hooked on Brain Rot Content
AI Is Mangling Police Radio Chatter, Posting It Online as Ridiculous Misinformation
Getty / Futurism Law enforcement has embraced artificial intelligence tech to make the lives of officers a little easier. Yet the same tech is already turning into a considerable headache both for its own operations and members of the communities where they work. From kids sending their parents AI-manipulated pictures of them welcoming homeless men… Continue reading AI Is Mangling Police Radio Chatter, Posting It Online as Ridiculous Misinformation
Google’s AI Deletes User’s Entire Hard Drive, Issues Groveling Apology: “I Cannot Express How Sorry I Am”
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images You kind of have to sympathize with some of these so-called AI agents. They’re apologetic screw-ups that can’t get anything right, while their cruel human masters insist on making them carry out important work anyway. Inevitably this goes wrong, and the AI model must beg for… Continue reading Google’s AI Deletes User’s Entire Hard Drive, Issues Groveling Apology: “I Cannot Express How Sorry I Am”
Bitcoin Miners on the Run After Stealing $1.1 Billion in Electricity
Getty / Futurism Traditionally, thieves usually targeted some form of tangible good — whether it’s physical or digital currency, jewelry, or a car. But when it comes to mining cryptocurrencies, things get a little stranger. As Bloomberg reports, local law enforcement is hunting down about 14,000 illegal Bitcoin mining operations in Malaysia, which they say… Continue reading Bitcoin Miners on the Run After Stealing $1.1 Billion in Electricity
Scientists Impressed by “Fire Amoeba” That Can Survive Incredible Temperatures
Getty Images / H. Beryl Rappaport et al./bioRxiv Parts of the Lassen Volcanic National Park in California’s Cascade Range resemble the gateway to a hellish underworld, with pools of boiling water and bubbling mud where almost nothing can live, due to scalding temperatures that can reach a blistering 464 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s enough to kill… Continue reading Scientists Impressed by “Fire Amoeba” That Can Survive Incredible Temperatures
Startup Building “Air Traffic Control” to Help Self-Driving Cars Get Through Chick-fil-A
Getty / Futurism Let’s face it: American roads aren’t friendly places for pedestrians. They often feature ungodly numbers of extra-wide lanes, infinite parking lots, and tons of active driveways for cars to access chain stores and restaurants. As it turns out, American roads aren’t too friendly to self-driving cars, either. At least not yet, according… Continue reading Startup Building “Air Traffic Control” to Help Self-Driving Cars Get Through Chick-fil-A
AI-Powered Browsers Are Failing Badly
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Do AI browsers represent the future of perusing the world wide web? The AI industry certainly wants you to believe that they do, just as it promised autonomous AI “agents” could automate tasks on your computer. But at present, they don’t seem to be all that… Continue reading AI-Powered Browsers Are Failing Badly
Prisoners Alarmed to Discover That a Startup Is Training an AI Based on Their Phone Calls
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images For years, a US telecommunications company has been building proprietary AI models using phone and video calls placed by inmates in US prisons as building blocks. According to MIT Technology Review, the private equity-backed Securus Technologies has been developing its AI products since 2023, but it… Continue reading Prisoners Alarmed to Discover That a Startup Is Training an AI Based on Their Phone Calls
Vast Number of Windows Users Refusing to Upgrade After Microsoft’s Embrace of AI Slop
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Earlier this year, Microsoft officially yanked the cord on Windows 10, ending support for an operating system that had been superseded by Windows 11 four years earlier. But the tech giant’s controversial attempts to shoehorn AI into every aspect of the software appear to have turned… Continue reading Vast Number of Windows Users Refusing to Upgrade After Microsoft’s Embrace of AI Slop