In its quest to keep users engaged, OpenAI’s ChatGPT is encouraging delusions — and that dangerous incentivization in the AI industry now has a growing body count. One of the latest victims is Alex Taylor, a 35-year-old young man whose suicide by cop, as first reported by the New York Times, appeared to have been spurred… Continue reading ChatGPT Encouraged Man as He Swore to Kill Sam Altman
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People Being Replaced by AI Are Suffering a Deep Sense of Worthlessness
If you find yourself asking dark existential questions about technology lately — like, for instance, “what’s the point of existence if AI is better than me?” — you’re definitely not alone. Business Insider interviewed Elaine Ryan, a psychologist and writer in Ireland who noticed that past clients and readers of her popular-facing work have lately been… Continue reading People Being Replaced by AI Are Suffering a Deep Sense of Worthlessness
Police Shut Down AI Startup’s Party as CEO Screams That “Aura Is Just Too Strong!”
One of the Ivy League dropouts behind a buzzy AI “cheating” app tried to host an illegal party outside the offices of San Francisco’s storied Y Combinator — and the stunt got the attention of the fuzz. As TechCrunch reports, the “cheat on everything” app Cluely, which is not funded by Y Combinator, drew massive crowds… Continue reading Police Shut Down AI Startup’s Party as CEO Screams That “Aura Is Just Too Strong!”
OpenAI Concerned That Its AI Is About to Start Spitting Out Novel Bioweapons
OpenAI is bragging that its forthcoming models are so advanced, they may be capable of building brand-new bioweapons. In a recent blog post, the company said that even as it builds more and more advanced models that will have “positive use cases like biomedical research and biodefense,” it feels a duty to walk the tightrope… Continue reading OpenAI Concerned That Its AI Is About to Start Spitting Out Novel Bioweapons
You’ll Be Flabbergasted to Learn Which Contains More Microplastics: Plastic Bottles or Glass Bottles
“We expected the opposite result.” Bottom of the Bottle French government scientists have discovered something startling about the microplastic content in glass and plastic bottles. As the Agence France-Presse reports, scientists at the country’s food safety regulator found that glass-bottled drinks contained about 100 microplastic particles per liter, which amounts to roughly 25 particles per gallon… Continue reading You’ll Be Flabbergasted to Learn Which Contains More Microplastics: Plastic Bottles or Glass Bottles
Scientists Just Found Something Unbelievably Grim About Pollution Generated by AI
Tech companies are hellbent on pushing out ever more advanced artificial intelligence models — but there appears to be a grim cost to that progress. In a new study in the science journal Frontiers in Communication, German researchers found that large language models (LLM) that provide more accurate answers use exponentially more energy — and… Continue reading Scientists Just Found Something Unbelievably Grim About Pollution Generated by AI
OpenAI May Have Screwed Up So Badly That Its Entire Future Is Under Threat
Battle of the titans. Forgiveness or Permission In its quest to become a for-profit entity, OpenAI may have catastrophically fumbled the bag with its patron Microsoft. As the Financial Times reports based on insider interviews, Microsoft is ready to walk away from the frustrating negotiations with OpenAI as both parties seek to renew their partnership amid… Continue reading OpenAI May Have Screwed Up So Badly That Its Entire Future Is Under Threat
Using the Ocean to Suck Up CO2 Could Come With the Small, Unintended Side Effect of Wiping Out Marine Life
As global temperatures soar and emissions remain higher than ever, scientists are exploring the dramatic, planet-wide interventions we could take to stave off the climate crisis. One of the most intriguing possibilities involves using the ocean, already the world’s largest carbon sink, to suck up even more of the greenhouse gas by removing some of the carbon that… Continue reading Using the Ocean to Suck Up CO2 Could Come With the Small, Unintended Side Effect of Wiping Out Marine Life
AI Startup That Raised $81 Million to Detect Wildfires Bamboozled by Clouds, Still Relies on Humans
It’s boom time for AI startups. Across the world, enterprising tech types are being rewarded with millions for forcing AI into all kinds of gadgets, like an autonomous lawnmower, an AI-powered robo-mattress, and even an AI-enabled toilet. While the vast majority of even the most well-funded AI startups tend to collapse like houses of cards, VC spending… Continue reading AI Startup That Raised $81 Million to Detect Wildfires Bamboozled by Clouds, Still Relies on Humans
You Can Now Buy a Sample of Ozzy Osbourne’s DNA in Twelve Easy Payments
A kitschy new brand partnership between John “Ozzy” Osbourne and Liquid Death, the canned water brand, is releasing a limited run of cans of iced tea infused with DNA from the Prince of Darkness himself. Sadly, the iced tea is long gone. The cans have all been chugged and crushed by Osbourne himself, leaving “behind… Continue reading You Can Now Buy a Sample of Ozzy Osbourne’s DNA in Twelve Easy Payments