Getty / Futurism OpenAI is planning to spend more than $1 trillion in AI infrastructure buildouts — an enormous commitment, especially considering its meager income. Long term, it desperately needs revenue. For now, the vast majority of the money it’s actually bringing in is coming from paying ChatGPT subscribers — and while OpenAI CEO Sam… Continue reading ChatGPT Is Already Stalling Out on New Subscribers
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Divorced Tesla Fan Admits That His Cybertruck Is Repulsive to Women
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Are Cybertrucks exclusively driven by the most divorced men of all time? And if they are, is there a way of scientifically proving it? Probably not, but a series of interviews with Cybertruck owners published by Wired provides compelling evidence that the answer is “yes.” Take… Continue reading Divorced Tesla Fan Admits That His Cybertruck Is Repulsive to Women
The Latest Climate News Is So Bad That You Should Probably Not Click This and Just Bury Your Head in the Sand
Getty / Futurism The United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released its latest report on global greenhouse gas emissions, and — how do we say this without sounding deliberately alarmist? — it’s looking extremely bleak out there, folks. The report found that the global average concentration of carbon dioxide spiked by 3.5 parts per… Continue reading The Latest Climate News Is So Bad That You Should Probably Not Click This and Just Bury Your Head in the Sand
Popular Meal Replacement Drink Contains So Much Lead That Doctors Are Aghast
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images We live in an era obsessed with protein. It’s not just about eating steak and eggs for breakfast anymore; they’re selling ludicrous snacks like protein potato chips and protein cereal, stuff that has you wondering what was wrong with an old fashioned bar. Your gym probably… Continue reading Popular Meal Replacement Drink Contains So Much Lead That Doctors Are Aghast
Goldman Sachs Says Gen Z Is Pretty Much Permanently Screwed
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images For any young job seekers struggling in today’s horrible labor market, experts working for one of the wealthiest companies in the world have a little tough love for you: you’re pretty much cooked, fam. In an analysis of recent economic trends in the US, Goldman Sachs… Continue reading Goldman Sachs Says Gen Z Is Pretty Much Permanently Screwed
People Are Using OpenAI’s Sora to Mock the Dead
Sora / Futurism It didn’t take long for OpenAI’s new text-to-video app, Sora 2, to devolve into a tasteless deluge of AI slop. Besides blatantly copyright-infringing videos of SpongeBob SquarePants cooking up blue crystals or entire episodes of South Park, users found that it’s never been easier to generate photorealistic AI slop videos puppeting the likenesses… Continue reading People Are Using OpenAI’s Sora to Mock the Dead
Study Finds GPT-5 Is Actually Worse Than GPT-4o, New Research Finds
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images It’s official: OpenAI’s latest upgrade to ChatGPT, GPT-5, is actually worse than its predecessor in the way that matters most. According to new research from the safety group Center for Countering Digital Hate, the newly “improved” version of ChatGPT which launched in August and purportedly advances… Continue reading Study Finds GPT-5 Is Actually Worse Than GPT-4o, New Research Finds
International Polling Shows Fear of AI Across the World
Getty / Futurism A recent poll by the Pew Research Center found that the majority of US adults think that artificial intelligence will “worsen people’s ability to think creatively,” while half say the tech will deteriorate our ability to form meaningful relationships. And now, according to the center’s latest poll, it turns out that it’s… Continue reading International Polling Shows Fear of AI Across the World
Police Arrest Mad Scientist
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Halloween came early this year for a man in the UK, who landed in hot water with the police after a backyard experiment went hopelessly wrong. As detailed by The Telegraph, an amateur scientist named Harry Whittaker was arrested after police discovered a noxious blend of… Continue reading Police Arrest Mad Scientist
Crypto Kingpin Turns Up Dead in Lamborghini After Market Crash
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images The past week has not been kind to blockchain entrepreneurs, whose holdings suffered the largest crypto liquidation in history last Friday, an event which wiped more than $380 billion off the market. During the short but heavy crash, the price of Bitcoin fell 15 percent, while… Continue reading Crypto Kingpin Turns Up Dead in Lamborghini After Market Crash