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

If Your Baby Seems Kinda Dumb at Seven Months, Scientists Have Terrible News About What’ll Happen When It Grows Into an Adult

Image by Getty / Futurism Next time you see your baby trying to play or talk, pay close attention — because it may give you a strong clue about how intelligent the kiddo will turn out as an adult, according to a new paper in the journal PNAS. A team of scientists led by the… Continue reading If Your Baby Seems Kinda Dumb at Seven Months, Scientists Have Terrible News About What’ll Happen When It Grows Into an Adult

Child Welfare Experts Horrified by Mattel’s Plans to Add ChatGPT to Toys After Mental Health Concerns for Adult Users

Is Mattel endangering your kid’s development by shoving AI into its toys? The multi-billion dollar toymaker, best known for its brands Barbie and Hot Wheels, announced that it had signed a deal to collaborate with ChatGPT-creator OpenAI last week. Now, some experts are raising fears about the risks of thrusting such an experimental technology —… Continue reading Child Welfare Experts Horrified by Mattel’s Plans to Add ChatGPT to Toys After Mental Health Concerns for Adult Users

Bicyclist Says a Waymo Robotaxi Smashed Her Into a Second Waymo Robotaxi, Causing Brain and Spine Injury

Fresh off the heels of that Waymo burning spree in the City of Angels, the Google robotaxi company is being sued for alleged safety failures resulting in a San Francisco cyclist’s injuries. As the San Francisco Chronicle reports, plaintiff Jenifer Hanki is suing Waymo and its parent company Alphabet for alleged malfunctions in the robocab’s so-called “Safe… Continue reading Bicyclist Says a Waymo Robotaxi Smashed Her Into a Second Waymo Robotaxi, Causing Brain and Spine Injury

Tesla Just Admitted Something Wildly Embarrassing About What’ll Be in the Front Seat of All Its Robotaxis

Tesla is poised to finally launch its long-awaited robotaxi service this weekend in Austin, Texas. But there’s a huge, embarrassing catch. As Electrek reports, the self-driving cabs will have a human “safety monitor” plunked in the front passenger seat — a far cry from Elon Musk’s bold promise that his automaker would be hosting unsupervised… Continue reading Tesla Just Admitted Something Wildly Embarrassing About What’ll Be in the Front Seat of All Its Robotaxis

Hawk Tuah Girl Live Event Devolves Into Chaos After Crypto Disaster

Haliey “Hawk Tuah Girl” Welch recently graced the stage at an influencer convention — and it apparently went about as well as her scammy crypto project. As Mashable reports, the live recording event for Welch’s “Talk Tuah” podcast at this year’s VidCon convention in Anaheim, California, was likely intended to be part of her post-$HAWK coin… Continue reading Hawk Tuah Girl Live Event Devolves Into Chaos After Crypto Disaster

As War Descends on Iran, People Have Discovered Some Wild Old Posts on Ayatollah Khamenei’s Twitter Account

Back in the days of yore, Twitter capped posts at a paltry 140 characters. That kept tweets short, sweet, and to the point — lending themselves well to off-the-cuff musings. Now, as tragedy mounts in the middle east following Israel’s attack on Iran, it’s safe to say more eyes are on Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei… Continue reading As War Descends on Iran, People Have Discovered Some Wild Old Posts on Ayatollah Khamenei’s Twitter Account

CEOs Using AI to Terrorize Their Employees

As artificial intelligence becomes the corporate buzzword du jour, executives are finding more and more ways to shoehorn the trendy tech into their everyday business operations. That has a lot of workers anxious about automation, income inequality, and increased workloads — something c-suite bigwigs are all too happy to take advantage of. Though AI — really… Continue reading CEOs Using AI to Terrorize Their Employees

Researchers Scanned the Brains of ChatGPT Users and Found Something Deeply Alarming

Image by Getty / Futurism Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found some startling results in the brain scans of ChatGPT users, adding to the growing body of evidence suggesting that AI is having a serious — and barely-understood — impact on its users’ cognition even as it explodes in popularity worldwide. In… Continue reading Researchers Scanned the Brains of ChatGPT Users and Found Something Deeply Alarming

Conspiracy Theorists Are Creating Special AIs to Agree With Their Bizarre Delusions

Conspiracy theorists are using AI chatbots not only to convince themselves of their harebrained beliefs, but to recruit other users on social media. As independent Australian news site Crikey reports, conspiracy theorists are having extensive conversations with AI chatbots to “prove” their beliefs. Then, they post the transcripts and videos on social media as “proof”… Continue reading Conspiracy Theorists Are Creating Special AIs to Agree With Their Bizarre Delusions