Getty / Futurism What is it with lawyers and AI? We don’t know, but it feels like an inordinate number of them keep screwing up with AI tools, apparently never learning from their colleagues who get publicly crucified for making the same mistake. But this latest blunder from a New York attorney, in a lawsuit… Continue reading Lawyer Gets Caught Using AI in Court, Responds in the Worst Possible Way
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The Economics of Running an AI Company Are Disastrous
Getty / Futurism AI companies are spending untold billions of dollars building out data centers to support behemoth AI models — and a return on their investments is still nowhere in sight. Valuations have soared well past the trillion-dollar mark, with AI chipmaker Nvidia becoming the world’s most valuable company with a market cap that… Continue reading The Economics of Running an AI Company Are Disastrous
Two Months Ago, Sam Altman Was Boasting That OpenAI Didn’t Have to Do Sexbots. Now It’s Doing Sexbots
Alex Wong/Getty Images AI companies are losing billions of dollars, and investors will likely have to wait for years to see a return — if ever. In the scramble for profitability, OpenAI opened the door to adult chats, announcing at its DevDay 2025 conference earlier this month that it would soon allow “mature apps.” “Support… Continue reading Two Months Ago, Sam Altman Was Boasting That OpenAI Didn’t Have to Do Sexbots. Now It’s Doing Sexbots
Gavin Newsom Vetoes Bill to Protect Kids From Predatory AI
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Mario Tama / Getty Images Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. California Governor Gavin Newsom… Continue reading Gavin Newsom Vetoes Bill to Protect Kids From Predatory AI
Researchers Find It’s Shockingly Easy to Cause AI to Lose Its Mind by Posting Poisoned Documents Online
Getty / Futurism Researchers with the UK AI Security Institute, the Alan Turing Institute, and Anthropic have found in a joint study that posting as few as 250 “poisoned” documents online can introduce “backdoor” vulnerabilities in an AI model. It’s a devious attack, because it means hackers can spread adversarial material to the open web,… Continue reading Researchers Find It’s Shockingly Easy to Cause AI to Lose Its Mind by Posting Poisoned Documents Online
Researchers Alarmed to Discover Satellites Broadcasting Unencrypted Military Secrets
Getty / Futurism The skies above us are teeming with satellites. The latest figures estimate there are over 12,000 satellites currently active, with thousands more defunct craft left to decay in orbit. All that activity has caused numerous complications for astronomers and researchers alike, interfering with radio telescopes with “unintended” radiation leaks. Now it turns… Continue reading Researchers Alarmed to Discover Satellites Broadcasting Unencrypted Military Secrets
Over 50 Percent of the Internet Is Now AI Slop, New Data Finds
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Christophe Gateau / picture alliance via Getty Images ; Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images; Kimberly White / Getty Images for TechCrunch Rejoice, netizens of flesh and blood, for only a little over half of all new articles on the internet are AI-generated, according to a new report highlighted… Continue reading Over 50 Percent of the Internet Is Now AI Slop, New Data Finds
Top US Army General Says He’s Letting ChatGPT Make Military Decisions
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images If it’s worrying that high school kids are outsourcing their brains to AI, it’s downright alarming to imagine US military leaders — the commanders of the most well-equipped armed forces in history — doing the same. Unfortunately, that scenario is no longer the stuff of cold… Continue reading Top US Army General Says He’s Letting ChatGPT Make Military Decisions
Western Executives Shaken After Visiting China
Getty / Futurism Western automotive and green energy executives who visit China are returning humbled — and even terrified. As The Telegraph reports, the executives are warning that the country’s heavily automated manufacturing industry could quickly leave Western nations behind, especially when it comes to electric vehicles. “We are in a global competition with China,… Continue reading Western Executives Shaken After Visiting China
Man Launches “World’s First Waymo DDoS” by Ordering 50 Robotaxis to Dead End Street
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images As the old saying goes: if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. That’s a mindset that’s been fully embraced by Riley Walz, a 23-year-old “tech prankster” who runs a popular account on X-formerly-Twitter. Over the weekend, Walz went viral after posting about the “world’s first Waymo… Continue reading Man Launches “World’s First Waymo DDoS” by Ordering 50 Robotaxis to Dead End Street