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CEO Who Plastered AI Ads All Over Subway System Afraid to Talk to Real New Yorkers Face-to-Face

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images To the surprise of not a single soul, the backlash that Friend CEO Avi Schiffmann gleefully begged for on his million-dollar subway AI ad campaign has started to wear on him. In a stunning display of what happens when someone gets stupid prizes after playing stupid… Continue reading CEO Who Plastered AI Ads All Over Subway System Afraid to Talk to Real New Yorkers Face-to-Face

Top Official Horrified When Trump Thought He Was Sending Direct Message But Accidentally Posted It on Main Account

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Clive Mason / Getty Images In a baffling post last month, president Donald Trump made what appeared to be an extremely confrontational plea to his attorney general Pam Bondi. His message, addressed to “Pam” in a post on his public feed, urged the top cop to indict James… Continue reading Top Official Horrified When Trump Thought He Was Sending Direct Message But Accidentally Posted It on Main Account

Ted Cruz Baffled by How Wikipedia Works

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Images When it comes to turning petty grievances into major scandals, there may be no one as dedicated as long-time Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Over the past few years, Cruz has used his extremely powerful position to platform all kinds of baffling political causes,… Continue reading Ted Cruz Baffled by How Wikipedia Works

Bernie Sanders Has a Fascinating Idea About How to Prevent AI From Wiping Out the Economy

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Scott Olson / Getty Images Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has weighed in with a scorching proposal to confront one of the most existential employment issues of our time: AI automation. A long-time advocate for labor rights, Sanders recently released a report about the impact AI could have on… Continue reading Bernie Sanders Has a Fascinating Idea About How to Prevent AI From Wiping Out the Economy

President of DC Comics Says It Will Never Use AI

Aldara Zarraoa/Getty Images for SDCCMalaga At this year’s New York Comic Con, DC Comics president and publisher Jim Lee made a striking announcement: that the company will “not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork.” “Not now, not ever, as long as [SVP, general manager] Anne DePies and I are in charge,” he added, as quoted by… Continue reading President of DC Comics Says It Will Never Use AI

Even Longtime Swifties Disgusted by Taylor’s Use of AI

Photo by Kevin Winter/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management Taylor Swift, the queen mother of never taking a stance on anything that doesn’t directly impact her, has reversed course on AI — and her biggest fans are repulsed by that hypocrisy.  In partnership with Google and as a part of promo for her twelfth studio… Continue reading Even Longtime Swifties Disgusted by Taylor’s Use of AI

Jake Paul Invites Users to Fake Him on Sora, So They Immediately Use It to Make Him Gay and Obsessed With Makeup

TikTok / Futurism OpenAI’s recent launch of its text-to-video AI generator app, Sora 2, has already led to an enormous tidal wave of AI slop hitting internet feeds. The company made the eyebrow-raising decision of putting deepfakes front and center of the app’s TikTok-like experience, inviting users to offer themselves up for “cameos” created by… Continue reading Jake Paul Invites Users to Fake Him on Sora, So They Immediately Use It to Make Him Gay and Obsessed With Makeup

AI Investment Is Already So Much Larger Than the Subprime Mortgage Bubble That You’ll Physically Flinch

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images No matter how much is said about the hundreds of billions of dollars hovering over the tech industry’s head like an anvil in the “AI bubble,” it just won’t pop. Not only is it refusing to budge, but it’s growing by the day. The AI bubble… Continue reading AI Investment Is Already So Much Larger Than the Subprime Mortgage Bubble That You’ll Physically Flinch

Experts Say They’re Seeing Blinking Warning Sign of AI Bubble

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images The AI gold rush rages on. Multibillion dollar AI deals are being inked left and right between the heavyweights of the tech sector, dazzling us with awesome sums and promising that this revolutionary tech is just getting started. But there’s something very worrying about many of… Continue reading Experts Say They’re Seeing Blinking Warning Sign of AI Bubble