Zillow / Google / Futurism In the age of generative AI, not all is what it seems. From photorealistic videos of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s head grotesquely poking out of a toilet to AI chatbots that can blaze through a Turing Test without raising suspicion, it’s never been harder to distinguish between reality and a… Continue reading This Listing for a Rental House Is Mangled With AI So Badly That You’ll Cackle Out Loud
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Man Embraces AI at Work, Gets Rewarded by Boss Replacing Him With It
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images When your boss insists you to start using AI for your job, do you cave to their demands, or resist using the tech? The reality is that if you’re in a position where you have to ask, you may be doomed either way. We suggest you… Continue reading Man Embraces AI at Work, Gets Rewarded by Boss Replacing Him With It
Sam Altman Says Copyright Holders Are Begging for Their Characters to Be Included in Sora
Kevin Dietsch / Getty / Futurism OpenAI’s latest text-to-video generating app, Sora 2, exploded onto the scene late last week, quickly devolving into a mind-numbing mess of AI slop. Before OpenAI stemmed the flood with crudely implemented guardrails, users immediately started generating footage featuring copyrighted materials, from SpongeBob SquarePants cooking up meth to CEO Sam… Continue reading Sam Altman Says Copyright Holders Are Begging for Their Characters to Be Included in Sora
Elon Musk Building Huge Secretive Facility
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Mark Ralston / AFP via Getty Images When talking about the giants dominating the AI game, people tend to consider OpenAI, the massive private company behind ChatGPT, or else Google’s Gemini, or perhaps Microsoft’s Copilot. In other words, no one really thinks about Elon Musk as an AI… Continue reading Elon Musk Building Huge Secretive Facility
Jeff Bezos Says AI Bubble Is Good Because It Will Eliminate the Weak
Stefano Rellandini / AFP / Getty Images Many investors and financial experts are concerned that a looming AI bubble could wreak havoc on the economy — but Amazon founder Jeff Bezos can’t wait for it to burst. During a tech conference in Italy last week, Bezos conceded that the AI industry is in a “kind… Continue reading Jeff Bezos Says AI Bubble Is Good Because It Will Eliminate the Weak
Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster
Spencer Platt/Getty Images The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a “sudden correction” in global financial markets driven by the spending frenzy on artificial intelligence. As Reuters points out, it’s the institution’s clearest warning yet that we could be on the precipice of an AI disaster. “The risk… Continue reading Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster
Elon Musk’s Satellites Now Constantly Falling Out of the Sky
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Elon Musk’s race to dominate our planet’s orbit with his satellite constellations is creating tons of space junk — enough of it, in fact, that we might want to start looking up. According to storied Smithsonian astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, there are now one… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Satellites Now Constantly Falling Out of the Sky
The Entire Economy Now Depends on the AI Industry Not Fumbling
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images These days, you don’t have to be a Rockefeller financier to know that the US economy is on shaky ground. Utility bills are going through the roof, imported goods are skyrocketing in cost, and job growth is nonexistent. Of course, it doesn’t bode too well that… Continue reading The Entire Economy Now Depends on the AI Industry Not Fumbling
Cocky AI CEO Does Photoshoot in Front of His Subway Ads That Got Relentlessly Vandalized
Avi Schiffmann via X / Futurism Last month, AI startup Friend launched an eyebrow-raising advertising campaign in the New York City subway, which drew a striking amount of hatred. The largely white billboards left a convenient amount of room for passersby to air their feelings about the privacy-infringing tech. As such, it didn’t take long… Continue reading Cocky AI CEO Does Photoshoot in Front of His Subway Ads That Got Relentlessly Vandalized
Amazon Caught Peddling AI Slop Version of Cory Doctorow That’s So Ironic That We Have to Go Outside and Stare at the Sky for a Bit
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Macmillan Publishers / Getty Images If it were a “Black Mirror” episode it would be too on the nose. Renowned tech critic Cory Doctorow’s book “Enshittification” hasn’t even been out for a single day, and Amazon is already peddling AI-generated copycats. One was even listed days prior to… Continue reading Amazon Caught Peddling AI Slop Version of Cory Doctorow That’s So Ironic That We Have to Go Outside and Stare at the Sky for a Bit