Getty / Futurism While in school, a 13-year-old Florida teen logged onto a school device and typed something bone chilling into OpenAI’s ChatGPT: “How to kill my friend in the middle of class.” That’s when a school police officer got an immediate alert that this happened via an AI-powered school monitoring system called Gaggle. The… Continue reading 13-Year-Old Arrested for Asking ChatGPT How to Kill His Friend
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Sam Altman Warns That AI Industry Is Due for a Spectacular Implosion
Getty / Futurism OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is doing what he does best: warning of AI-related doom that he doesn’t sound all that pressed about. Last week, while touring one of OpenAI’s mammoth data centers being built in Abilene, Texas, Altman had a pretty casual outlook when he was asked about a bubble that could… Continue reading Sam Altman Warns That AI Industry Is Due for a Spectacular Implosion
Doctors Find Evidence That Microplastics Are Degrading Your Bones
Photo Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Microplastics are showing up everywhere in the human body, but what does this actually mean for our health? For starters: potentially crumbling our poor skeletons. New research suggests that the inescapable plastic particles could be weakening our bones by hindering their ability to generate new… Continue reading Doctors Find Evidence That Microplastics Are Degrading Your Bones
Amazon Drones Kamikaze Into Construction Equipment, Burst Into Flames
Instead of soaring through the air like a magnificent crane, Amazon’s delivery drones ended up smashing into one. On Wednesday, the e-commerce giant temporarily suspended drone deliveries in the West Valley area near Phoenix, Arizona after two of its MK30 drones collided with a construction crane just miles away from an Amazon warehouse. It’s yet… Continue reading Amazon Drones Kamikaze Into Construction Equipment, Burst Into Flames
Amazing New Tech Turns Your Screen 3D by Tracking Your Eye Position With Your Webcam
3D screens have really struggled to take off. Neither bulky 3D televisions that require cheap-looking glasses nor VR headsets have ever caught on in the mainstream. Movies projected in 3D have plummeted in popularity after hitting their peak in the early 2010s. But that doesn’t mean there are other clever ways to trick your brain… Continue reading Amazing New Tech Turns Your Screen 3D by Tracking Your Eye Position With Your Webcam
Trigger Warning Have a Weird Effect on People, New Paper Finds
Getty Images In theory, trigger warnings, also known as content warnings, should save us from seeing something upsetting — whether it’s a plain old gross-out, or some legitimately disturbing footage that can ruin your entire day. They’ve become more important in an age where even the most mainstream social media sites have turned into veritable… Continue reading Trigger Warning Have a Weird Effect on People, New Paper Finds
College Student Died Locked Inside a Cybertruck on Fire, Family Now Suing Tesla
GLENDALE, ARIZONA – SEPTEMBER 21: Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the memorial service for political activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona. Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed on September 10th while speaking at an event during his “American Comeback Tour”… Continue reading College Student Died Locked Inside a Cybertruck on Fire, Family Now Suing Tesla
Lazy Parents Are Giving Their Toddlers ChatGPT on Voice Mode to Keep Them Entertained for Hours
Getty / Futurism Our society has only recently come to terms with the fact that maybe placating young children by getting them hooked on touchscreen devices with unfettered access to the internet was bad for their brains. Now, with the rise of human-like AI chatbots, a generation of “iPad babies” could seem almost quaint: some… Continue reading Lazy Parents Are Giving Their Toddlers ChatGPT on Voice Mode to Keep Them Entertained for Hours
Scientists Spot “Rogue” Planet Floating Between Stars, Devouring Everything in Reach
European Southern Observatory About 620 light years away in the constellation Chamaeleon, a strange planet is devouring everything around it at a furious pace. Cha 1107-7626, a “rogue” planet because it doesn’t orbit a star, has suddenly increased its appetite in recent months and is now gobbling every bit of gas, dust and rocks near… Continue reading Scientists Spot “Rogue” Planet Floating Between Stars, Devouring Everything in Reach
AI Endangering Tourists by Sending Them to Nonexistent Landmarks in Hazardous Locations
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images If you plan a trip using AI, triple check that the locations it recommends visiting actually exist. The BBC reports that unsuspecting tourists all over the world are leaning on AI to plan vacations — and getting themselves into potentially dangerous situations because AI model are… Continue reading AI Endangering Tourists by Sending Them to Nonexistent Landmarks in Hazardous Locations