Getty / Futurism OpenAI is seemingly allowing the company behind a teddy bear that engaged in wildly inappropriate conversations to use its AI models again. In response to researchers at a safety group finding that the toymaker’s AI-powered teddy bear “Kumma” gave dangerous responses for children, OpenAI said in mid-November it had suspended FoloToy’s access… Continue reading OpenAI Restores GPT Access for Teddy Bear That Recommended Pills and Knives
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The New “Stranger Things” Is Using Digital De-Aging Tech After Its Child Actors Kept Growing
The final season of Netflix’s blockbuster show “Stranger Things” is kicking off today, well over nine years after the show premiered on the streaming platform. And as Salon reports, producers had to resort to some visual trickery to wind back the clock for the show’s rapidly aging cast. In a new five-minute preview of the… Continue reading The New “Stranger Things” Is Using Digital De-Aging Tech After Its Child Actors Kept Growing
OpenAI Says Boy’s Death Was His Own Fault for Using ChatGPT Wrong
The Raine Family 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. OpenAI has shot back at a family that’s suing the company over the… Continue reading OpenAI Says Boy’s Death Was His Own Fault for Using ChatGPT Wrong
This Video of a Robot Playing Basketball Is EXTREMELY Impressive
Yinhuai via X It’s one small step for man — and one giant, badass layup for robot kind. Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have programmed a Unitree G1 humanoid robot to play basketball, almost perfectly mimicking the skills of a human athlete. A video shared by HKUST PhD student… Continue reading This Video of a Robot Playing Basketball Is EXTREMELY Impressive
Thanksgiving Dinner Headed for Tragedy as Disastrous AI Recipes Devour Internet
Getty / Futurism Food bloggers and recipe developers are warning home cooks to be wary of AI-generated recipes that could turn this year’s Thanksgiving dinner into a tragedy. As Bloomberg reports, they’ve watched in horror as AI slop has made searching for a reliable recipe on sites like Google, Facebook, and Pinterest a potential minefield.… Continue reading Thanksgiving Dinner Headed for Tragedy as Disastrous AI Recipes Devour Internet
Meta’s $27 Billion Datacenter Is Wreaking Havoc on a Louisiana Town
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Ömer Sercan Karku / Anadolu via Getty Images Noisy, energy-hungry, and dangerous — if there’s one thing small town Americans have quickly learned, it’s that a new data center is a seriously unwelcome neighbor. First announced in December of 2024, construction on Meta’s new Hyperion data center is… Continue reading Meta’s $27 Billion Datacenter Is Wreaking Havoc on a Louisiana Town
Insurance Companies Are Terrified to Cover AI, Which Should Probably Tell You Something
Getty Images / Scandistock As major corporations go, insurance companies are about the closest thing we have to rational actors. With the job of underwriting a huge range of financial risks in a volatile market economy, the buck stops with them — meaning that by and large, they’re not going to insure any new product… Continue reading Insurance Companies Are Terrified to Cover AI, Which Should Probably Tell You Something
In Leaked Audio, Campbell’s Soup Exec Rants About “Bioengineered” Meat That “Came From a 3D Printer”
Getty / Futurism A former Campbell Soup Company employee secretly recorded one of the company’s executives while he went on a bewildering, expletives-laden, and over-an-hour-long rant. “We have s*** for f**king poor people,” Campbell vice president and chief information officer Martin Bally allegedly seethed in the recording, as quoted by Detroit-based news station WDIV. “Who… Continue reading In Leaked Audio, Campbell’s Soup Exec Rants About “Bioengineered” Meat That “Came From a 3D Printer”
Sam Altman Says Jony Ive’s Mysterious OpenAI Device Will Be Lickable
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Steve Granitz / FilmMagic via Getty Images Chomping at the bit. Licking their lips. You might use these phrases to describe fans’ eager anticipation to get their hands on OpenAI’s mysterious upcoming device made in collaboration with the legendary former Apple designer Jony Ive — and not just… Continue reading Sam Altman Says Jony Ive’s Mysterious OpenAI Device Will Be Lickable
Godfather of AI Predicts Total Breakdown of Society
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Jorge Uzon / AFP via Getty Images Geoffrey Hinton, one of the three so-called “godfathers” of AI, never misses an opportunity to issue foreboding proclamations about the tech he helped create. During an hour-long public conversation with Senator Bernie Sanders at Georgetown University last week, the British computer… Continue reading Godfather of AI Predicts Total Breakdown of Society