Tesla has expanded the area where its Robotaxis can operate in Austin, and it’s difficult — nay, impossible — to ignore its resemblance to something unmistakably vulgar. As folks immediately pointed out online, the crudely-shaped geofence is, essentially, a bathroom graffiti-level dick drawing — and given his puerile sense of humor, there’s a non-zero chance… Continue reading We Are Having a Very Hard Time Believing the “Shape” of Tesla’s New Robotaxi Geofence Is a Coincidence
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Bernie Sanders Issues Warning About How AI Is Really Being Used
Senator Bernie Sanders is, like most of us, worried about how AI is going to affect our future — but he’s not convinced that the mainstream conversation is capturing the dynamics of how the tech is really affecting the labor market. In an interview with Gizmodo, the Vermont legislator revealed that in the wake of his… Continue reading Bernie Sanders Issues Warning About How AI Is Really Being Used
The Pentagon Is Pumping $200 Million Into Elon Musk’s AI That Just Had a Nazi Meltdown
Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI has announced a nearly $200 million contract with the US Department of Defense for developing AI tools for the military. The news comes a week after xAI’s foul-mouthed Grok chatbot had a full-blown Nazi meltdown, referring to itself as “MechaHitler” and making outrageously bigoted claims about Black and Jewish people.… Continue reading The Pentagon Is Pumping $200 Million Into Elon Musk’s AI That Just Had a Nazi Meltdown
Users Immediately Find Grok’s Anime Waifu Persona Has Hidden “Full Gooner Mode”
Elon Musk’s hate speech-spewing AI chatbot Grok, which recently gave itself the nickname “MechaHitler,” didn’t exactly fit into the gender binary — but you have to admit that its edgelord persona had a certain masculine energy. Well, scratch that: Musk has officially swapped Grok’s gender into… a goth anime waifu? We wish we were kidding. The mercurial… Continue reading Users Immediately Find Grok’s Anime Waifu Persona Has Hidden “Full Gooner Mode”
Google’s AI Refuses to Even Play Chess Against 1977 Atari, After Hearing What It Did to Other Cutting-Edge AIs
The thing that AI models apparently fear the most? A game console released nearly fifty years ago. We are referring, of course, to the inimitable Atari 2600. Last month, the iconic system embarrassed the AI industry after it absolutely rinsed ChatGPT at a simple game of chess. It was a clash between a machine released… Continue reading Google’s AI Refuses to Even Play Chess Against 1977 Atari, After Hearing What It Did to Other Cutting-Edge AIs
Musk Calls on Trump to Release Epstein Files
President Donald Trump’s loyal MAGA base is in shambles over his administration’s handling of files related to the deceased sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein — and Trump’s friend-turned-enemy Elon Musk is twisting the knife. Last week, White House officials walked back claims about the late billionaire sex criminal, arguing that there wasn’t a “client list” full… Continue reading Musk Calls on Trump to Release Epstein Files
Restaurant Uses AI for Menu, Accidentally Describes Appetizer in Way So Disgusting That We May Never Recover
Artificial intelligence has already infiltrated the restaurant world, leading to some outrageous — and at times disgusting — fails. As flagged on Bluesky, a random restaurant in Sikar — the capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan — has an absolutely grotesque description listed for an otherwise normal appetizer on the delivery website Zomato. “Small,… Continue reading Restaurant Uses AI for Menu, Accidentally Describes Appetizer in Way So Disgusting That We May Never Recover
More and More Christians Say AI Is Demonic
Like many conservatives, evangelicals have broadly begun to embrace artificial intelligence — but at the same time, a growing subset of the Christian world is claiming that the technology is quite literally demonic. In a recent Medium blog post — yes, people still post on that site — self-proclaimed “biblical Christian author” and regular AI user Zack… Continue reading More and More Christians Say AI Is Demonic
These Strange Jobs Will Survive AI, Expert Says
Many experts hold that generative AI will have sweeping effects on the job market. But how exactly it will transform the workforce remains a subject of much debate. According to Adam Dorr, the director of research at tech forecast nonprofit RethinkX, we’re risking putting all of humanity out of a job — and only some… Continue reading These Strange Jobs Will Survive AI, Expert Says
Scientists Detect Sign of Something Impossible Out in Deep Space
The very concept of black holes seems improbable. Albert Einstein infamously refused to believe they could exist, even though his theory of general relativity was instrumental in predicting them. Now, scientists have witnessed evidence of something about these baffling cosmic monstrosities that further stretches the boundaries of both physics and credulity: a titanic collision of… Continue reading Scientists Detect Sign of Something Impossible Out in Deep Space