Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Kevin Diestch / Getty Images As Elon Musk continues to unravel on the world stage, so does his business empire — at least if employee churn is any indication. At Tesla and xAI, the Financial Times reports, the centibillionaire’s ruthless demands, chaotic decision-making, and deteriorating public image are… Continue reading Tesla and xAI Staff Are Fleeing as Musk Becomes Increasingly Erratic
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You Are Not Prepared for Merriam-Webster’s Announcement of Its New AI Model
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Everything is getting stuffed with AI these days, no matter how pointless its inclusion may seem. Your spell-checker, your local drive-thru, your fridge — nothing is safe. So you can understand why we were alarmed when Merriam-Webster, the dictionary company, announced that it was releasing its… Continue reading You Are Not Prepared for Merriam-Webster’s Announcement of Its New AI Model
Mourning Women Say OpenAI Killed Their AI Boyfriends
People with AI companions are throwing fits because they say their digital lovers have been lobotomized by OpenAI’s recent updates to ChatGPT. Furious users — many of them women, strikingly — are mourning, quitting the platform, or trying to save their bot partners by transferring them to another AI company. “I feel frauded scammed and… Continue reading Mourning Women Say OpenAI Killed Their AI Boyfriends
AI Data Centers Are Skyrocketing Regular People’s Energy Bills
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images As some of us continue to calcify our brains asking ChatGPT to answer an email or blow up our lives for an AI side chick, others are paying hand over fist for it via power bills. Wholesale electricity costs have increased as much as 267 percent… Continue reading AI Data Centers Are Skyrocketing Regular People’s Energy Bills
Former OpenAI Employee Horrified by How ChatGPT Is Driving Users Into Psychosis
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 08: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 08, 2025 in Washington, DC. Altman and tech leaders from Microsoft, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and CoreWeave testified about the global artificial intelligence race and… Continue reading Former OpenAI Employee Horrified by How ChatGPT Is Driving Users Into Psychosis
AI “Friend” Startup Overwhelmed With Hatred
New York City subway ads for a new pendant by AI startup Friend were quickly defaced by droves of angry residents. The company’s latest gizmo, a necklace designed to constantly listen to you via a microphone and send snarky AI slop texts to your smartphone, has proven immensely controversial, leading to an outpouring of criticism.… Continue reading AI “Friend” Startup Overwhelmed With Hatred
Cory Doctorow Says the AI Industry Is About to Collapse
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images When it comes to tech doomsaying, few are as cynical — or prescient — as sci-fi author and tech journalist Cory Doctorow. His far-sighted blend of tech criticism and class analysis has found Doctorow time and again at the bleeding edge of commentary on our techno-capitalist… Continue reading Cory Doctorow Says the AI Industry Is About to Collapse
Cofounder of Roomba Maker Says Elon Musk Is in for a Terrible Surprise With Humanoid Robots
Tesla / Futurism Tesla CEO Elon Musk has bet his EV maker on selling millions of humanoid robots, prognosticating earlier this month that the initiative could eventually make up a whopping 80 percent of Tesla’s value. He’s promised that the company’s Optimus robot could generate over $10 trillion in revenue in the long term, orders… Continue reading Cofounder of Roomba Maker Says Elon Musk Is in for a Terrible Surprise With Humanoid Robots
Accenture CEO Says It’s Sacking Employees Who Won’t Embrace AI
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images As we roll into October, we’re just weeks away from the three year anniversary of the first smash hit AI chatbot model, OpenAI’s ChatGPT. With no sign of a slowdown on AI spending, one would expect us to be in the midst of an AI revolution,… Continue reading Accenture CEO Says It’s Sacking Employees Who Won’t Embrace AI
New Data Shows Waymos Are So Safe That It’s Almost Comical
JasonDoiy/Getty Images/Futurism Last month, Waymo released new safety statistics, boasting that its fleet of vehicles had covered 96 million miles as of June. And the results from all those miles traveled are, on their face, staggering. The company claims that its driverless vehicles are 91 percent less likely to be involved in crashes resulting in… Continue reading New Data Shows Waymos Are So Safe That It’s Almost Comical