Disney via YouTube Disney’s robot of its character “Olaf” is incredibly impressive. It’s also kind of terrifying. This weekend, engineers at Disney Research Hub published a paper describing how they brought the beloved talking snowman from the “Frozen” films to life as a walking robot — and boy did they succeed. In a video explaining… Continue reading Disney’s Robot Olaf Is a Straight Up Nightmare
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AI Is a Godsend for Criminals Forging Fake Art
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Willem van Aelst For hundreds of years, humans have engaged in the fine craft of art forgery. Indeed, in 1496, a 21-year-old Michelangelo faked a piece of a Roman sculpture, passing it to the Roman antiquarian Cardinal Raffaele Riario to make a quick buck. To pull off the… Continue reading AI Is a Godsend for Criminals Forging Fake Art
Activists Downloaded Pretty Much All of Spotify
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism Hacktivists with the group Anna’s Archive — a search engine for shadow libraries, which are unauthorized collections of digital content — say they’ve found a way to download virtually the entirety of Spotify for preservation. In a blog post detailing their work, the archivists say they’ve archived the audio… Continue reading Activists Downloaded Pretty Much All of Spotify
Gen Z Terrified of Losing Their Humanity to AI
Getty / Futurism As generative AI seeps into virtually every aspect of our daily lives through jobs, entertainment, and even food, you gotta wonder: is anyone not on board with the AI takeover? Apparently not. Former McKinsey analyst turned Dartmouth University professor Scott Anthony told Fortune that one of the feelings he’s seeing more and… Continue reading Gen Z Terrified of Losing Their Humanity to AI
Elon Musk’s Starship Explosion Endangered Hundreds of Airline Passengers
X via Reuters On January 16, SpaceX conceded that the latest prototype of its enormous Starship spacecraft had “experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn” — a tongue-in-cheek admission that the massive rocket had exploded mid-flight. Countless videos circulating online showed a massive stream of reentering pieces of the Starship rocket blazing across… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Starship Explosion Endangered Hundreds of Airline Passengers
Man Describes How ChatGPT Led Him Straight Into Psychosis
Getty / Futurism 32-year-old Anthony Duncan first used ChatGPT to help with the business side of his career as a content creation. But he soon ended up talking to the OpenAI chatbot like a friend on a daily basis. What started as a harmless way to vent soon drove Duncan to blow up his personal… Continue reading Man Describes How ChatGPT Led Him Straight Into Psychosis
Top Software Engineering Students Can’t Get a Job Because of AI
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Graduates at some of the top universities are finding it nearly impossible to find new jobs in software engineering. New reporting by the Los Angeles Times details the trouble recent graduates are having finding entry level jobs — even those with degrees from vaunted institutions like… Continue reading Top Software Engineering Students Can’t Get a Job Because of AI
We Could Hitch a Ride to Unknown Frontiers on Super-Fast Interstellar Objects Like 3I/ATLAS
Getty / Futurism Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth on December 19, coming within just 167 million miles. Scientists have been closely monitoring the object — which is largely believed to be a natural comet and only the third of its kind to have been directly observed in the solar system… Continue reading We Could Hitch a Ride to Unknown Frontiers on Super-Fast Interstellar Objects Like 3I/ATLAS
Waymos Cause Traffic Jams Across City During Power Outage
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Smith Collection / Gado / Getty Images Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will stay these robotaxis of their appointed trips — but a power outage apparently will. On Saturday evening, a blackout left nearly a third of San Francisco in the dark. But… Continue reading Waymos Cause Traffic Jams Across City During Power Outage
Sam Altman Unhappy With Fate He’s Created for Himself
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Several major companies — including Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Sam Altman’s OpenAI, and competitor Anthropic — are eyeing enormous stock market debuts as soon as next year, all vying to attain an astronomical valuation north of $100 billion. In late October, OpenAI was rumored to be laying the groundwork for a mammoth IPO… Continue reading Sam Altman Unhappy With Fate He’s Created for Himself