Image by Getty / Futurism Whoever wrote in the Book of Genesis “be fruitful and multiply” never accounted for the cost of children these days, especially when you factor in expenses like college tuition, sports, tutors, clothes and childcare. And that’s one of the reasons why people are having less kids, according to new reporting… Continue reading The World Birth Rate Is Now Dropping Precipitously
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ChatGPT Is Telling People With Psychiatric Problems to Go Off Their Meds
This week, my colleague Maggie Harrison Dupré published a blockbuster story about how people around the world have been watching in horror as their family and loved ones have become obsessed with ChatGPT and started suffering severe delusions. The entire piece is filled with disturbing examples of the OpenAI chatbot feeding into vulnerable folks’ mental health crises,… Continue reading ChatGPT Is Telling People With Psychiatric Problems to Go Off Their Meds
Puzzled Trump Says He Has No Idea Why Musk Supported Him in the First Place
President Donald Trump has once again said the quiet part out loud. During a signing ceremony for a trio of bills blocking California’s new emissions standards and pro-electric vehicle push, the president admitted that he had been surprised when his bestie-turned-sparring partner Elon Musk worked to get him elected. “I used to say I’m amazed… Continue reading Puzzled Trump Says He Has No Idea Why Musk Supported Him in the First Place
Watching This Humanoid Robot Sort Packages Is Quite Something
Yep, they’re definitely coming for our jobs. Package Deal Earlier this year, humanoid robotics company Figure showed off its Figure 02 robot using a sophisticated visual language system called Helix to sort packages at a logistics warehouse. Footage showed a small army of the humanoid robots deftly picking up packages of various sizes, shapes, and… Continue reading Watching This Humanoid Robot Sort Packages Is Quite Something
You Can Tell When War Is Breaking Out Because the Pentagon’s Pizza Orders Spike Drastically
“Who says pie charts aren’t useful?” Pizza Premonition A flurry of activity at pizza delivery outlets near the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, is a surprisingly accurate predictor of war, as hungry military leadership hunkers down to monitor unfolding military activities. As painstakingly documented by X account Pentagon Pizza Report, a “busier than usual” indicator on the… Continue reading You Can Tell When War Is Breaking Out Because the Pentagon’s Pizza Orders Spike Drastically
Former Tesla Dealership Manager Says It’s “Game Over” for Elon Musk
Back in May, as Tesla Takedown rallies and anti-Musk vandalism rocked the world, Tesla dealership manager Matthew LaBrot launched “Tesla Employees Against Elon” — an act of protest that swiftly got him fired. We wrote about LaBrot’s symbolic act of defiance against Musk’s political maneuvers at the time. Now, a fresh tell-all interview with Hard Reset is… Continue reading Former Tesla Dealership Manager Says It’s “Game Over” for Elon Musk
Elon’s Explosion at Trump Appears to Have Cost Him a HUGE Deal
Following the spectacular implosion of billionaire Elon Musk’s bromance with president Donald Trump, the consequences of his actions are starting to come into focus. As Reuters reports, the White House’s plans to tap Musk’s SpaceX for a “Golden Dome” appear to be on shaky ground now that the two’s ugly spat metastasized into a spite-filled… Continue reading Elon’s Explosion at Trump Appears to Have Cost Him a HUGE Deal
Google’s AI Is Actively Destroying the News Media
Google’s pivot to AI-powered search is proving disastrous for the digital news media landscape. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the company’s latest tools, including its wildly hallucinating AI Overviews and chatbot-style AI Mode, are causing the traffic being sent to publishers to plummet as users no longer feel the need to click through to… Continue reading Google’s AI Is Actively Destroying the News Media
Someone Somehow Survived That Massive Boeing Jet Explosion
On Thursday, a Boeing jet crashed just moments after taking off from an airport in Ahmedabad in western India. The Air India airliner, carrying 242 passengers, slammed into a nearby medical college and exploded in an enormous fireball. Somehow, one man survived: 38-year-old Viswash Kumar Ramesh. “I don’t know how I am alive,” Viswash said,… Continue reading Someone Somehow Survived That Massive Boeing Jet Explosion
Man Killed by Police After Spiraling Into ChatGPT-Driven Psychosis
As we reported earlier this week, OpenAI’s ChatGPT is sending people spiraling into severe mental health crises, causing potentially dangerous delusions about spiritual awakenings, messianic complexes, and boundless paranoia. Now, a wild new story in the New York Times reveals that these spirals led to the tragic death of a young man — likely a… Continue reading Man Killed by Police After Spiraling Into ChatGPT-Driven Psychosis