Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images; Lester Cohen/Getty Images for Breakthrough As you’re probably well aware by now, Elon Musk and Sam Altman have a long history. The two cofounded OpenAI back in 2015 as a nonprofit with an ostensibly altruist mission. But then Musk stormed out of the… Continue reading Elon Musk Is Fuming That Workers Keep Ditching His Company for OpenAI
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Residents Shut Down Google Data Center Before It Can Be Built
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Google nixed plans for a gigantic $1 billion data center on more than 460 acres of land in Indiana after residents hotly protested the proposal due to concerns that the complex would jack up electricity prices for neighbors and suck away untold gallons of water in… Continue reading Residents Shut Down Google Data Center Before It Can Be Built
AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds
Getty / Futurism The AI industry has made major promises about its tech boosting the productivity of developers, allowing them to generate copious amounts of code with simple text prompts. But those claims appear to be massively overblown, as The Register reports, with researchers finding that productivity gains are modest at best — and at… Continue reading AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds
SAP Exec: Get Ready to Be Fired Because of AI
Photo Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Photo by Uwe Anspach / picture alliance via Getty Images A key executive at Europe’s biggest software company is sending a clear message: your job can and will be done with AI. In a provocative interview with Business Insider, SAP chief finance officer Dominik Asam was asked… Continue reading SAP Exec: Get Ready to Be Fired Because of AI
First Responders Are Being Overwhelmed by Data Center Fires
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images In the race to dominate the AI industry, tech giants are planting data centers across the US. But for many Americans, silicon valley’s cash crop feels more like an invasive species — one which, when it takes root, begins to overwhelm everything around it. For one… Continue reading First Responders Are Being Overwhelmed by Data Center Fires
4Chan-Obsessed ICE Shooter Was Gaming on Steam Right Up Until the End
Dabe Alan/Future Publishing via Getty Images PC Gamer Right before he shot up a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in a murderous rampage this week, Joshua Jahn of Texas was playing first-person shooter games on Steam — a startling collision point where real life and the online world seemed to bleed into each… Continue reading 4Chan-Obsessed ICE Shooter Was Gaming on Steam Right Up Until the End
New Public Toilets Make You Watch Ads to Get Toilet Paper
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Image Source: Getty At the core of contemporary China is a contradiction: it’s the world’s most prominent Communist-ruled country, yet it’s found steadily increasing affluence in recent decades by embracing a degree of entrepreneurship and market competition that would make Ronald Reagan drool in envy. In some cases, all… Continue reading New Public Toilets Make You Watch Ads to Get Toilet Paper
In Situations Where Most Humans Think You’re Being a Jerk, ChatGPT Will Assure You You’re Behaving Like an Angel
Getty / Futurism There’s a tension simmering behind the AI industry: while its proponents frame software like ChatGPT as neutral arbiters of truth and rational thought, critics point out that the bots are overwhelmingly likely to agree with the user and affirm their worldview. In practice, that can be dangerous. When people share paranoid or… Continue reading In Situations Where Most Humans Think You’re Being a Jerk, ChatGPT Will Assure You You’re Behaving Like an Angel
Delivery Robot Torments Disabled Man
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images / Serve Robotics A man with cerebral palsy who uses a mobility scooter to travel experienced a blood-boiling episode when he kept getting cut off — by a robot. In a video that’s gone viral on social media, Mark Chaney repeatedly attempts to drive his scooter… Continue reading Delivery Robot Torments Disabled Man
Report Warns That AI Is About to Make Your Boss a Panopticon Overlord
While the world holds its breath to see if the US tech industry can bring about human-level artificial intelligence — and therefore completely rewrite the social contract and economy — experts are warning current iterations of the tech are already remaking the workplace in insidious ways. This week, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), a… Continue reading Report Warns That AI Is About to Make Your Boss a Panopticon Overlord