Getty / Wikimedia Commons / Futurism President Donald Trump made baffling remarks during a Monday press conference, claiming that pregnant women should avoid Tylenol, the brand name of acetaminophen, arguing that it was associated with a “very increased” risk of autism. It was a new low for the Trump administration, leading to widespread outrage and… Continue reading Trump’s Top Anti-Tylenol Expert Was Paid to Hate Tylenol, Records Show
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Lionsgate’s Attempt to Create Movies Using AI Has Crumbled Into Disaster
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Though moviegoers certainly have an appetite for franchise slop these days, it’s a stretch to say that they’d be willing to bite down on wholly AI-generated movies just yet. Even more of a stretch: that the technology is anywhere near good enough to produce entire feature… Continue reading Lionsgate’s Attempt to Create Movies Using AI Has Crumbled Into Disaster
Experts Alarmed That AI Is Now Producing Functional Viruses
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images AI can now invent working biological viruses. In real world experiments, a team of Stanford researchers demonstrated that a virus with AI-written DNA could target and kill specific bacteria, they announced in a study last week. It opened up a world of possibilities where artificial viruses… Continue reading Experts Alarmed That AI Is Now Producing Functional Viruses
China Unveils EV That Can Violently Eject Its Battery in Case of a Fire
China Vehicle Collision Repair Technical and Research Center Yicai via X Electric vehicle fires are notoriously difficult to put out and require copious amounts of water to extinguish. It’s one of the less awesome aspects of EVs, and one that can have devastating consequences for any drivers unfortunate enough to get in an accident. In… Continue reading China Unveils EV That Can Violently Eject Its Battery in Case of a Fire
Medical Examiners Found Something Grim About the Brain of the Gunman Who Shot Up the NFL Building
Getty / Futurism A medical examiner has found that former high school football player Shane Tamura — who shot and killed four people before taking his own life in the Manhattan building that houses the NFL headquarters in July — had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). CTE is a degenerative brain disease that has repeatedly been… Continue reading Medical Examiners Found Something Grim About the Brain of the Gunman Who Shot Up the NFL Building
New Evidence Links Elon Musk to Epstein’s Island
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Patrick T. Fallon / AFP / Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images A newly released document has linked tech billionaire Elon Musk to deceased financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his notorious island in the Caribbean — making for an ironic twist, since Musk himself… Continue reading New Evidence Links Elon Musk to Epstein’s Island
Something Grisly Happens When Hospitals Become For-Profit
Photo Illustration by Tag-Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Image Source: Getty Images For centuries, market competition has been the driving force behind historic advances in technology and production. Innovations like industrial farming and assembly-line manufacturing signaled a major quality-of-life increase for hundreds of millions across the globe. The system is certainly not without its consequences — but… Continue reading Something Grisly Happens When Hospitals Become For-Profit
Longtime Investor Warns the AI Industry Is Set to Collapse for a Basic Financial Reason
Image via Getty / Futurism While much of the wealth-owning world is positively smitten by the financial promise of large language models (LLMs) and the data centers necessary to power them, one major tech investor is sounding the alarm. Roger McNamee, a career tech financier who made successful bets on companies including Google, Facebook, and… Continue reading Longtime Investor Warns the AI Industry Is Set to Collapse for a Basic Financial Reason
Spotify’s Attempt to Fight AI Slop Falls on Its Face
The Velvet Sundown It’s been clear for a while that a deluge of AI slop is drowning out real music and human artists on Spotify. The platform has become overrun by bots and AI-spun trickery, which have actively been scamming revenue from real bands. Earlier this year, a self-proclaimed “indie rock band” called The Velvet… Continue reading Spotify’s Attempt to Fight AI Slop Falls on Its Face
Chinese Release of “Together” Edited Woman’s Face Onto Gay Man to Censor Same-Sex Couple
Photo Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Steve Granitz/FilmMagic via Getty / Getty Images Something weird is happening with the release of the Australian horror movie “Together,” starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie, and it’s not the plot in which — spoilers! — their bodies start fusing together after a night in the woods.… Continue reading Chinese Release of “Together” Edited Woman’s Face Onto Gay Man to Censor Same-Sex Couple