Chinese automotive company XPeng has been making a major splash with its Terminator-like humanoid robot, dubbed Iron. Footage of the company’s announcement showed the robot sauntering across the stage with an incredibly lifelike gait. The CEO even peeled it open to show there wasn’t a human inside — hijinx previously pulled by Elon Musk’s Tesla… Continue reading Robotics Company Explains Why Its Terminator-Style Robot Features Prominent Bazongas
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Russia’s Humanoid Robot Falls on Face During Big Reveal on Stage
Moscow Agency via YouTube Russia unveiled a humanoid robot, dubbed AIdol, during a flashy showcase in Moscow — only for it to fall on its face, both figuratively and literally. Footage of the event, which went viral this week, shows the bipedal robot stumbling onto the stage, taking small and hesitant steps as it attempted… Continue reading Russia’s Humanoid Robot Falls on Face During Big Reveal on Stage
Perplexity CEO Warns That AI Girlfriends Can Melt Your Brain
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Sorry, fellas: your spicy AI anime girlfriend is actually destroying your mind — at least according to Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas. During a fireside chat at the University of Chicago, covered by Business Insider, Srinivas charged that the huge rise in popularity of AI-powered companion chatbots… Continue reading Perplexity CEO Warns That AI Girlfriends Can Melt Your Brain
Elon Says His Robot Will Follow Criminals Around to Make Sure They Never Offend Again
Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images Just when you thought Elon Musk was finally done meddling in the affairs of downtrodden Americans, he comes right back with a bang. At a recent Tesla shareholder meeting, the world’s richest man wasted no time sharing his latest asinine idea: criminals should be let out of prison and stalked by… Continue reading Elon Says His Robot Will Follow Criminals Around to Make Sure They Never Offend Again
AI Is Failing at the Most Hilarious Task Imaginable
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images With so many puff pieces out there about what AI can do, it’s rare to see a story about what it can’t do. And as some researchers tell it, AI is falling terribly short at what many of us find to be one of the easiest… Continue reading AI Is Failing at the Most Hilarious Task Imaginable
OpenAI Is Reportedly Burning a Ludicrous Amount of Cash on Sora
Getty / Futurism Despite its half-a-trillion-dollar valuation, the reality is that OpenAI is almost certainly burning through cash at an alarming rate. According to recent filings, the ChatGPT maker lost a whopping $12 billion last quarter alone. Yet, it wants to spend well over $1 trillion over the next several years, once again stoking fears… Continue reading OpenAI Is Reportedly Burning a Ludicrous Amount of Cash on Sora
Nvidia Stock Lurches Down as SoftBank Pulls Entire Investment
JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images Last month, we shared a story about Seaport Global Securities analyst Jay Goldberg, who defied the odds as the only voice out of 80 Bloomberg stock watchers who rated Nvidia as a “sell.” While Goldberg makes some very good points — mostly, that AI simply isn’t proficient enough, at least… Continue reading Nvidia Stock Lurches Down as SoftBank Pulls Entire Investment
Elon Musk Got One-Shotted by an Extremely Mean Tweet
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images It’s probably not a great feeling to get consistently owned on a website you overpaid billions of dollars for. X-formerly-Twitter owner Elon Musk suffered a mini-meltdown over the weekend after receiving a deadly broadside from an esteemed literary figure, Joyce Carol Oates, who in a single tweet vivisected his whole… Continue reading Elon Musk Got One-Shotted by an Extremely Mean Tweet
You Haven’t Realized How Huge a Rocket Actually Is Until You’ve Seen This Video of One Being Moved on the Highway
U/SystematicApproach via Reddit Referring to “rocket science” has become the catch-all term for describing anything too complex and esoteric for our puny layman minds to comprehend. Similarly mind-boggling: the sheer size of the latest generation of rockets that the field produces. Footage that’s recently gone viral online shows an enormous rocket part being transported down… Continue reading You Haven’t Realized How Huge a Rocket Actually Is Until You’ve Seen This Video of One Being Moved on the Highway
Man Builds Huge Battery Bank From 500 Disposable Vapes to Power His Entire House
Chris Doel via YouTube When it comes to wasteful consumption, maybe nothing is as symbolic as the disposable vape. In 2023, the US alone was responsible for throwing out almost six vapes per second, or tens of millions of vapes a year, according to a report by the Public Interest Network. It doesn’t help that… Continue reading Man Builds Huge Battery Bank From 500 Disposable Vapes to Power His Entire House