Image by Getty / Futurism The deluge of speculative tech investments unleashed by artificial intelligence is unparalleled in history. Never before has a technology which promises so much — but currently does so little — managed to capture enough funding to threaten the US economy should it fail. With that kind of cash on the… Continue reading Former Facebook Exec Warns AI Industry Is Entirely Built on “Vibes”
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Secret Service Says It Destroyed a Secret Cell Phone Doomsday Device in NYC
Images via U.S. Secret Service The US Secret Service has uncovered and neutralized a network of devices capable of shutting down New York City’s entire cellular network, the agency said Tuesday. The network, the agency said, was behind a wave of swatting calls that targeted government officials earlier this year. The scale of the scheme… Continue reading Secret Service Says It Destroyed a Secret Cell Phone Doomsday Device in NYC
Companies Are Being Torn Apart by AI “Workslop,” Stanford Research Finds
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Image Source: Getty AI is supposed to revolutionize workforce productivity, but so far that hasn’t been the case. One study from MIT found that a damning 95 percent of companies that gambled on integrating the tech saw no meaningful growth in revenue. Another study exploring one of its most… Continue reading Companies Are Being Torn Apart by AI “Workslop,” Stanford Research Finds
Stan Lee Resuscitated for AI-Powered Hologram at Comic Con
Photo Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Photo source: Axelle / Bauer-Griffin / FilmMagic via Getty Images Stan Lee, the great Marvel comic book impresario, died back in 2018 at the age of 95, but that’s not stopping ghouls from digging up his grave and propping up his corpse for profit — digitally, that is,… Continue reading Stan Lee Resuscitated for AI-Powered Hologram at Comic Con
Racists Are Using AI to Spread Diabolical Anti-Immigrant Slop
Image: Getty / Futurism The rise of generative AI software from an obscure novelty to a tool used by millions has had a profound impact on the internet, drowning web search results in garbled slop, unleashing a flood of disturbing AI porn, and upending digital media as a reliable news source. Of course, it’s also… Continue reading Racists Are Using AI to Spread Diabolical Anti-Immigrant Slop
Tesla Fans Try Coast-to-Coast Self-Driving Trip, Crash Almost Immediately
Screenshots via Bearded Tesla Guy / YouTube Two Tesla influencers were riding in a brand new Model Y “Juniper,” a refreshed version of the automaker’s most popular car. Sitting in the driver’s seat was the content creator “Bearded Tesla Guy,” who’d just begun a coast-to-coast road trip with his friend to put the vehicle’s “Full… Continue reading Tesla Fans Try Coast-to-Coast Self-Driving Trip, Crash Almost Immediately
Scientists Confirm Massive Underground Tunnels on Venus
We’ve known for quite some time that molten rock gouged enormous tunnels into the surface of the Earth, the Moon, and Mars. In fact, scientists have proposed that the vast lava tubes under the surface of the Moon and Mars could one day serve as homes for space colonists that provide shelter from space radiation… Continue reading Scientists Confirm Massive Underground Tunnels on Venus
Users Are Saying ChatGPT Has Been Lobotomized by a Secret New Update
Illustration via Getty / Futurism If you’re puzzled as to why OpenAI’s ChatGPT seems a little stupider lately, you’re not alone. “It straight up told me I was dying out of nowhere when I asked about a hot spot on my arm,” one Reddit user complained. And that’s without getting into how the bot has… Continue reading Users Are Saying ChatGPT Has Been Lobotomized by a Secret New Update
ChatGPT Has a Stroke When You Ask It This Specific Question
Nearly two months since the release of GPT-5, an update to ChatGPT that was supposed to give it “PhD level” intelligence and bring it once step closer to the industry’s vaunted goal of artificial general intelligence (AGI), the OpenAI chatbot is still going bizarrely haywire over simple and completely innocuous inquiries. On the ChatGPT subreddit,… Continue reading ChatGPT Has a Stroke When You Ask It This Specific Question
xAI Workers Leak Disturbing Information About Grok Users
Getty / Futurism As he dived into the world of AI, Elon Musk promised that he would harness the tech to create a so-called “anti-woke” and “maximum truth-seeking” alternative to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Instead, his company xAI has turned its in-house AI chatbot Grok into a tool for sexually charged conversations with an eager-to-undress female avatar… Continue reading xAI Workers Leak Disturbing Information About Grok Users