Getty / Futurism As economic discontent grows throughout the world, the world’s techno billionaires are heading for the promised land. But first, they’ll have to build it. At the “Network State Conference” held in Singapore earlier in October, former Coinbase chief technology officer Balaji Srinivasan shared his vision for the “ultimate exit” by tech industry… Continue reading Tech Billionaires Are Starting Private Cities to Escape the United States
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Grok Will Now Give Tesla Drivers Directions
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / NTB / AFP via Getty Images Tesla drivers can now ask Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok for directions. This weekend, Tesla unveiled a new software update for the holidays. And one of the early Christmas presents it’s gifting customers is a new feature that turns Grok… Continue reading Grok Will Now Give Tesla Drivers Directions
Scientists Find That Dosing Men With Antidepressants Can Cut Down on Domestic Violence
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Gender-based violence is a grim problem around the globe. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 840 million women have experienced domestic or sexual violence during their lifetime, a figure that’s barely budged since 2000. There are a ton of factors at play. A UN… Continue reading Scientists Find That Dosing Men With Antidepressants Can Cut Down on Domestic Violence
Officials Halt Dozens of Trains Due to AI Hoax
AI Generated Image AI slop is going off the rails over on the British Isles. In England, racist influencers are using generative AI to stoke anti-immigrant hostilities, while Ireland dealt with a rise in AI-generated deepfakes spreading misinformation about the presidential election, not to mention a fake Halloween parade. In Scotland, meanwhile, the infamous Willy’s… Continue reading Officials Halt Dozens of Trains Due to AI Hoax
AI “Research” Papers Are Complete Slop, Experts Say
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images There’s sloppy science, and there’s AI slop science. In an ironic twist of fate, beleaguered AI researchers are warning that the field is being choked by a deluge of shoddy academic papers written with large language models, making it harder than ever for high quality work… Continue reading AI “Research” Papers Are Complete Slop, Experts Say
King Gizzard Pulled Their Music From Spotify in Protest, and Now Spotify Is Hosting AI Knockoffs of Their Songs
Mairo Cinquetti/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Acclaimed Australian prog rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard joined a growing number of artists when it left Spotify in July. At the time, band leader Stu Mackenzie took aim at Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, excoriating him for investing in an AI weapons company. “We’ve been saying… Continue reading King Gizzard Pulled Their Music From Spotify in Protest, and Now Spotify Is Hosting AI Knockoffs of Their Songs
AI Surveillance Startup Caught Using Sweatshop Workers to Monitor US Residents
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images What does it take to become the most successful AI surveillance company in 2025? If you’re anything like Flock, the startup selling automatic license plate readers and facial recognition tech to cops, you don’t really need much AI at all — just an army of sweatshop… Continue reading AI Surveillance Startup Caught Using Sweatshop Workers to Monitor US Residents
AI Is Incredibly Good at Changing Voters’ Minds, New Research Finds — With an Incredible Caveat
Getty Images New research suggests that AI chatbots like ChatGPT can persuade roughly one out of every 25 people to change who they’re going to vote for — with one major caveat. First reported by The Washington Post, the revelation comes as a result of joint international studies led by researchers at MIT. To analyze… Continue reading AI Is Incredibly Good at Changing Voters’ Minds, New Research Finds — With an Incredible Caveat
Billionaires’ Fleshy Heads Put on Robot Dog Bodies
Sean Zanni / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images How’s this for a sign of the times: fresh out of a legendary run in the NFT space, the digital artist Mike Winkelmann — better known by the cutesy mononym Beeple — has a new art installation featuring robot dogs with human heads. And these aren’t just… Continue reading Billionaires’ Fleshy Heads Put on Robot Dog Bodies
Passenger Jet Suddenly Dropped From Sky for a Wild Reason, Airbus Says
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images After taking off from Cancun, Mexico, on October 30, a packed JetBlue airliner seemed well on its way for just another uneventful flight. It had reached its cruising altitude of 35,000 feet, at which point the plane practically flies itself, and passengers begin to unwind, unbuckle… Continue reading Passenger Jet Suddenly Dropped From Sky for a Wild Reason, Airbus Says