Andrew Cuomo Zohran Mamdani won the race to be New York City’s mayor by a landslide this week, leaving his Democrat-turned-independent rival Andrew Cuomo in the dust. Mamdani ran a strikingly effective campaign that showed him as a genial and relatable young man with a penchant for connecting authentically with voters, often by talking to… Continue reading Andrew Cuomo’s Extensive Use of AI Made His Campaign a Toxic Joke
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Hockey Coach Admits He’s Been Asking ChatGPT for Advice After His Team Became the Worst in the League
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Things aren’t going well for the Calgary Flames, the professional Canadian hockey team founded in 1972. Despite pushing for a playoff spot late last year, the Flames only have three wins through fourteen games this season, securing an early spot as the worst team in the… Continue reading Hockey Coach Admits He’s Been Asking ChatGPT for Advice After His Team Became the Worst in the League
Waymo Haunted by Killing of Beloved Neighborhood Cat
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Smith Collection / Gado / Getty Images If years of activist campaigns, political lobbying, and vandalism couldn’t slow Waymo’s roll, the horrific death of a beloved neighborhood kitty just might. A tabby cat named KitKat has become a cause célèbre for driverless car regulation in California after a… Continue reading Waymo Haunted by Killing of Beloved Neighborhood Cat
Tom Brady Reveals That His Dog Is a Clone
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Stickman / Bauer-Griffin / GC Images Tom Brady: collector of rings, questionable investments, and now, cloned curiosities. Yes, you read that right. In an interview with People Magazine on Tuesday, the longtime Patriots quarterback revealed that his current pooch, Junie, is a clone of his late dog, Lua,… Continue reading Tom Brady Reveals That His Dog Is a Clone
Professors Aghast as Class Caught Cheating “Sincerely” Apologizes in the Worst Possible Way
Getty / Futurism If you get caught cheating by your professor, you would be wise to beg for mercy, grovel at their feet, and pour every ounce of your soul into putting on the contrite performance of a lifetime. You’ll never do it again, you vow, after reminding them of your recently deceased distant relative.… Continue reading Professors Aghast as Class Caught Cheating “Sincerely” Apologizes in the Worst Possible Way
Newsmax Gets Fooled by AI Video, Broadcasts Entire Segment as If It Was Real
Believe it or not, another right wing news network got fooled by obvious AI slop designed to denigrate poor people who can’t get food because their food stamps are on hold. On October 30, Newsmax — the TV network for people who think Fox News is too liberal, basically — aired an AI-generated video purportedly… Continue reading Newsmax Gets Fooled by AI Video, Broadcasts Entire Segment as If It Was Real
The Big Short Guy Just Bet $1 Billion That the AI Bubble Pops
Getty / Futurism Michael Burry, who famously shorted the US housing market before its collapse in 2008, has bet over $1 billion that the share prices of AI chipmaker Nvidia and software company Palantir will fall — making a similar play, in other words, on the prediction that the AI industry will collapse. According to… Continue reading The Big Short Guy Just Bet $1 Billion That the AI Bubble Pops
Amazon Demands That AI Browser Stop Automatically Shopping on Behalf of Users
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images With more money flowing into AI development than ever before, web browsers powered by autonomous “AI agents” are hitting the market like crazy. One of the most popular is Comet, offered by the startup Perplexity. Though Comet promises to organize your emails, summarize webpages, and automate… Continue reading Amazon Demands That AI Browser Stop Automatically Shopping on Behalf of Users
Don’t Panic, But AI Stocks Are Suddenly Lurching Downward
Getty / Futurism Investors are increasingly becoming concerned that AI companies may be grossly overvalued — and could struggle to justify their enormous hype by successfully ratcheting up profits. So it’s naturally alarming that shares of AI industry stalwarts, including Oracle, Nvidia, AMD, and Amazon, fell sharply on Tuesday, following concerns over enormous valuations that… Continue reading Don’t Panic, But AI Stocks Are Suddenly Lurching Downward
Experts Alarmed as AI Image of Hurricane Melissa Featuring Birds “Larger Than Football Fields” Goes Viral
AI-Generated Image The Caribbean just suffered one of the largest Hurricanes in recorded history. The scale of Melissa — which bombarded Jamaica, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic with sustained winds of 185 mph — is unprecedented, which is makes it all the more bizarre to see fake AI-generated images of the storm go viral. While… Continue reading Experts Alarmed as AI Image of Hurricane Melissa Featuring Birds “Larger Than Football Fields” Goes Viral