In a paper published earlier this month, OpenAI researchers said they’d found the reason why even the most powerful AI models still suffer from rampant “hallucinations,” in which products like ChatGPT confidently make assertions that are factually false. They found that the way we evaluate the output of large language models, like the ones driving ChatGPT,… Continue reading Fixing Hallucinations Would Destroy ChatGPT, Expert Finds
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Scientists Tested What’s Really in “Psilocybin” Chocolate and Found Something Alarming
Image by Getty / Futurism If you’re a coward and don’t want to munch on awful-tasting shrooms to go on a psychedelic odyssey, you can buy delicious edibles infused with their active ingredient instead: psilocybin. But maybe you shouldn’t, because new research suggests that you might be getting ripped off taking these — or even putting… Continue reading Scientists Tested What’s Really in “Psilocybin” Chocolate and Found Something Alarming
When You Read the Fine Print, Humanoid Robots Are Going Absolutely Nowhere
We tend to get fixated on realizing certain contraptions from science fiction, no matter how impractical. Flying cars. Jet packs. And now, humanoid robots. It’s only the latter, however, that’s anticipated to one day be a multitrillion dollar market, with big firms like Tesla leading the charge. In March, Tesla CEO Elon Musk boasted that… Continue reading When You Read the Fine Print, Humanoid Robots Are Going Absolutely Nowhere
Scientists Working on “Smart Dust” That Can Spy on a Room While Drifting Throught the Air
In his 1963 scifi story “The Invincible,” the Polish writer Stanisław Lem imagined an artificial species of free-floating nanobots which roamed the atmosphere of a far-off planet. Like tiny bugs, the microscopic beings were powerless alone, but together they could form cooperative swarms to gather energy, reproduce, and ultimately defend their territory from predators with… Continue reading Scientists Working on “Smart Dust” That Can Spy on a Room While Drifting Throught the Air
OpenAI Realizes It Made a Terrible Mistake
OpenAI claims to have figured out what’s driving “hallucinations,” or AI models’ strong tendency to make up answers that are factually incorrect. It’s a major problem plaguing the entire industry, greatly undercutting the usefulness of the tech. Worse yet, experts have found that the problem is getting worse as AI models get more capable. As… Continue reading OpenAI Realizes It Made a Terrible Mistake
Youth Group in Nepal Overthrows Government, Elects New Leader via Discord Poll
Nepal’s government collapsed this week following an ill-advised attempt to ban social media outright. The lifting of the social media ban on Monday was unable to quell a surge in anger. Youth-led groups of disaffected “Gen Z” activists clashed with police in the streets of the capital, Kathmandu, protesting growing wealth inequality and government corruption.… Continue reading Youth Group in Nepal Overthrows Government, Elects New Leader via Discord Poll
AI Murder Cult Hearing Devolves Into Courtroom Chaos
In a pretrial hearing for two of the so-called “Zizians” — an alleged cult started by a charismatic, cape-wearing vegan named Jack “Ziz” LaSota who wanted to save the world from killer AI — a screaming defendant and a trash-talking attorney turned the otherwise serious appearance into a bona fide circus. Confused yet? Us too.… Continue reading AI Murder Cult Hearing Devolves Into Courtroom Chaos
James Gunn Slams AI-Generated Batman
As generative AI slop is threatening to turn Hollywood on its head, not everybody in the industry is enthusiastic about the tech. In a hilarious counter to a fan’s AI-generated image of actor Brandon Sklenar dressed as the DC Comics’ Batman, DC Studios filmmaker and “Superman” director James Gunn quipped in a Threads post that “it… Continue reading James Gunn Slams AI-Generated Batman
Fringe Movement Claims the Entirety of Modern Physics Is Wrong
It’s one thing when a respected scientist has a novel idea of what dark matter or dark energy might be, or what could explain spooky quantum phenomena like entanglement and superpositions. But the wonders of the internet has brought an entire economy built on outrage and conspiracy theories, enabling even the most crackpot grifters and… Continue reading Fringe Movement Claims the Entirety of Modern Physics Is Wrong
Albania Appoints an AI as Government Official
Albania has appointed the world’s first-ever AI government official in hopes of rooting out some of the Balkan state’s long-running corruption. As Politico Europe reports, the new AI minister — which should not be confused with a minister of AI, which a few countries already have, including Canada and the United Arab Emirates — has been… Continue reading Albania Appoints an AI as Government Official