Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images A Virginia resident named Kay Richards says she’s stuck in a real-life nightmare after 14 data centers opened within a mile of her home, where they emit a terrible odor. “The constant buzzing and smell of what I believe is diesel make it hard for me… Continue reading Woman Aghast as 14 Data Centers Move Next Door, Emits Terrible Stench
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Coinbase CEO Pulls Up Predictions Market During Earnings Call and Rattles Off Words People Were Betting He’d Say
Steven Ferdman/Getty Images At the end of crypto exchange Coinbase’s earnings call this week, CEO Brian Armstrong made a strange proclamation. “I was a little distracted because I was tracking the prediction market about what Coinbase will say on their next earnings call and I just wanna add here the words, Bitcoin, Ethereum, blockchain, staking,… Continue reading Coinbase CEO Pulls Up Predictions Market During Earnings Call and Rattles Off Words People Were Betting He’d Say
Chinese Unleashing AI-Powered Robot Dinosaurs
It’s either a childhood dream come true or the beginning of a cheesy 80s movie. Either way, AI-powered dinosaurs are coming, pumped out by robotics companies looking to drum up a little prehistoric spectacle. The firms involved both hail from China, the world heavyweight in robotics production. Within the last few weeks, the companies LimX… Continue reading Chinese Unleashing AI-Powered Robot Dinosaurs
Racist Influencers Using OpenAI’s Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash
AI Generated Videos (Screenshots) The US government shutdown has officially reached a month in length, the second longest federal funding gap on record. That makes it a perfect storm for the chaos-fueled Trump administration, which now has a de facto kill switch that Elon Musk’s DOGE couldn’t even dream of. As the shutdown drags on,… Continue reading Racist Influencers Using OpenAI’s Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash
Woman Baffled When Cops Accuse Her of Random Crime, Saying They Have Cameras Everywhere
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Last month, a Colorado woman named Chrisanna Elser answered her front door and was greeted by a police officer named sergeant Jamie Milliman, who issued an ominous warning about his neighboring town of Bow Mar. “You know we have cameras in that jurisdiction and you can’t… Continue reading Woman Baffled When Cops Accuse Her of Random Crime, Saying They Have Cameras Everywhere
Woman Using Waymo Robotaxi to Deliver Doordash
dmpnzzz via TikTok It’s a tech CEO’s wet dream, but a labor economist’s worst nightmare: to film some content for a TikTok reel, one San Francisco woman decided to hail a Waymo to complete her Doordash delivery. The TikTokker, real name unknown but who goes by the handle @dmpnzzz, posted the minute-long clip last Thursday.… Continue reading Woman Using Waymo Robotaxi to Deliver Doordash
Wall Street Analyst Warns That Nvidia Is Facing Serious Trouble
Getty / Futurism Though the real economy might be circling the toilet, the stock market is doing gangbusters. US stocks grew to record-busting highs this week, fueled almost entirely by investments into AI. Amidst the boom, chipmaker Nvidia became the first company ever valued at $5 trillion in the history of financial markets — a… Continue reading Wall Street Analyst Warns That Nvidia Is Facing Serious Trouble
Beloved Bodega Cat Reportedly Killed by Driverless Waymo
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images The co-CEO of Waymo, Tekedra Mawakana, raised eyebrows this week when she suggested that society was ready for one of the company’s self-driving taxis to kill someone. “You know, we don’t say ‘whether,” she said Monday at TechCrunch’s Disrupt summit. “We say ‘when.’ And we plan… Continue reading Beloved Bodega Cat Reportedly Killed by Driverless Waymo
Immediately After Ditching Its Nonprofit Roots, OpenAI Is Already Preparing to Go Public
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Yoshikazu Tsuno/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images OpenAI’s extraordinary private valuation of $500 billion simply wasn’t enough. After completing its restructuring into a for-profit corporate entity this week, Reuters reports that OpenAI is already setting plans into motion to become a publicly traded company. The move will almost certainly skyrocket… Continue reading Immediately After Ditching Its Nonprofit Roots, OpenAI Is Already Preparing to Go Public
ICE Is Now Wandering the Streets, Scanning People’s Faces to Check If They’re Citizens
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The United States’ anti-immigration regime already boasts an impressive arsenal of surveillance towers, cloud data bases, and automated visa systems. Adding to that panopticon is the personal phone of every Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agent currently prowling… Continue reading ICE Is Now Wandering the Streets, Scanning People’s Faces to Check If They’re Citizens