The steady march towards AI job automation continues — even at companies pioneering the tech. According to a new report by The Information, search giant Google is looking to reassign or let go of sales workers whose jobs were automated by the company’s new AI tools. While it’s unclear how many humans will end up… Continue reading Google Reportedly Replacing Some Human Staff With AI
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Killer Whale Yeets Dolphin Into the Sky
Terror in the high seas! Sea Bullies Orcas have gobbled up news headlines this past year due to numerous reports of these killer whales harassing — and at times even sinking — boats, sparking countless memes and befuddlement. When they aren’t busy assaulting seagoing vessels, orcas are known to hunt dolphins, and this behavior was… Continue reading Killer Whale Yeets Dolphin Into the Sky
Smoking Cigarettes Does Something Horrifying to Your Brain, Scientists Find
Image by Getty / Futurism Smoking cigarettes not only has the great potential to give you cancer and lung disease, but it may also apparently shrink your poor brain, leading to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science. A team of researchers from Missouri… Continue reading Smoking Cigarettes Does Something Horrifying to Your Brain, Scientists Find
Researchers Gave Homeless People $750 Per Month and the Results Were Incredible
The idea of giving homeless people money, no questions asked, is a perennially controversial topic. The common argument against handing cash to the unhoused is that they’ll spend most of it on drugs, liquor, or cigarettes because of addiction issues. But a recently published study from California seems like compelling evidence to the contrary. In 2022,… Continue reading Researchers Gave Homeless People $750 Per Month and the Results Were Incredible
Scientists Say Their New AI Can Predict When You’re Going to Die
This sounds like something out of science fiction. Foresight From predictions of AI treating humans like animals to repeated claims of algorithmic sentience, we thought we’d heard it all this year — until this new research about a purported death-predicting AI model dropped. In a new paper published in the journal Nature Computational Science, researchers from… Continue reading Scientists Say Their New AI Can Predict When You’re Going to Die
Fire Breaks Out at General Motors’ Electric Car Factory
Can you guess the culprit? Flammable Motors General Motors was forced to temporarily shut down production at its electric vehicle factory in Detroit after a fire broke out on Tuesday afternoon, the Detroit Free Press reports. The fire has since been contained and GM resumed operations at “Factory Zero” on Wednesday morning. Authorities are still… Continue reading Fire Breaks Out at General Motors’ Electric Car Factory
There May Be Some Big Tech Names on the Unsealed Epstein List
A giant list of deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged co-conspirators is about to drop, and there’s a good chance some big tech names are going to be on it. On Monday, a federal judge ruled that the Epstein list — gleaned from a settlement with accuser Virginia Giuffre and purportedly containing more than 170 names of… Continue reading There May Be Some Big Tech Names on the Unsealed Epstein List
Car Dealership Disturbed When Its AI Is Caught Offering Chevys for $1 Each
“That’s a deal, and that’s a legally binding offer,” the AI said, with “no takesies backsies.” Art of the Deal An AI chatbot deployed by a car dealership went off the rails after mischievous users discovered a cheeky exploit, in some cases tricking the bot into offering them the deal of a lifetime: brand new… Continue reading Car Dealership Disturbed When Its AI Is Caught Offering Chevys for $1 Each
Scientists Intrigued By Battery That Stores Energy in Hot Rocks
It really is that simple. Rock Marks Despite major advances in the field of renewable energy generation, we still have yet to find a particularly scalable way to store all that power — especially from solar and wind — which vary greatly depending on the time of day and weather. Relying on massive battery packs… Continue reading Scientists Intrigued By Battery That Stores Energy in Hot Rocks
Teslas Have a Minor Issue Where the Wheels Fly Off While Driving, Documents Show
Despite knowing about chronic “flaws” and “failures” for many years, Tesla reportedly blamed drivers for glaring defects like collapsed suspensions and breaking axles. In some instances, wheels literally flew off the electric vehicles at highway speeds. As Reuters reports, tens of thousands of Tesla owners have had the suspension or steering of their vehicles —… Continue reading Teslas Have a Minor Issue Where the Wheels Fly Off While Driving, Documents Show