Google has been training its AI image generator on child sexual abuse material. As 404 Media reports, AI nonprofit LAION has taken down its 5B machine learning dataset — which is very widely used; even Google uses it to train its AI models — out of “an abundance of caution” after a recent and disturbing… Continue reading Database Powering Google’s AI Pulled Down After It’s Found to Contain Child Sexual Abuse
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Scary AI Can Look at Photos and Figure Out Exactly Where They Were Taken
There’s no hiding from this AI. Pinpoint PrePIGEON A trio of Stanford graduate students have made a powerful AI that can guess the location of a wide variety of photos with remarkable accuracy. Known as Predicting Image Geolocations (PIGEON), the AI is trained on Google Street View and can effortlessly pinpoint where photos were taken, even… Continue reading Scary AI Can Look at Photos and Figure Out Exactly Where They Were Taken
Cory Doctorow Blasts AI as a Fraud-Filled Bubble
Renowned journalist and science fiction author Cory Doctorow is convinced that the AI is doomed to drop off a cliff. “Of course AI is a bubble,” he wrote in a recent piece for sci-fi magazine Locus. “It has all the hallmarks of a classic tech bubble.” Doctorow likens the AI bubble to the dotcom crisis… Continue reading Cory Doctorow Blasts AI as a Fraud-Filled Bubble
Sam Altman’s Life Extension Guy Warns of Injections That Cause Wild Tumor Growth
Image by Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has invested a whopping $180 million in a startup called Retro Biosciences that’s looking for novel ways to extend human longevity. As Bloomberg reports, the company has an unusual way of exploring new treatments: it’s investigating not just one area of research, but five — an extremely… Continue reading Sam Altman’s Life Extension Guy Warns of Injections That Cause Wild Tumor Growth
Microsoft’s Stuffing Talking Generative AI Into Your Car
“Generative AI is going to add an emotional layer to interaction with the car.” Car Talk Remember those talking GPS monitors from the early-to-mid-2000s? They’re back with a vengeance and will soon be AI-enabled, even though it’s unclear who asked for that. In a press release, the GPS company TomTom announced that it’s teaming up… Continue reading Microsoft’s Stuffing Talking Generative AI Into Your Car
Scientists Warn That Plastic Rocks Are Appearing Across the World
This is a disaster. Plastic Beach Scientists have come across strange new rocks that contain manmade plastic in all five inhabited continents, Newsweek reports — a shocking sign of the sheer permeation of plastic pollution into the “natural” world. According to a study published earlier this year in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, rocks… Continue reading Scientists Warn That Plastic Rocks Are Appearing Across the World
Teslas Crash More Than Any Other Brand, Analysis Finds
Yikes. Accident Prone It’s not just you — as it turns out, Teslas are astonishingly prone to being involved in accidents. According to a recent analysis of 30 car brands by online lending marketplace LendingTree, Tesla drivers have the highest accident rate out of all of them. Between November 2022 and November 2023, based on tens… Continue reading Teslas Crash More Than Any Other Brand, Analysis Finds
Elon Musk Says the Cybertruck Will Be Able to Travel as a Boat, Until It Sinks
Then it becomes a submarine — permanently. Watery Grave Remember when Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised to strap SpaceX rockets onto the back of a Tesla Roadster? Not only has the feature failed to materialize well over three years later, but even the next-gen Roadster seems to be more of a distant dream than an… Continue reading Elon Musk Says the Cybertruck Will Be Able to Travel as a Boat, Until It Sinks
Those Scam Texts You’re Getting Are Sent By Victims of Human Trafficking
At this point, the texts have become commonplace — someone asking for a veterinarian, and when you tell them they have the wrong number, the sender apologizes before introducing themselves and trying to start a conversation. For most who receive them, the messages go largely ignored, but for those who fall victim, they end up… Continue reading Those Scam Texts You’re Getting Are Sent By Victims of Human Trafficking
National Forest Service Trolls Tesla After Cybertruck Gets Stuck in Forest
“We are always thrilled when new opportunities to explore our public lands become available.” Unlimited Slip Last week, a video showed a Tesla Cybertruck getting woefully stuck on a small, snow-covered hill. The clip, which made the rounds on social media, showed the 7,000-pound truck with a Christmas tree loaded in its bed helplessly spinning… Continue reading National Forest Service Trolls Tesla After Cybertruck Gets Stuck in Forest