Awesome, that’s exactly what New York needs. Sinking Feeling Bad news for New Yorkers: the Big Apple appears to be sinking a little deeper into the Earth each year, under the unfathomable weight of its iconic skyscrapers. A new study published in the journal Earth’s Future finds that the geological process of subsidence, in which sediments… Continue reading NYC Appears to Be Sinking Because Its Skyscrapers Are So Heavy
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Health Insurance Sends Letter to Baby Denying Coverage: “You Are Drinking From a Bottle”
Image by Getty / Futurism Health insurance providers, it seems, are as cruel as ever, as evidenced by a letter sent to a newborn’s family denying the infant coverage for neonatal care in an intensive care unit (ICU). In an editorial for the Washington Post, Kaiser Family Foundation senior contributing editor Elizabeth Rosenthal described the problem… Continue reading Health Insurance Sends Letter to Baby Denying Coverage: “You Are Drinking From a Bottle”
CNET Staff Unionize, Saying AI Use “Threatens Our Jobs and Reputations”
CNET staffers are unionizing, and they’re naming their employer’s use of AI as a key reason why — a timely reminder that even as generative AI tech raises billions in funding and threatens to upend entire industries, it’s already causing a very real human impact among workers. And now, they’re fighting back. “In terms of AI… Continue reading CNET Staff Unionize, Saying AI Use “Threatens Our Jobs and Reputations”
Grimes Calls First Official Song Made by AI-Cloning Her Voice a “Masterpiece”
Last month, experimental artist and futurist Claire “Grimes” Boucher announced that she was willing to have artists clone her voice with the use of AI — but only if they were willing to “split 50 percent royalties.” To put her money where her mouth was, she even created an entire AI generator platform called Elf.Tech… Continue reading Grimes Calls First Official Song Made by AI-Cloning Her Voice a “Masterpiece”
AI Company Says It’ll Perform a Seance on Your Dead Loved Ones
As the Greek myth goes, the nymph Eurydice was killed only a few hours after she married the musician Orpheus. Consumed by grief, Orpheus traveled to the Underworld to find his late wife, where he played a song so sad that its rulers Hades and Persephone told the musician that he and Eurydice could go… Continue reading AI Company Says It’ll Perform a Seance on Your Dead Loved Ones
Man Uses AI to Write 97 Terrible Books, Sells $2,000 Worth
Human writers probably shouldn’t be too concerned… yet. Book It A man says he’s written almost 100 books using AI since August 2022 and made around $2,000, according to a first-hand account he wrote for Newsweek. While a perusal of the books in question reveals the barest of plots and character development, they serve as… Continue reading Man Uses AI to Write 97 Terrible Books, Sells $2,000 Worth
BuzzFeed Says AI Will “Replace the Majority of Static Content”
The breadth of BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti’s AI aspirations just got a lot clearer — and if he has it his way, AI use at the viral publisher won’t be limited to time-killing quizzes and bottom-tier travel guides. “BuzzFeed has always lived at the intersection of technology and creativity. And recent developments in artificial intelligence… Continue reading BuzzFeed Says AI Will “Replace the Majority of Static Content”
Scientists Detect Radioactive Heat Source Inside Mars
The planet is covered in a surprisingly thick armor. Radioactive, Radioactive A team of researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland say they’ve figured out how thick the Martian crust is by analyzing data obtained by NASA’s Mars InSight lander. The discovery led them to an interesting conclusion: the planet’s main source of heat, being produced… Continue reading Scientists Detect Radioactive Heat Source Inside Mars
Amazing 3D Scan Shows the Titanic If All the Water Was Drained Out
The detail is jaw-dropping. Mysterious New 3D scans of the Titanic just dropped — and dear reader, they’re absolutely incredible. As the BBC reports, these mind-blowing scans are the first of their kind and show in amazing detail how the entire wreck, which sunk 111 years ago, would look if the whole thing were to be… Continue reading Amazing 3D Scan Shows the Titanic If All the Water Was Drained Out
Scientists Train New AI Exclusively on the Dark Web
“A language model for the dark side of the internet.” DarkBERT Rises OpenAI’s large language models (LLMs) are trained on a vast array of datasets, pulling information from the internet’s dustiest and cobweb-covered corners. But what if such a model were to crawl through the dark web — the internet’s seedy underbelly where you can… Continue reading Scientists Train New AI Exclusively on the Dark Web