During his last day of testimony, which just so happened to fall on Halloween, FTX’s disheveled ex-CEO Sam Bankman-Fried told a spooky story about his apparent disinterest in where billions of dollars went under his watch. As The Verge reports, the defrocked crypto king gave some pretty confusing answers on his final day on the stand… Continue reading SBF Was Apparently Told to “Stop Asking Questions” About Where $8 Billion Went
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Chinese Astronauts Harvest Space-Grown Lettuce and Tomatoes
Humanity is so close to an orbital BLT, y’all. Space Sandwiches In a very exciting turn for future space diners, humanity is just an ingredient or so away from fresh orbital BLTs. As Space.com reports, the astronauts of China’s Shenzhou 16 mission — who made their safe return to Earth late last night after several… Continue reading Chinese Astronauts Harvest Space-Grown Lettuce and Tomatoes
There Are Massive Chunks of Another Planet Inside Earth, Scientists Say
Researchers have long suspected that the Moon was formed after a Mars-sized protoplanet, dubbed Theia, smashed into the primordial Earth some 4.5 billion years ago. The literally Earth-shattering event sheared off huge amounts of debris, eventually forming our planet’s lonely satellite. Or at least how the theory goes; not all researchers agree, naturally. Now, though, a… Continue reading There Are Massive Chunks of Another Planet Inside Earth, Scientists Say
Elon Musk Gets Torn Apart for Saying “Bladerunner” Would Drive a Cybertruck
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has clearly ruffled some feathers on his own social media platform by claiming that “Bladerunner,” a character that never existed, “would have driven” one of his EV maker’s upcoming Cybertrucks. To spell out the obvious, there never was a character named “Bladerunner” in Ridley Scott’s 1982 cyberpunk film — or “Blade… Continue reading Elon Musk Gets Torn Apart for Saying “Bladerunner” Would Drive a Cybertruck
AI Lets Johnny Cash Cover Taylor Swift From Beyond the Grave
Why does this go so hard?! Write Your Name Someone used AI voice cloning to create a cover of the late Johnny Cash singing Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” — and we must admit that it absolutely slaps. It’s been less than a week since Swift’s self-released and re-recorded version of her 2014 album “1989” dropped,… Continue reading AI Lets Johnny Cash Cover Taylor Swift From Beyond the Grave
Elon Musk Thinks the Main Character in “Blade Runner” Was Named “Bladerunner”
His name was Rick Deckard, you dolt! The Bladerunning Tesla CEO Elon Musk has long claimed to be obsessed with science fiction. From reusable rockets to dreams of making humanity live on Mars, the mercurial CEO has made the genre his entire business model, for better or for worse. But when it comes to his… Continue reading Elon Musk Thinks the Main Character in “Blade Runner” Was Named “Bladerunner”
AI-Powered Smoothie Shop Goes Out of Business Almost Immediately
When it opened in September, an AI-powered “bespoke smoothie shop” dubbed BetterBlends marketed itself as “the most personalized restaurant, ever.” The concept was simple: you, the customer, would input your preferences into an app, and the AI would draft a hyper-personalized recipe that would then be blended by human employees. “We want to part the… Continue reading AI-Powered Smoothie Shop Goes Out of Business Almost Immediately
Voice Actors Furious at New Videogame Using AI-Generated Speech
A new game seems to have used artificial intelligence text-to-speech instead of human voiceover actors — and man, are the professionals ticked off. The use of AI speech in “The Finals,” a game show-esque first-person shooter created by Embark Studios that’s currently in its third and final open beta testing, was pointed out on Twitter… Continue reading Voice Actors Furious at New Videogame Using AI-Generated Speech
Airline Apologizes for Forcing Disabled Man to Drag Himself Off Plane With No Wheelchair
“I looked stunned at the crewman.” Air Rage Talk about flying the not-so-friendly skies: a disabled man had to literally drag himself off an Air Canada plane because flight attendants didn’t provide him a wheelchair, highlighting airlines’ long-running troubled record on accommodating disabled passengers. The fiasco occurred in August, according to The Guardian, when 49-year-old… Continue reading Airline Apologizes for Forcing Disabled Man to Drag Himself Off Plane With No Wheelchair
Biden Terrified AI Will be Used to Create Bioweapons
New existential night terror unlocked. Bio Bomb In case you were existentially worried about AI-developed bioweapons, your fears may not be entirely unwarranted. Earlier today, President Joe Biden unveiled his much-anticipated executive order on AI — a very long, though not particularly solution-driven, list of AI concerns and risk mitigation suggestions, organized into eight distinct… Continue reading Biden Terrified AI Will be Used to Create Bioweapons