Image by Getty Images A team of researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel has come up with tiny micro-robots that can scan individual cells to tell whether they’re healthy or in trouble. These tiny cell inspectors, a mere ten microns across each, are even capable of transporting desired cells to a different location with… Continue reading Scientists Build Tiny Robots That Can Inspect, Manipulate Your Cells
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Midjourney Nixes Free Generations After AI Pope Images Go Viral
Freeloaders excommunicated. No Free Clout The swagged out Pope was just too much to handle. Not long after AI-generated images of Pope Francis in immaculate white drip went viral, Midjourney — which was used to create the images — has announced that it’s pulling the plug on free trials, as spotted by The Washington Post.… Continue reading Midjourney Nixes Free Generations After AI Pope Images Go Viral
Mama Mia! Italy Has Banned ChatGPT!
This is a spicy meatball. Vogue AI-talia The anti-artificial intelligence push continues in Italy, which just moved to temporarily ban OpenAI’s ChatGPT pending a data privacy investigation. The Italian Data Protection Authority announced in a press release today that it has blocked ChatGPT and opened an investigation into OpenAI over concerns about the way the… Continue reading Mama Mia! Italy Has Banned ChatGPT!
There Will Be Fewer People Alive in 2100 Than Now, Experts Predict
This is a good thing, folks! Population Bob-omb A new report reevaluating the long-feared “population bomb” has found not only that such an explosion in birthrates is unlikely given our current trajectory, but also that the global population will likely peak within this century before falling. In a new study commissioned by the non-governmental organization… Continue reading There Will Be Fewer People Alive in 2100 Than Now, Experts Predict
Richard Branson Sacks 85% of Virgin Orbit
Ouch. Free Falling Virgin Orbit has announced that it will cut a total of 675 jobs — a staggering 85 percent of its workforce — in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing today. Earlier this year, Richard Branson’s satellite launch outfit failed to deliver its first satellites into orbit. The setback clearly has cost the… Continue reading Richard Branson Sacks 85% of Virgin Orbit
Machine Learning Expert Calls for Bombing Data Centers to Stop Rise of AI
One of the world’s loudest artificial intelligence critics has issued a stark call to not only put a pause on AI but to militantly put an end to it — before it ends us instead. In an op-ed for Time magazine, machine learning researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky, who has for more than two decades been warning about… Continue reading Machine Learning Expert Calls for Bombing Data Centers to Stop Rise of AI
GPT-4 Was Deeply Racist Before OpenAI Muzzled It
OpenAI’s latest large language model GPT-4 was saying some deeply insidious and racist things before being constrained by the company’s “red team,” Insider reports, a taskforce put together to head off horrible outputs from the hotly-anticipated AI model. The group of specialists was tasked with coaxing deeply problematic material out of the AI months before… Continue reading GPT-4 Was Deeply Racist Before OpenAI Muzzled It
Wisconsin Firebombing Suspect Arrested From DNA Left on Burrito
Image by Getty / Futurism A suspect has been arrested by the Justice Department in connection with a firebombing of an anti-abortion lobbying office in Wisconsin last year — and he was caught, in part, thanks to a half-eaten burrito. In a press release, the DOJ said that its agents had arrested a 29-year-old man… Continue reading Wisconsin Firebombing Suspect Arrested From DNA Left on Burrito
Deranged New AI Has No Guardrails Whatsoever, Proudly Praises Hitler
An unhinged new AI chatbot dubbed FreedomGPT just dropped — and it was trained to have absolutely no inhibitions whatsoever. The tool, which was built by AI venture capital firm Age of AI does away with practically all forms of censorship, which means it can tell you how to build a bomb, throw around racial slurs… Continue reading Deranged New AI Has No Guardrails Whatsoever, Proudly Praises Hitler
The Metaverse Is Completely Falling Apart
On the battlefield of the metaverse, Mickey Mouse and Clippy are the latest fallen warriors. Between mass industry job cuts and a trance-like shift toward generative AI, it’s a strange time for the tech world. And as often happens during widespread changes and reorganizations, some efforts get lost in translation — one of those efforts… Continue reading The Metaverse Is Completely Falling Apart