“I think you can see it with certain Gen Z populations — they’re tired of the screens.” Brick Revival Ever-nostalgic Gen Z-ers are resurrecting a bygone ghost of technology’s past: flip phones, or “dumb phones” of a bygone era that long predates the smartphone age. “I think you can see it with certain Gen Z… Continue reading Gen Z Is Embracing a Hot New Technology: Flip Phones
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China Plans to Make Its Space Debris Hit the Ground a Little Slower
It’s a far more sensible approach. Chute from the Stars China’s space program has a bit of a debris problem: the expendable boosters of its multistage rockets tend to come haphazardly falling back to Earth after being shed off. That has repeatedly incurred the concern and scorn of its Western counterparts who fear that, God… Continue reading China Plans to Make Its Space Debris Hit the Ground a Little Slower
Companies Are Paying Bonkers Salaries for People Good at ChatGPT
“Expert prompt engineers can name their price.” Six Figures While the rest of the world is rightfully concerned about ChatGPT coming to take their jobs, some companies are offering six-figure salaries to a select few who are great at wringing results out of next-gen AI chatbots. As Bloomberg reports, some companies are offering salaries of up… Continue reading Companies Are Paying Bonkers Salaries for People Good at ChatGPT
Goldman Sachs Salivates at AI’s Potential to Mass Fire Workers
Goldman Sachs wants their customers to know that they should be very excited about generative AI — because generative AI tools could let ’em fire human workers and replace them with AI en masse. Hooray! “The recent emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) raises whether we are on the brink of a rapid acceleration in… Continue reading Goldman Sachs Salivates at AI’s Potential to Mass Fire Workers
OpenAI CEO: It’s Not Funny That I’m Afraid of the AI We’re Creating
You heard the man! It’s not funny! Be Afraid The CEO of OpenAI has admitted repeatedly that he’s scared of the tech his company is cooking up — but he doesn’t think you should make fun of him for it. “I think it’s weird when people think it’s like a big dunk that I say, I’m… Continue reading OpenAI CEO: It’s Not Funny That I’m Afraid of the AI We’re Creating
High Blood Pressure May Cause Dementia, Scientists Say
Image by Getty / Futurism Scientists have long been aware of a worrying link between high blood pressure and the onset of dementia. But now, in a new study published in the European Heart Journal, researchers have mapped how high blood pressure affects specific regions of the brain, unearthing the best evidence yet that the… Continue reading High Blood Pressure May Cause Dementia, Scientists Say
FTX Founder Suffers Personal Nightmare as Courts Cut Him Off From League of Legends
It’s game over for SBF — literally. Extra Grounded Disgraced cryptocurrency exchange CEO Sam Bankman-Fried just moved into a new circle of personal house-arrest hell. Until now, the former head of FTX has enjoyed a relatively cozy at-home arrest at his parent’s $3.5 million-plus Palo Alto home, spending his days playing with his new guard… Continue reading FTX Founder Suffers Personal Nightmare as Courts Cut Him Off From League of Legends
Huge Group Calls for Temporary Pause on AI More Advanced Than GPT-4
An open letter, signed by over 1,100 artificial intelligence experts, CEOs, and researchers — including SpaceX CEO Elon Musk — is calling for a six-month moratorium on “AI experiments” that take the technology beyond a point where it’s more powerful than OpenAI’s recently released GPT-4 large language model. It’s a notable expression of concern by… Continue reading Huge Group Calls for Temporary Pause on AI More Advanced Than GPT-4
That Startup Run by ChatGPT Doesn’t Seem to Be Doing So Great
That startup being run by ChatGPT is still going — but from the outside, it looks like kind of a mess. To recap: about two weeks ago, self-described “AI soothsayer” Jackson Greathouse Fall took to Twitter to announce that he would be commencing what he described as the #HustleGPT challenge. Basically, Fall would ask ChatGPT to start… Continue reading That Startup Run by ChatGPT Doesn’t Seem to Be Doing So Great
Hackers Say They Can Access Teslas and Make Them Honk Wildly
That’s not good. Good Guys, Bad Hack Hackers have discovered a chain of vulnerabilities that could allow them to remotely break into a Tesla, granting control over its infotainment system and letting them to turn off lights, pop the trunk, activate wipers, and even honk the horn, TechCrunch reports. Tesla owners can breathe easy for… Continue reading Hackers Say They Can Access Teslas and Make Them Honk Wildly