There’s absolutely nothing normal about anything in this situation. Major Drag Alert A one-time Fugees rap group member claims that his attorney fumbled his conspiracy trial because he used artificial intelligence. As The Register reports, founding Fugee Prakazrel “Pras” Michel has accused his former defense attorney David Kenner of using AI in the rapper’s federal conspiracy… Continue reading Fugees Rapper Says His Lawyer Lost His Case by Using AI
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VR Lets Hoarders Practice Throwing Away Their Cherished Garbage
Image by mikkelwilliam/Getty Images Instead of signing up for A&E’s reality tv show “Hoarders” as a desperate cry for help, a new study from Stanford University proposes that people with a hoarding problem can make progress by donning a pair of virtual reality goggles to simulate throwing away the mountains of trash that have accumulated… Continue reading VR Lets Hoarders Practice Throwing Away Their Cherished Garbage
Elon Musk Says He Has No Intention of Pulling Out
He’s not mad. Don’t put in the newspaper that he’s mad. Not So Fast Contrary to media rumors, Elon Musk insists he is not going to pull out… of Europe. We mentioned that in the headline, right? The admission comes after Insider reported that the owner of X-formerly-Twitter had been considering making the social network inaccessible in… Continue reading Elon Musk Says He Has No Intention of Pulling Out
Twitter’s Traffic Is Falling Off Under Elon Musk’s Disastrous Leadership
A sad shell of itself. Anybody Home? The verdict is in. A year since Elon Musk acquired Twitter — since renamed X — for $44 billion, traffic at the once indispensable social media platform has fallen significantly, according to new analysis from digital marketing firm Similarweb, in the latest sign among many that Musk’s tenure… Continue reading Twitter’s Traffic Is Falling Off Under Elon Musk’s Disastrous Leadership
Godfather of AI Tells Us to Stop Freaking Out Over Its “Existential Risk” To Humanity
“Intelligence has nothing to do with a desire to dominate.” Calm Down Yann LeCun, Meta’s chief AI scientist and a so-called “godfather” of the tech, wants you to know that all the doomsday prophesying over AI’s potential to destroy humanity is downright “preposterous.” We’ve been watching too many movies, he thinks. AI models won’t turn… Continue reading Godfather of AI Tells Us to Stop Freaking Out Over Its “Existential Risk” To Humanity
Sam Altman Warns That AI Is Gonna Destroy a Lot of People’s Jobs
“I’m not afraid of that at all. In fact, I think that’s good.” Rinse Cycle OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, whose company makes that one chatbot your boss has probably considered replacing you with, warns that the advancement of AI means that a lot of people are going to lose their jobs. Spoiler: he doesn’t sound like… Continue reading Sam Altman Warns That AI Is Gonna Destroy a Lot of People’s Jobs
Elon Musk Admits Tesla “Dug Our Own Grave” With Cybertruck
“This is simply normal.” Coming Due There’s fewer than six weeks until Tesla’s long-delayed Cybertrucks will allegedly start being delivered — and already, CEO Elon Musk is trying to set the bar low. “We dug our own grave with the Cybertruck,” Musk said during Tesla’s Q3 quarterly earnings call on Wednesday, per Insider. In the call,… Continue reading Elon Musk Admits Tesla “Dug Our Own Grave” With Cybertruck
Facebook’s Kendall Jenner AI Recommends Other Tequilas Over Hers
Ever tried model and reality star Kendall Jenner’s tequila brand, 818 Tequila? Neither has “Billie,” Jenner’s Facebook-formerly-Meta-made AI doppelgänger. Billie, as Meta named its Jenner-AI creation, is one of many new AI “personas” released by the social media giant. The bots, which Meta users can chat with on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, feature the faces of… Continue reading Facebook’s Kendall Jenner AI Recommends Other Tequilas Over Hers
Neuroscientist Says We Don’t Have Free Will After All
Image by Getty / Futurism Robert Sapolsky, a 66-year-old Stanford neurobiologist, has a controversial view on the nature of human existence: he doesn’t think “free will” exists. At all. A MacArthur “genius” grant recipient at the age of 30, Sapolsky has spent over four decades extensively studying human and primate behavior. His new book, “Determined:… Continue reading Neuroscientist Says We Don’t Have Free Will After All
John Grisham Unloads on Big Tech Using His Books to Train AI
“It’s my turn to file suit.” Follow Suit Last month, a group of high profile authors announced they were suing ChatGPT-makers OpenAI for training its large language models (LLMS) on their books. John Grisham, a bestselling author known for his prolific output of legal thrillers, was one of the big names behind the lawsuit. And… Continue reading John Grisham Unloads on Big Tech Using His Books to Train AI