In the world of science fiction, warp drives or antigravity devices are often powered by antimatter, which in real-life physics are mysterious particles that have an opposite charge and spin compared to the regular particles you encounter in everyday life. According to the latest results, unfortunately, the exotic material may be a lot more conventional… Continue reading Scientists Disappointed to Find That Antimatter Falls When You Drop It
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Judge Warns Sam Bankman-Fried He’s Facing a “Very Long Sentence”
He’s staring down the barrel. Buckle Up Disgraced crypto scion Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial is about to start heating up — and the judge has a stark warning for the FTX founder. As the Reuters reports, US District Judge Lewis Kaplan told SBF ahead of his trial, which begins Monday, that he’s facing major time.… Continue reading Judge Warns Sam Bankman-Fried He’s Facing a “Very Long Sentence”
Facebook Proud of New Glasses That Let You Record People Without Them Knowing
Spying just got easier. Spy Glasses Meta-formerly-Facebook just unveiled its new model of Ray-Ban smart glasses, and as you might expect, they’re a privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Awkwardly announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the Meta Connect event on Wednesday, these new pieces of facewear, formally called an unwieldy “Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses,” are… Continue reading Facebook Proud of New Glasses That Let You Record People Without Them Knowing
Sam Altman Says He Intends to Replace Normal People With AI
That’s one way to talk about other human beings. As writer Elizabeth Weil notes in a new profile of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in New York Magazine, the powerful AI executive has a disconcerting penchant for using the term “median human,” a phrase that seemingly equates to a robotic tech bro version of “Average Joe.”… Continue reading Sam Altman Says He Intends to Replace Normal People With AI
The FDA Says Ozempic Might Block Your Intestines
Image by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty / Futurism Ozempic, the uber-popular injectable diabetes drug, has had to update its potential side effect warnings to include intestinal blockage. As CBS News reports, the Ozempic label change reflects updates posted last week by the Food and Drug Administration which acknowledged that some users experienced a condition known as… Continue reading The FDA Says Ozempic Might Block Your Intestines
OpenAI May Be in Big Legal Trouble
This lawsuit could “open the pandora’s box.” Copyright Conundrum Last week, a number of high-profile authors — including George R. R. Martin of “Game of Thrones” fame and the acclaimed legal novelist John Grisham — filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that its ChatGPT chatbot is infringing their copyright by directly drawing on work. And… Continue reading OpenAI May Be in Big Legal Trouble
Elon Musk Didn’t Bother Telling Twitter’s New CEO She Was Hired Before Announcing It
“This couldn’t have happened at a worse time.” Hiring Spree Learning you’re fired via tweet is one thing — but learning that you’re about to take over as the CEO of Twitter from an Elon Musk post is another entirely. In an interview with the Financial Times, Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of the social network now… Continue reading Elon Musk Didn’t Bother Telling Twitter’s New CEO She Was Hired Before Announcing It
Scientists Say Earth Will Become a Barren Wasteland
“I would suspect if we can get off this planet and find somewhere more habitable, that would be more preferable.” Wasteland Warriors The world’s land masses are, a new super-charged climate model suggests, going to form into one giant supercontinent — and if humans manage to survive the shift, we will become like the inhabitants… Continue reading Scientists Say Earth Will Become a Barren Wasteland
Brand New Robotaxis Immediately Cause Traffic Jam in Houston
“All the other human-driven cars could respond to the police. The Cruise vehicles can’t do that.” Cruisin’ and Bruisin’ Autonomous carmaker Cruise started beta testing its robotaxis in Houston this week — and unfortunately for the company, things aren’t off to a particularly inspiring start. As the Houston Chronicle reports, the newly rolled-out self-driving vehicles… Continue reading Brand New Robotaxis Immediately Cause Traffic Jam in Houston
OpenAI Employee Says She’s Never Tried Therapy But ChatGPT Is Pretty Much a Replacement For It
“This is probably it?” TheraGPT A senior OpenAI employee opened a veritable can of worms this week when she claimed that the latest version of ChatGPT, which now has voice recognition capabilities, is akin to talking with a human therapist — even though, as she admitted, she’d never actually done therapy herself. “Just had a quite… Continue reading OpenAI Employee Says She’s Never Tried Therapy But ChatGPT Is Pretty Much a Replacement For It