Google’s search AI thinks you can melt eggs. Its source? Don’t laugh: ChatGPT. This latest case of AI-generated misinformation was first spotted by an X-formerly-Twitter user named Tyler Glaiel, who took to the platform on Monday to share a screenshot of what happened when he typed “can you melt eggs” into Google’s search bar. Naturally, the… Continue reading Google’s Search AI Says You Can Melt Eggs. Its Source Will Make You Facepalm
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Iranian Authorities Say AI Could Help Issue Fatwas Faster Than Ever Before
You get a fatwa, and you get a fatwa, and you get a fatwa! Looking Backward Government officials in Iran are looking to modernize — by using artificial intelligence to help clerics issue fatwas, or Islamic law rulings, at unprecedented speed. As the Financial Times reports, state-linked officials in the theocracy’s holy city of Qom are… Continue reading Iranian Authorities Say AI Could Help Issue Fatwas Faster Than Ever Before
People Disgusted With Flavor of Coke’s AI-Generated Soda
It’s “bad. Don’t drink it.” New Coke Unless you’ve been living under a rock, it won’t come as a surprise that Coca-Cola has jumped on the AI bandwagon, asking an algorithm to come up with a new flavor. The flavor, dubbed “Year 3000,” is apparently supposed to taste like the future — and quench your… Continue reading People Disgusted With Flavor of Coke’s AI-Generated Soda
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Mom Says the Government Is Being Super Mean to Her Beautiful Boy
According to Barbara Fried, it’s all just a witch hunt. Mama’s Boy As former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial draws nearer, the disgraced Forbes cover star’s mother, Stanford law professor Barbara Fried, is holding the line that her son is completely innocent, thanks very much! Bankman-Fried, whose impended criminal trial is due to start on… Continue reading Sam Bankman-Fried’s Mom Says the Government Is Being Super Mean to Her Beautiful Boy
What Happened After BuzzFeed’s Pivot to AI: Catastrophic Stock Collapse
If “Buzzy the Robot” quizzes won’t save BuzzFeed, what will? The ur-viral content site BuzzFeed has often served as a trailblazer — and sometimes a canary in the coal mine — for the digital media industry. Now, its struggle to succeed after a pivot to artificial intelligence could signal tough times ahead for publishers that… Continue reading What Happened After BuzzFeed’s Pivot to AI: Catastrophic Stock Collapse
Critics Furious Microsoft Is Training AI by Sucking Up Water During Drought
Microsoft’s data centers in West Des Moines, Iowa guzzled massive amounts of water last year, the Associated Press reported earlier this month, to keep cool while training OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4, the Microsoft-backed company’s most advanced publicly available large language model. Critics point out a further inconvenient detail: this happened in the midst of a more than… Continue reading Critics Furious Microsoft Is Training AI by Sucking Up Water During Drought
Beetle Named After Hitler Being Driven to Extinction by Neo-Nazis Collecting It
“Why not end this illegal trade by changing its name?” Beetle Juice Fascists are so hungry for Nazi memorabilia that they’ve been buying up Anophthalmus hitleri beetles for years — so much so that the poor bug is near extinction. As the Washington Post reports, the neo-Nazi trade of A. hitleri beetles is yet another reason some scientists are… Continue reading Beetle Named After Hitler Being Driven to Extinction by Neo-Nazis Collecting It
Losing Human Users, Facebook Releasing Chatbots for Lonely to Talk To
“Human, please! Share your experiences, thoughts, and emotions!” Lonely Island Meta-formerly-Facebook, the Mark Zuckerberg-helmed social media company that continues to shout from the rooftops that its platforms are designed to “help people connect” and “bring people closer together,” is marching forward with an eyebrow-raising solution for reviving declining user numbers: introducing an array of AI-powered… Continue reading Losing Human Users, Facebook Releasing Chatbots for Lonely to Talk To
Tinder Now Letting Rizzless Sad Sacks Pay $500/Month to Message People Without Even Matching
This is pathetic. Sad! If you get a message from someone you never matched with on Tinder, it’s not a glitch — it’s part of the app’s expensive new subscription plan that it teased earlier this year, which allows “power users” to send unsolicited messages to non-matches for the small fee of $499 per month.… Continue reading Tinder Now Letting Rizzless Sad Sacks Pay $500/Month to Message People Without Even Matching
NYPD Deploys Villainous-Looking Dalek in Subway System
Exterminate! Exterminate!!! Doctor Adams Watch out, New Yorkers — the NYPD’s new surveillance bot has officially arrived at a subway platform near you. On Friday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams finally deployed “K5,” the NYPD’s latest foray into robot-assisted surveillance technology, at the highly-trafficked 42nd Street subway station in Times Square, The New York… Continue reading NYPD Deploys Villainous-Looking Dalek in Subway System