Musk’s biggest competitors were invited to the White House — but he wasn’t. President Donald Trump is throwing a major party in the White House’s recently paved-over Rose Garden for some of the biggest names in tech — but billionaire Elon Musk’s name isn’t on the list. As The Hill first reported, the upcoming event… Continue reading Donald Trump Snubs Elon Musk Yet Again, Invites All of His Biggest Competitors to the White House
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Tesla Software Update Will Deploy Airbags Before Crash Actually Happens
Tesla is issuing a controversial software update that allows its AI-enhanced camera system, dubbed Tesla Vision, to pre-emptively deploy frontal airbags before a collision occurs. “This upgrade builds upon your vehicle’s superior crash protection by now using Tesla Vision to help offer some of the most cutting-edge airbag performance in the event of a frontal crash,”… Continue reading Tesla Software Update Will Deploy Airbags Before Crash Actually Happens
AI Startup Says It Will End Crime by Blanketing the Entire United States in Ever-Watching Spy Cameras
Crime rates in the United States, as a matter of statistical fact, have fallen drastically over the past 30 years — but at the same time, due to a mix of sensational news reporting and irresponsible political rhetoric, the average American mistakenly believes they’re increasing. And now, barreling into that reality is a 38-year-old tech… Continue reading AI Startup Says It Will End Crime by Blanketing the Entire United States in Ever-Watching Spy Cameras
Patients Furious at Therapists Secretly Using AI
With artificial intelligence integrating — or infiltrating — into every corner of our lives, some less-than-ethical mental health professionals have begun using it in secret, causing major trust issues for the vulnerable clients who pay them for their sensitivity and confidentiality. As MIT Technology Review reports, therapists have used OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other large language models… Continue reading Patients Furious at Therapists Secretly Using AI
Company Replaces Customer Support With AI, Then Panics and Forces Engineers to Work the Phones as the AI Fails
Of all the startups that have come and gone, the personal finance company Klarna might be one of the best bellwethers for the finance industry overall. Specializing in “buy now pay later” microloans — tiny cash advances for purchases that don’t need to go through a bank — Klarna hit app stores at a time… Continue reading Company Replaces Customer Support With AI, Then Panics and Forces Engineers to Work the Phones as the AI Fails
China’s Electric Car Industry Is in Deep Trouble
China’s electric vehicle industry is, by most accounts, experiencing unprecedented boom times: the cars are cheaper, consumers more primed to purchase them, and there are lots of viable options outside of Tesla. Unfortunately, that competition comes with a price — or rather, with a price war. As the New York Times reports, rabid competition among… Continue reading China’s Electric Car Industry Is in Deep Trouble
White House Orders Government Workers to Deploy Elon Musk’s “MechaHitler” AI as Quickly as Possible
When Elon Musk’s Grok AI had a Nazi meltdown the other month and started calling itself “MechaHitler,” the General Services Administration — the agency in charge of government technology — quietly dropped its plans to use it by removing it from a list of approved vendors. Now, it looks like the White House has swooped… Continue reading White House Orders Government Workers to Deploy Elon Musk’s “MechaHitler” AI as Quickly as Possible
Tesla Just Published a New “Master Plan” and Um, How Do We Say This
Elon Musk’s Tesla has revealed its new “master plan” — and it’s so chock-full of meaningless corporate buzzwords, we can’t help but suspect that it was generated by an AI chatbot. The so-called “Master Plan Part IV” follows up on Musk’s preceding “master plan” installment, which underwhelmed investors back in early 2023 with a vague… Continue reading Tesla Just Published a New “Master Plan” and Um, How Do We Say This
Mysterious Object Headed Toward Mars
Incoming! Earlier this year, astronomers spotted a mysterious interstellar visitor, widely believed to be a comet, screaming into our solar system. With the help of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers recently got a closer look at the object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, that revealed an unexpectedly high ratio of carbon dioxide to water for a comet, as… Continue reading Mysterious Object Headed Toward Mars
The Tech Industry Has a Dirty Secret: The More People Learn About AI, the Less They Trust It
Researchers have found that trust in artificial intelligence falls among people as they become more AI literate — a damning revelation that highlights persistent skepticism in the tech. AI companies continue to paint the tech as a mesmerizing, revolutionary inflection point for humanity that justifies enormous capital expenditures to run wildly resource-intensive AI models. But when… Continue reading The Tech Industry Has a Dirty Secret: The More People Learn About AI, the Less They Trust It