By now, you might’ve heard about stalwart tech publisher CNET and its parent company Red Ventures, which surreptitiously published AI-written articles for months without telling readers — before they were caught. After we reported that the bot’s work was found to be full of errors and plagiarism, Red Ventures announced a pause on the bot-written… Continue reading CNET Sister Site Restarts AI Articles, Immediately Publishes Idiotic Error
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Flirting With a VR Hottie Might Help People Avoid Cheating, Experiment Finds
Image by Getty / Futurism If virtual reality ever really takes off, it could bring us to some weird places. For a perfect example, check out this strange research about flirting with a VR bartender. The new study out of Israel’s Reichman University found that people may better learn to overcome the temptation of infidelity by “flirting”… Continue reading Flirting With a VR Hottie Might Help People Avoid Cheating, Experiment Finds
Scientist Releases Amazing Video of Exoplanets Orbiting Distant Star
Okay, that’s just plain amazing. Dance of the Exoplanets Northwestern University astronomer Jason Wang has created a stunning timelapse of a number of exoplanets orbiting a distant star, using observations spanning the last 12 years. The 4.5-second clip shows four planets orbiting a star dubbed HR8799, some 133.3 light-years away from Earth. In 2008, the… Continue reading Scientist Releases Amazing Video of Exoplanets Orbiting Distant Star
Startup Shocked When 4Chan Immediately Abuses Its Voice-Cloning AI
On January 23, ElevenLabs — an AI startup founded by former Google and Palantir employees — announced two things: a $2 million funding round, and the release of a beta for a AI voice generator called Eleven, described in a company press release as an “AI speech platform promising to revolutionize audio storytelling.” “The most… Continue reading Startup Shocked When 4Chan Immediately Abuses Its Voice-Cloning AI
Two Large Chunks of Space Debris Just Almost Collided in an Epic Disaster
That was a seriously close call. Close Call Oof — that was a close one. An old Soviet-era rocket body almost collided with an errant military satellite last week, according to private satellite tracking company LeoLabs, narrowly avoiding a huge orbital disaster. A collision between large pieces of space debris could result in a massive… Continue reading Two Large Chunks of Space Debris Just Almost Collided in an Epic Disaster
Twitch Streamer Tearfully Apologizes for Looking at Deepfaked Porn
Brandon Ewing, a popular Twitch streamer who goes by the handle “Atrioc” online, took to his livestream on Monday to issue a tearful apology for viewing deepfaked porn of female streaming peers. “This is so embarrassing,” said an emotional Ewing, “I was on a regular website, and there was an ad on every video… and… Continue reading Twitch Streamer Tearfully Apologizes for Looking at Deepfaked Porn
Whistleblower Claims Facebook Can Secretly Drain Your Phone’s Battery on Purpose
Facebook, it’s worth noting, is completely denying the claims. Do No Harm For years now, Facebook Messenger users have suspected the app is draining their smartphone batteries — and a lawsuit from a former employee who worked on it lends new credence to that suspicion. In an interview with the New York Post, former Facebook data… Continue reading Whistleblower Claims Facebook Can Secretly Drain Your Phone’s Battery on Purpose
OpenAI Reportingly Hiring “Army” of Devs to Train AI to Replace Entry-Level Coders
“Learn to code,” they said. Step-by-Step A new report from Semafor alleges that Silicon Valley darling and ChatGPT creator OpenAI has been making major moves to hire an “army” of outside contractors to better train a model how to code — an operation that could ultimately render entry-level coding jobs extinct. The company, per Semafor,… Continue reading OpenAI Reportingly Hiring “Army” of Devs to Train AI to Replace Entry-Level Coders
Mercedes Claims to Have Achieved Level 3 Automation, Beating Tesla
German automaker Mercedes-Benz claims to have achieved Level 3 autonomy — “conditionally automated” vehicles that can monitor their driving environment and make informed decisions on behalf of the driver, but still require humans to occasionally take over — in the United States, an incremental but noteworthy step towards a future void of steering wheels and… Continue reading Mercedes Claims to Have Achieved Level 3 Automation, Beating Tesla
Shameless Realtors Are Already Grinding Out Property Listings With ChatGPT
This shouldn’t be surprising. McMAInsion Hell It seems that real estate agents are already using OpenAI’s controversial ChatGPT artificial intelligence software to pump out property listings so they can free up time to do what they do best: part would-be homeowners from their money. “It saved me so much time,” Iowa-based realtor JJ Johannes told CNN… Continue reading Shameless Realtors Are Already Grinding Out Property Listings With ChatGPT