Have we learned nothing from “Black Mirror”? Marriage of Minds OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is teaming up with a famous Apple designer to make wearables that can see your whole life — and he’s instructed his staff to ship 100 million of them. As the Wall Street Journal reports, Altman recently told employees they’ll soon be… Continue reading Sam Altman Tells Staff Plan to Ship 100 Million Devices That See Everything in Users’ Lives
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Dozens of Organizations Push Back Against Bill That Would Ban All AI Regulation
This is dangerous. No Rules, No Exceptions The latest version of the Republicans’ Budget Reconciliation Bill — the “one big, beautiful bill,” as President Trump has called it — includes a clause that would ban all AI regulation in the US at the state level for a full decade. Over 100 organizations, CNN reports, are calling for… Continue reading Dozens of Organizations Push Back Against Bill That Would Ban All AI Regulation
The Trump Administration’s Opinion on Elon Musk After Actually Working With Him Reveal a Lot
It’s becoming increasingly apparent that billionaire Elon Musk wasn’t some great mastermind, puppeting president Donald Trump from the shadows. In reality, the mercurial CEO has become a surprisingly reviled fixture on Capitol Hill, getting into screaming matches and frequently losing his composure, while also making “annoying” jokes and being ridiculed by the public. The walls started… Continue reading The Trump Administration’s Opinion on Elon Musk After Actually Working With Him Reveal a Lot
The Newest “Will Smith Eating Spaghetti” Video Includes AI-Generated Squelching and Chomping Sounds That Just Might Make You Sick
Just over two years ago, we came across a deranged, AI-generated video of famed actor Will Smith indulging in a bowl of spaghetti. The clip, which went viral at the time, was the stuff of nightmares, with the AI model morphing Smith’s facial features in obscene ways, clearly unable to determine where his body ended… Continue reading The Newest “Will Smith Eating Spaghetti” Video Includes AI-Generated Squelching and Chomping Sounds That Just Might Make You Sick
OpenAI’s Top Scientist Wanted to “Build a Bunker Before We Release AGI”
“Of course, it’s going to be optional whether you want to get into the bunker.” Feel The AGI OpenAI’s former chief scientist, Ilya Sutskever, has long been preparing for artificial general intelligence (AGI), an ill-defined industry term for the point at which human intellect is outpaced by algorithms — and he’s got some wild plans… Continue reading OpenAI’s Top Scientist Wanted to “Build a Bunker Before We Release AGI”
How Much Electricity It Actually Takes to Use AI May Surprise You
By now, most of us should be vaguely aware that artificial intelligence is hungry for power. Even if you don’t know the exact numbers, the charge that “AI is bad for the environment” is well-documented, bubbling from sources ranging from mainstream press to pop-science YouTube channels to tech trade media. Still, the AI industry as… Continue reading How Much Electricity It Actually Takes to Use AI May Surprise You
Insurance Company Accused of Pressuring Medical Staff to Change Patients’ Status to “Do Not Resuscitate”
Image by Getty / Futurism UnitedHealth, the largest healthcare insurer in the United States, reportedly went to extreme lengths to deny care to seniors and cut costs to pad out its profit margins. As The Guardian reports, nurse practitioners say that UnitedHealth pressed them to change patients’ status to “do not resuscitate” — even after… Continue reading Insurance Company Accused of Pressuring Medical Staff to Change Patients’ Status to “Do Not Resuscitate”
Hawk Tuah Girl Admits She Knew Essentially Zero About Crypto When Her Disastrous Meme Coin Launched
Influencer Haliey Welch, who rose to fame as the “Hawk Tuah” girl from a viral TikTok video last year, became the epicenter of a major controversy after launching a dubious cryptocurrency meme coin called $HAWK in December. The token hit the roof in mere hours, reaching a market cap of almost half a billion dollars,… Continue reading Hawk Tuah Girl Admits She Knew Essentially Zero About Crypto When Her Disastrous Meme Coin Launched
CEO Who Bragged About Replacing Human Workers With AI Realizes He Made a Terrible Mistake
The company’s net losses just doubled. Do No Klarn Swedish buy-now-pay-later company Klarna, whose CEO once bragged about its automated customer service AI bots doing the work of “700 full-time agents,” is now in deep trouble. The fintech outfit is facing net losses of $99 million for the first quarter of this year, CNBC reports, which… Continue reading CEO Who Bragged About Replacing Human Workers With AI Realizes He Made a Terrible Mistake
A Billion Dollar AI Startup Just Collapsed Spectacularly
As the artificial intelligence industry struggles with ever-rising costs — not to mention a steady uptick in hallucinations — investors are getting impatient. One investment firm went as far as seizing $37 million from accounts owned by Builder.ai, a UK-based AI startup meant to make developing apps “as easy as ordering a pizza.” That left… Continue reading A Billion Dollar AI Startup Just Collapsed Spectacularly