In the roughly eight years since it burst onto the global e-commerce scene, the uber-cheap fast fashion marketplace Shein has been accused of everything from stealing designs and requiring exploitatively grueling shifts to forcing China’s Uyghur minority to work at its facilities, and even working with suppliers that used child labor. Now, the Chinese-founded and… Continue reading Shein Caught Using CEO Killer Luigi Mangione as a Male “Mommy And Me” Model
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Hot Mic Catches Putin and Xi Discussing Plans to Transplant Organs for Immortality
Image by SERGEY BOBYLEV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Russian president Vladimir Putin was caught chatting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping — about the light topic of organ transplants, and how they could let “us live younger and younger, and perhaps even achieve immortality.” As ABC News reports, the comments were overheard on a hot mic attached… Continue reading Hot Mic Catches Putin and Xi Discussing Plans to Transplant Organs for Immortality
Activists Are Using AI to Identify Masked ICE Agents
A Netherlands-based immigration activist named Dominick Skinner is using AI and facial recognition to reveal the identities of masked US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Talk about turned tables — and a striking ethical paradox. In an interview with Politico, Skinner claimed that he and his team of volunteers have so far been able to… Continue reading Activists Are Using AI to Identify Masked ICE Agents
Medicare Will Start Paying AI Companies a Share of Any Claims They Automatically Reject
It’s long been the practice of private health insurers to require “prior authorization” before you can get the treatment you need. Often, they’ll try to deny as many of these claims as possible — including with the use of AI models. Government-backed plans like Medicare, however, have tended to cover what private insurers don’t, and… Continue reading Medicare Will Start Paying AI Companies a Share of Any Claims They Automatically Reject
Scientists Just Found Something Dark About People With AI Girlfriends and Boyfriends
Image by Getty / Futurism Over the past few years, there have been more and more stories — some sad, all strange — about people falling in love (and lust) with so-called AI-companions. As AI tools grow more sophisticated and gain more mainstream acceptance, so too has interest in these digital paramours increased — but… Continue reading Scientists Just Found Something Dark About People With AI Girlfriends and Boyfriends
Psychologist Says AI Is Causing Never-Before-Seen Types of Mental Disorder
Something keeps happening to people who get hooked chatbots like ChatGPT. Mental health professionals are calling it “AI psychosis”: turning to the AI models for advice, users soon become entranced by the sycophantic machine’s human-like responses. It becomes not just a tool but a companion — and the worst kind, constantly plying you with what… Continue reading Psychologist Says AI Is Causing Never-Before-Seen Types of Mental Disorder
Will Smith Posts Bizarre New AI-Generated Concert Video
Last week, “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” star Will Smith — himself the victim of a gross AI meme about slurping spaghetti — showed the world that he’s not so fresh anymore when his team used AI to add rapturous fans to concert footage of his “Based on a True Story” comeback tour. Online observers quickly noticed… Continue reading Will Smith Posts Bizarre New AI-Generated Concert Video
J. Crew Is in Hot Water After Its “Vintage” Ad Turned Out to Be Faked Using AI
The American clothing brand J. Crew is under fire after it was revealed that the company used AI to guzzle up its own aesthetic and promote ads with seemingly fake models. The images, which were published to Instagram earlier this month, don’t raise immediate alarm bells. Presumed human men are pictured embodying J. Crew’s vintage… Continue reading J. Crew Is in Hot Water After Its “Vintage” Ad Turned Out to Be Faked Using AI
Scientists Have Figured Which Types of People Are Successfully Hooking Up the Most on Tinder
Image by Getty / Futurism In the nearly 13 years since Tinder launched, the dating app has been everything from a straight alternative to Grindr to a sexual harassment factory to a venue to meet one’s spouse — and, most recently, an AI-riddled graveyard. Nevertheless, there are still flesh-and-blood humans successfully using the app. And according… Continue reading Scientists Have Figured Which Types of People Are Successfully Hooking Up the Most on Tinder
Survey Finds That Self-Driving Is Actively Chasing Buyers Away From Tesla
Tesla’s misleadingly-named “full-self driving” (FSD) feature — which still requires drivers pay attention to the road, even if they often fail horrifically at that simple task — is one of the Elon Musk-owned electric carmaker’s biggest self-styled selling points. Until recently, the boastful multi-hyphenate entrepreneur’s decade-plus of over-promising and under-delivering on assisted driving software did… Continue reading Survey Finds That Self-Driving Is Actively Chasing Buyers Away From Tesla