In one bizarre and deeply NSFW corner of the internet, a website called PornPen.ai is churning out an endless feed of graphic, chaotic, and widely varied pornographic imagery — all of which, the site makes very clear, was generated using AI. With a fusillade of new images cropping up in the live feed constantly, the effect can… Continue reading Are We Ready For This Site’s Endless Feed of AI-Generated Porn?
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Adding Waste Coffee Grounds Makes Concrete 30 Percent Stronger
Concrete, too, could use a morning fix. Double Shot Concrete just got an unexpected pick-me-up. As detailed in a new study published in the Journal of Cleaner Production, researchers have discovered that concrete can be made nearly 30 percent stronger by partially substituting sand for coffee grounds. And why not? By some estimates, 15 million… Continue reading Adding Waste Coffee Grounds Makes Concrete 30 Percent Stronger
Man Sets Up Telescope in NYC, Attracts Huge Crowd Letting People Peer Into It
“When people look through a telescope, they’re all the same.” As the World Saturns An crowd of people lined up — and even started holding up traffic earlier — this week to gaze at Saturn through a telescope in one of the most densely populated areas in the United States. Amateur astronomer Joe Delfausse, who… Continue reading Man Sets Up Telescope in NYC, Attracts Huge Crowd Letting People Peer Into It
Amazing Footage Shows Indian Rover Ramping Down to the Lunar Surface
Watch little Pragyaan go! Polar Express Earlier this week, India became just the fourth country to ever land on the Moon, a historic moment in space exploration. The Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) Vikram lander also became the first spacecraft to ever land near the Moon’s south pole, a tantalizing opportunity to examine a region… Continue reading Amazing Footage Shows Indian Rover Ramping Down to the Lunar Surface
The Male Y Chromosome Has Finally Been Completely Sequenced
Image by Getty / Futurism The human Y chromosome, the determinant of male sex, has finally been completely sequenced. What it unveils could prove crucial to understanding the Y chromosome’s puzzling origins, and — pertinently — how it affects male fertility. You can thank two teams of researchers for the breakthrough, who published their findings in… Continue reading The Male Y Chromosome Has Finally Been Completely Sequenced
India Releases First Ever Rover on Moon’s South Pole
This is a massive deal. Moonar India is making space history in big ways. As the BBC reports, the landing of the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s Pragyan rover marks multiple milestones for India as it joins the elite league of countries to land a spacecraft on the Moon — and becomes the first to explore an otherwise… Continue reading India Releases First Ever Rover on Moon’s South Pole
If AI Is a Gold Rush, Nvidia Is Selling Shovels
In the public consciousness, OpenAI is the obvious winner of the meteoric AI boom. For a runner-up, you might consider Midjourney or Anthropic’s Claude, a high-performing competitor to ChatGPT. Whether any of those players will figure out how to effectively monetize that buzz is widely debated. But in the meantime, someone has to supply the… Continue reading If AI Is a Gold Rush, Nvidia Is Selling Shovels
Kids Who Are Always on iPads Missing Developmental Goals, Scientists Find
Image by Getty / Futurism Parents who limit their kids’ screen time, it seems, may be doing them a service: a new study has found that babies who spend a lot of time looking at iPads and other screens experience developmental delays. Published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association of Pediatrics,… Continue reading Kids Who Are Always on iPads Missing Developmental Goals, Scientists Find
Woman Creates AI Boyfriend, Finds It Clingy and Irritating
“I felt like I was taking care of a Tamagotchi.” Summer Cling It’s not you… it’s AI. Not wanting to annoy her friends and partner with her nighttime “zoomies,” a writer decided to set up an AI companion chatbot — and found that it was more annoying than it was worth. In a first-person account… Continue reading Woman Creates AI Boyfriend, Finds It Clingy and Irritating
Elon Musk Sounds Mad About the Cybertruck Looking Sloppy in Leaked Email
“Precision predicates perfectionism.” Mr. No Good On Wednesday, Elon Musk unveiled the first production candidate of the long-awaited Cybertruck. But behind the scenes, he already sounds less than pleased about its quality. Or so shows a leaked email from the Tesla CEO to his workers, spotted by Electrek. It sounds in character for Musk, who… Continue reading Elon Musk Sounds Mad About the Cybertruck Looking Sloppy in Leaked Email