Image by Chip Somodevilla / Getty / Futurism Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the well-heeled crackpot helming our nation’s healthcare system, holds all kinds of screwball beliefs about pharmaceuticals — but his bizarre and incoherent opposition to depression-treating selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) is perhaps the most indefensible. Since at least 2023, when Kennedy first launched… Continue reading The Government Is Preparing to Take Away Your SSRIs
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Man Suffers ChatGPT Psychosis, Murders His Own Mother
A man murdered his mother and then killed himself after ChatGPT fueled his paranoid spiral. As The Wall Street Journal reports, a 56-year-old man named Stein-Erik Soelberg was a longtime tech industry worker who’d moved in with his mother, 83-year-old Suzanne Eberson Adams, in his hometown of Greenwich, Connecticut following his 2018 divorce. Soelberg, as the WSJ… Continue reading Man Suffers ChatGPT Psychosis, Murders His Own Mother
Taco Bell’s Attempt to Replace Drive-Thru Employees With AI Is Not Going Well
That distant ringing? It’s the sound of the Taco Bell death knell, tolling for the restaurant chain’s shambolic AI-powered drive-thrus. We exaggerate, but only a little. The much-maligned tech experiment, which has been deployed at 500 Taco Bell locations across the United States, isn’t quite dead yet. But it’s received enough backlash since being unleashed on… Continue reading Taco Bell’s Attempt to Replace Drive-Thru Employees With AI Is Not Going Well
Students Shocked by Instructor’s Ruthless Response to Suspected AI Use on Exam
In classrooms, reactions to the rise of artificial intelligence have ranged from abject horror from some educators to excited adoption from others. With ChatGPT approaching its three-year birthday, we’ve seen students and teachers alike issue all kinds of complaints and defenses — and this latest one might take the cake for the more extreme backlash we’ve… Continue reading Students Shocked by Instructor’s Ruthless Response to Suspected AI Use on Exam
At OpenAI, Signs of Crisis Grow Behind the Scenes
OpenAI is still reeling from the disappointing launch of its latest GPT-5 model. It’s being pelted with lawsuits from left and right, for alleged crimes like mass copyright infringement and colluding to ice out its competitors. More than ever, it’s being criticized for its chatbot’s alarming proclivity to not only give dangerous advice, but convince… Continue reading At OpenAI, Signs of Crisis Grow Behind the Scenes
Google’s AI Is Committing a Unique Evil: Giving Gamers Tips That Are Actually False
Back in the day, getting fooled by a fake cheat code from word of mouth or early web forums was almost a rite of passage for gamers. It’s been a long time since people were playing Pokemon Yellow and Final Fantasy for the first time, however, and AI has apparently taken over the role that used… Continue reading Google’s AI Is Committing a Unique Evil: Giving Gamers Tips That Are Actually False
Elizabeth Holmes Suddenly Starts Tweeting Again… While in Prison
Image by Michael Kovac / Getty Images for Vanity Fair / Futurism Convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes is still in prison — but she’s back online, in the weirdest way imaginable. As it stands, the former CEO of the infamous healthtech startup Theranos is currently serving out an 11-year prison sentence at a minimum security prison… Continue reading Elizabeth Holmes Suddenly Starts Tweeting Again… While in Prison
CDC Official Quits in Spectacular Fashion
Image by Gary Gershoff / Getty Images for Housing Works / Futurism Public health official Dr. Demetre Daskalakis resigned from his high-profile position at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) after months of turmoil at the essential federal agency — and he made the reasons for his departure crystal clear. The charismatic Daskalakis held rank… Continue reading CDC Official Quits in Spectacular Fashion
People Are Furious That OpenAI Is Reporting ChatGPT Conversations to Law Enforcement
Earlier this week, buried in the middle of a lengthy blog post addressing ChatGPT’s propensity for severe mental health harms, OpenAI admitted that it’s scanning users’ conversations and reporting to police any interactions that a human reviewer deems sufficiently threatening. “When we detect users who are planning to harm others, we route their conversations to specialized pipelines… Continue reading People Are Furious That OpenAI Is Reporting ChatGPT Conversations to Law Enforcement
There’s a Stunning Financial Problem With AI Data Centers
Over the past few years, the tech industry’s plans for artificial intelligence have grown from ambitious to outright treacherous, with the amount of money invested in the space so high it now poses a serious risk to the broader economy. Underlying the broader, often poorly-defined AI tech are data centers, which are vast warehouses stuffed… Continue reading There’s a Stunning Financial Problem With AI Data Centers