Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide, the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy, were originally intended to treat diabetes — and didn’t become blockbuster prescriptions until doctors realized that they were also potent weight loss aids that seem to re-wire patients’ relationship to food and satiety.… Continue reading Doctors Just Found Something Fascinating About What Happens When You Drink on Ozempic
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Startup Reveals “Space Armor” to Protect Astronauts From Elon Musk’s Orbital Trash
Getty / Futurism Never content to pollute only the Earth’s surface, oceans, and atmosphere, billionaire tech moguls like Elon Musk are increasingly flooding our planet’s orbit with debris from their for-profit space ventures. SpaceX, for example, already has some 8,600 active Starlink satellites doing laps around the planet, a number that needs constant reinforcements as… Continue reading Startup Reveals “Space Armor” to Protect Astronauts From Elon Musk’s Orbital Trash
The AI Industry Is Traumatizing Desperate Contractors in the Developing World for Pennies
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Artificial intelligence has graced humanity with many blessings: videos of Stephen Hawking as professional wrestler, thousands of AI-generated podcasts, and more cutting edge Spotify tunes than anyone can hope to hear in a lifetime. Unfortunately, the technology of the future demands a high price. On top… Continue reading The AI Industry Is Traumatizing Desperate Contractors in the Developing World for Pennies
DMV’s AI System Says Woman Doesn’t Have a Human Face
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images When it comes to inclusion, artificial intelligence doesn’t have the best track record. As vast algorithms trained on troves of data scraped from the internet, AI models are inherently predisposed to reproducing human social biases. It’s no surprise, then, that AI has a real knack for… Continue reading DMV’s AI System Says Woman Doesn’t Have a Human Face
Reddit’s AI Suggests That People Suffering Chronic Pain Try Opioids
Getty / Futurism Tech companies are rushing to deploy AI everywhere. But because glaring issues remain with the tech, it’s almost inevitable that these efforts lead to public embarrassment when the AI malfunctions. In one of the latest examples, Reddit’s new AI was caught making an extraordinarily bad suggestion: that DIY heroin use might be… Continue reading Reddit’s AI Suggests That People Suffering Chronic Pain Try Opioids
It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Stephanie Keith / Getty Images PayPal and Palantir cofounder Peter Thiel has long held outrageous ideological views — and imposed them on the world using his billions of dollars in wealth to do things like build ICE’s massive surveillance panopticon, support the rise of the “New Right,” and… Continue reading It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It
MIT Grads Allegedly Googled “Money Laundering” Before Pulling Off $25 Million Crypto Heist
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images As technical education goes, few American institutions can match the prestige and influence of MIT. Of course, not every graduate is destined for greatness, as two MIT alums made clear earlier this year when they got busted for allegedly pulling a lightning-fast crypto heist, making off… Continue reading MIT Grads Allegedly Googled “Money Laundering” Before Pulling Off $25 Million Crypto Heist
Woman Wins Court Case by Using ChatGPT as a Lawyer
Getty / Futurism A woman in California successfully used AI tools, including ChatGPT, to overturn her eviction notice and avoid tens of thousands of dollars in penalties over several months of litigation. As NBC News reports, Lynn White was behind on rent and initially lost a jury trial after facing an eviction notice. Instead of… Continue reading Woman Wins Court Case by Using ChatGPT as a Lawyer
Tesla Deploys Self-Driving Mode That Ignores Speed Limits
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Allison Robbert / AFP via Getty Images Amid a slew of investigations into horrific accidents involving its Full Self-Driving software, Tesla has brought back its “Mad Max” mode that allows its self-driving cars to blow past the speed limit, Electrek reports. It’s almost like the Elon Musk owned… Continue reading Tesla Deploys Self-Driving Mode That Ignores Speed Limits
Two People Almost Drown After Asking ChatGPT When Low Tide Was
Getty / Futurism The owner of a shore-facing restaurant in South Wales potentially saved the lives of two swimmers who ventured out into unsafe waters — after consulting ChatGPT to find tide times. As local news outlet WalesOnline reports, the swimmers attempted to wade back from Sully Island, a rocky outcropping thousands of feet offshore,… Continue reading Two People Almost Drown After Asking ChatGPT When Low Tide Was