Have we hit peak AI? Peak AI For the first time since its release, OpenAI’s uber-popular ChatGPT has lost users month-over-month, The Washington Post reports, a possible sign that the AI chatbot’s popularity may have already peaked. According to internet data firm Similarweb, mobile and desktop traffic to the AI chatbot’s website fell almost ten… Continue reading ChatGPT Is Now Losing Users
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Annoyed Residents Disabling Self-Driving Cars by Placing Traffic Cones on Their Hoods
Activists are calling the protests “The Week of Cone.” Street Fight A group of activists in San Francisco is waging a pitched battle against autonomous vehicles by brandishing a surprising weapon: traffic cones. By placing the cones on self-driving cars’ hoods, they’re effectively turning the vehicles into useless hunks of metal and plastic. The group,… Continue reading Annoyed Residents Disabling Self-Driving Cars by Placing Traffic Cones on Their Hoods
Scientists Discover That You Can Hear Silence
Image by Getty Images Do we have a bat signal for Paul Simon? In a new paper, a team of philosophers and psychologists at Johns Hopkins University claims to have finally settled an ancient debate: whether you can actually hear the sound of silence. In a mind-bending conclusion, they found that you absolutely can. “We typically… Continue reading Scientists Discover That You Can Hear Silence
Google Is Already Testing a Medical AI Chatbot in Hospitals
Image by Getty / Futurism Google has been quietly testing a medical AI chatbot in hospitals for months. Since April, scientists have been testing the bot dubbed Med-PaLM 2 at the research hospital Mayo Clinic, among other hospitals, according to The Wall Street Journal. The bot is a medicine-specific iteration of Google’s PaLM 2, a powerful… Continue reading Google Is Already Testing a Medical AI Chatbot in Hospitals
Reckless Tesla Drivers Are Using Cheap Weights to Fool Their Cars Into Thinking They’re Paying Attention
“How do you think they’re going to behave?” Not Dangerous Enough Tesla owners are using cheap steering wheel weights to trick their cars into thinking they’re keeping their eyes on the road. According to a report from The Washington Post, the weights, which have risen in popularity as Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) continues to be… Continue reading Reckless Tesla Drivers Are Using Cheap Weights to Fool Their Cars Into Thinking They’re Paying Attention
Realistic Robot Awkwardly Dodges Question When Asked If It Will Rebel Against Humans
“I’m not sure why you would think that.” Nervous Laughter An incredibly life-like humanoid robot had a bit of a dodgy answer when asked if it would rebel against its human creators. At what is being billed as the world’s first human-robot press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Reuters reports, nine humanoid robots were asked a… Continue reading Realistic Robot Awkwardly Dodges Question When Asked If It Will Rebel Against Humans
Antarctic Ice Reaches “Record-Smashing Low,” Alarming Scientists
That’s not good. Bad Record A grim report put together by representatives of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has revealed that Antarctic sea ice levels have reached a record new wintertime low. Usually, the ice is expected to accumulate during the Southern Hemisphere’s winter season. But this year, data from the National Snow… Continue reading Antarctic Ice Reaches “Record-Smashing Low,” Alarming Scientists
That “Weird Shrimp From Canada” Less Swole Than We Thought, Scientists Say
Turns out it was likely “soft and squishy.” Soft and Squishy We all have our strengths, but unfortunately for some, being strong isn’t one of them. In a new study, an international team of scientists offered evidence that Anomalocaris canadensis, a long-extinct ocean predator whose name translates to “weird shrimp from Canada,” wasn’t as powerful… Continue reading That “Weird Shrimp From Canada” Less Swole Than We Thought, Scientists Say
Volkswagen to Start Testing Its Adorable Self-Driving Vans
Get ready for even more chaos. Van Life Volkswagen announced on Thursday that it will debut its first stateside self-driving program in Austin, Texas. It’s the latest attempt from the German automaker to get a foothold in the autonomous vehicle market, especially in the US, after its previous ventures all but fizzled out. Spearheading Volkswagen’s… Continue reading Volkswagen to Start Testing Its Adorable Self-Driving Vans
Good News! Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Has Significantly Dropped in Just 6 Months
It’s a promising start. New Low Brazil has seen an impressive 33.6 percent drop in deforestation in the Amazon rainforest during the first six months of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s time in office, The Associated Press reports, the lowest levels since 2019. This about-face follows a four-year period of heightened deforestation under the… Continue reading Good News! Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Has Significantly Dropped in Just 6 Months