Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Let’s not kid ourselves here — tech bros do important work. Crammed in San Francisco apartments like joyless digital monks, these builders are now the bedrock of the ailing US economy, cranking out enough AI startups to stave off a global financial crisis. And for their… Continue reading Tech Bros Have Been Accidentally Poisoning Themselves With Severe Brain Toxins for Years
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Police Issue Warning About “AI Homeless Man” Prank
TikTok / Futurism AI-powered deepfake tech has come a very long way. Unsurprisingly, teens have been using the tech to prank their friends and family. The latest hoax involves kids sending their parents AI-manipulated pictures of them welcoming homeless men into their houses — prompting widespread alarm and even 911 calls, as NBC News reports.… Continue reading Police Issue Warning About “AI Homeless Man” Prank
Live Sports Are No Longer Live Thanks to Extremely Long Ads
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images If you follow major league sports in the US, you know you have to sit through an astronomical number of ads. The average NFL TV broadcast features only 11 minutes of actual game time, but a full hour of commercials. Basketball fans have to sit through… Continue reading Live Sports Are No Longer Live Thanks to Extremely Long Ads
Scientists Invent Room Temperature Ice
Getty / Futurism Scientists have created a new phase of ice that can form at room temperature. As detailed in a new paper published in the journal Nature Materials, the new phase, dubbed XXI, requires extreme levels of pressure to form. As its name suggests, it’s the twenty-first form of ice to have been identified,… Continue reading Scientists Invent Room Temperature Ice
As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Microsoft has officially ended support for Windows 10, all but forcing users to either upgrade or pay more money to keep getting essential security updates for the OS they already own. No matter that its replacement, Windows 11, can’t be run on nearly half a billion… Continue reading As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity
OpenAI Bans MLK Deepfakes After Disaster
Bettman / Getty Images / Futurism OpenAI was seemingly caught off guard by the controversy stemming from its new text-to-video app, Sora 2, as it rapidly became the number one place for tasteless videos of deceased celebrities being mercilessly mocked. From videos of famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who passed away seven years ago, being… Continue reading OpenAI Bans MLK Deepfakes After Disaster
ChatGPT Is Already Stalling Out on New Subscribers
Getty / Futurism OpenAI is planning to spend more than $1 trillion in AI infrastructure buildouts — an enormous commitment, especially considering its meager income. Long term, it desperately needs revenue. For now, the vast majority of the money it’s actually bringing in is coming from paying ChatGPT subscribers — and while OpenAI CEO Sam… Continue reading ChatGPT Is Already Stalling Out on New Subscribers
Divorced Tesla Fan Admits That His Cybertruck Is Repulsive to Women
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Are Cybertrucks exclusively driven by the most divorced men of all time? And if they are, is there a way of scientifically proving it? Probably not, but a series of interviews with Cybertruck owners published by Wired provides compelling evidence that the answer is “yes.” Take… Continue reading Divorced Tesla Fan Admits That His Cybertruck Is Repulsive to Women
The Latest Climate News Is So Bad That You Should Probably Not Click This and Just Bury Your Head in the Sand
Getty / Futurism The United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released its latest report on global greenhouse gas emissions, and — how do we say this without sounding deliberately alarmist? — it’s looking extremely bleak out there, folks. The report found that the global average concentration of carbon dioxide spiked by 3.5 parts per… Continue reading The Latest Climate News Is So Bad That You Should Probably Not Click This and Just Bury Your Head in the Sand
Popular Meal Replacement Drink Contains So Much Lead That Doctors Are Aghast
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images We live in an era obsessed with protein. It’s not just about eating steak and eggs for breakfast anymore; they’re selling ludicrous snacks like protein potato chips and protein cereal, stuff that has you wondering what was wrong with an old fashioned bar. Your gym probably… Continue reading Popular Meal Replacement Drink Contains So Much Lead That Doctors Are Aghast