“It becomes kind of deflating to see a lot of this junk coming out.” Say What?! TikTok has become a major hub for conspiracy theorists who claim that the Titanic never sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean, exasperating historians, the New York Times reported last week — just days before a submarine… Continue reading Conspiracy Lunatics Think the Titanic Never Actually Sank
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Netflix Camera Boat Attacked by Swarm of Furious Sharks
“It was like something out of ‘Jaws.’” Paging Stephen Spielberg It was a close call for a Netflix camera crew when a swarm of tiger sharks attacked their boat, puncturing the vessel and forcing them to make an emergency landing on a beach in Hawaii, according to an account published by Radio Times. The crew… Continue reading Netflix Camera Boat Attacked by Swarm of Furious Sharks
An AI Is Inventing Fake Quotes by Real People and Publishing Them Online
It brings us no pleasure to report this, but: the unholy union of SEO spam and AI-generated muck is here. And in this new age of mass-produced online garbage, reality seems to be headed right out the door. Earlier this week, we stumbled onto a website called The Enlightened Mindset, which appears to be a dark vision of… Continue reading An AI Is Inventing Fake Quotes by Real People and Publishing Them Online
Harvard Researchers Find Dogs Bite People More on Hot Days
Climate change just got even worse! Fang Gang Rising global temperatures might have one particularly unexpected side effect: dog bites. We know, we know — say it ain’t so! But alas, according to a new study from Harvard Medical School, dogs appear to be statistically more likely to exhibit aggressive, bitey behavior on “hot, sunny,… Continue reading Harvard Researchers Find Dogs Bite People More on Hot Days
A Robot Is Helping Reforest The Amazon
Finally, a robot that actually *helps* the environment. YuMi, Us To combat the worst effects of climate change, we need all hands on deck — and robotic ones apparently do apply. Enter YuMi, a collaborative robot — or “cobot,” if you’re feeling jargony — made by the Switzerland-based ABB Robotics company that’s currently deployed in… Continue reading A Robot Is Helping Reforest The Amazon
GitHub Says 92 Percent of Programmers Are Using AI
Clever or just plain lazy? Lazy Town Microsoft’s software development service GitHub conducted a survey to figure out just how many programmers are using AI tools. And the results are surprising. A whopping 92 percent of the 500 US-based developers surveyed said that they’re already integrating AI tools into their workflow, while 70 percent said… Continue reading GitHub Says 92 Percent of Programmers Are Using AI
People Are Using AI to Automate Responses to Site That Pays Them to Train AI
“One of our key sources of human data is no longer fully ‘human!’” Chasing the Tail Amazon’s Mechanical Turk platform, which launched in 2005, has allowed humans to make some money on the side by completing small tasks such as data validation or simple transcriptions that “require human intelligence.” The basic idea is to “break… Continue reading People Are Using AI to Automate Responses to Site That Pays Them to Train AI
Google Warns Employees About Using AI, While Promoting Its Own AI
Double standard, much? Double Standard Google’s parent company Alphabet is warning employees about how they should use AI — including its own homegrown chatbot Bard, Reuters reports. That’s despite the company making considerable investments in the tech. According to the report, Alphabet is particularly concerned about employees feeding confidential data into the chatbots — a reasonable… Continue reading Google Warns Employees About Using AI, While Promoting Its Own AI
Expert Issues Warning About Beyoncé’s Fearsome Robot Arms
“It looks like they would hurt a lot.” Bionic Bey Iconic performer Beyoncé Knowles’ Renaissance World Tour is in full swing, and as is probably expected from Queen Bey, pretty much everything about her performance, from her costumes to her staging to — oh, yeah — the robotic arms that have been incorporated into her choreography,… Continue reading Expert Issues Warning About Beyoncé’s Fearsome Robot Arms
Orcas Are Apparently Attacking Boats Almost Every Day Now
“There are days we have two or three.” Whale of a Tale For weeks now, the internet has been enraptured by orcas attacking ships and even pleasure yachts — and the ferocious cetaceans show no sign of letting up. In a new interview with PBS, a man who runs a website that tracks orca sightings and… Continue reading Orcas Are Apparently Attacking Boats Almost Every Day Now