Microsoft launched the feature anyways. 2000 and Late Last fall, as Microsoft was rushing to stuff AI tech into its Bing search engine, its partner OpenAI warned the tech giant about the dangers of integrating its GPT-4 large language model (LLM) early without training it more, the Wall Street Journal reports. Despite OpenAI cautioning Microsoft… Continue reading OpenAI Warned Microsoft That Its AI Is Absolutely Terrible At Telling the Truth
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Elon Musk Expresses Interest in Planet Four Light-Years Away
It’s in the star system where “Avatar” is set. Shiny New Planet He hasn’t even made it to Mars yet, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s wandering eye is already on a new planet — this one completely outside our star system. Over the weekend, Musk seemed to ideate on the prospect of visiting the relatively nearby… Continue reading Elon Musk Expresses Interest in Planet Four Light-Years Away
Winklevoss Twin Compares “War on Crypto” to the Overturning of Roe v. Wade
Yikes. Can’t Make This Up Crypto-obsessed twins and “long-time Bitcoin permabulls” Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss took to Twitter over the weekend to decry a recent crackdown on crypto by US regulators, with Tyler inexplicably going as far as to compare the Democrats’ so-called “war on crypto” to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Yes. Really.… Continue reading Winklevoss Twin Compares “War on Crypto” to the Overturning of Roe v. Wade
ChatGPT Delivers Church Sermon, Tells Congregants Not to Fear Death
“There was no heart and no soul.” GPT-Preach Over 300 parishioners gathered in Feurth, Germany last week to attend a church service written — and delivered — by AI, the Associated Press reports. “I conceived this service — but actually I rather accompanied it, because I would say about 98 percent comes from the machine,”… Continue reading ChatGPT Delivers Church Sermon, Tells Congregants Not to Fear Death
Paul McCartney Using AI to Create “Last Beatles Record”
“We just finished it up and it’ll be released this year.” Record Breaker Music legend Paul McCartney has announced that he’s using artificial intelligence to create what he’s calling the “last Beatles record,” the BBC reports — even though half the members of the iconic duo have passed away. “We just finished it up and it’ll… Continue reading Paul McCartney Using AI to Create “Last Beatles Record”
Man Creates Tiny Country Inside California, Declares Himself Its Sultan
A particularly creative San Diego-based radio DJ has declared himself the “sultan” of his own “country,” deep in the Southern California desert. Randy “R Dub!” Williams spent around a decade visiting the almost 200 UN-recognized nations of the world, and then took matters into his own hands to finalize the list. “One of the reasons… Continue reading Man Creates Tiny Country Inside California, Declares Himself Its Sultan
Therapists Are Now Giving Patients *Checks Notes* MDMA
Image by Getty / Futurism A long way from the dance floor, MDMA has caught the attention of researchers who believe it could be a powerful way to treat a wide variety of conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. In interviews with Scientific American‘s “Science, Quickly” podcast, researchers who study the potential therapeutic effects… Continue reading Therapists Are Now Giving Patients *Checks Notes* MDMA
Elon Musk Says Maybe the Unabomber Was Right
Say what again? Needle Scratch The death of the “Unabomber,” Ted Kaczynski, has brought up an outpouring of unhinged takes and virtual memorials from a broad ideological spectrum. One of the strangest so far? The reaction of SpaceX, Tesla and Neuralink CEO Elon Musk. In response to tweet about how Ted Kaczynski wrote that the… Continue reading Elon Musk Says Maybe the Unabomber Was Right
Microsoft Alarmed at Doctors Using ChatGPT to Tell Patients Bad News
Image by Getty / Futurism Doctors are using OpenAI’s ultra-popular AI chatbot ChatGPT in a surprising new way, the New York Times reports: to communicate with patients more empathetically. In other words, they’re using a chatbot to appear more human — a fascinating contradiction that sheds light on the difficulties of balancing the importance of… Continue reading Microsoft Alarmed at Doctors Using ChatGPT to Tell Patients Bad News
Reddit Is in a Full-Blown Rebellion Against Its CEO
Redditors have mobilized! Reddellion In response to controversial and platform-altering changes to its API, Redditors are mobilizing en masse against the site and its CEO, Steve Huffman. As the BBC reports, nearly 3,500 subreddits have gone dark for 48 hours in protest against the changes, which have made Reddit’s previously-free API access incredibly expensive for… Continue reading Reddit Is in a Full-Blown Rebellion Against Its CEO