Goodbye, reality. Whoopsie The influential, 150-year-old newspaper The Irish Times just apologized for accidentally publishing an AI-generated hoax article — bylined by an entirely fake AI-generated “journalist,” no less — in its Opinion section. In a statement published Sunday, editor Ruadhán Mac Cormaic apologized for the incident, which he described the incident as a “deliberate and coordinated… Continue reading Newspaper Apologizes for Accidentally Running Deranged AI-Generated Article
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Company Giving Away TVs With Second Screen That Shows Constant Ads
A startup called Telly is planning to give away a whopping half million 55-inch TVs to consumers — but with one huge catch. As if annoying commercial breaks on cable weren’t enough, the sleek TV set will come with a second screen that will show you a nonstop stream of ads while you’re catching up… Continue reading Company Giving Away TVs With Second Screen That Shows Constant Ads
Elon Musk Subpoenaed in Jeffrey Epstein Lawsuit
Not a great look for Elon. Subpoena Envy Welp, it finally happened. As court documents reveal, Elon Musk and Tesla have been subpoenaed by the US Virgin Islands in a lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co of “knowingly” benefitting from — and perhaps even facilitating — Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking. “JP Morgan knowingly facilitated, sustained,… Continue reading Elon Musk Subpoenaed in Jeffrey Epstein Lawsuit
Trump Shares AI Voice-Cloned Fake Video of Anderson Cooper
Cooper 180 Former President Donald Trump is once again making it quite clear that in the run-up to the 2024 election, he won’t be shying away from synthetic content. In the wake of his controversial CNN town hall appearance last Wednesday night, Trump took to his social media platform Truth Social on Friday morning to share… Continue reading Trump Shares AI Voice-Cloned Fake Video of Anderson Cooper
OpenAI CEO Raising $100 Million to Scan Every Eyeball on Earth
Stare into the Orb. Eye Opener Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, apparently has more up his sleeve than bringing about the AI apocalypse. As the Financial Times reports, Altman is in advanced talks to secure around $100 million for Worldcoin, another of his ventures. Worldcoin’s promise is hazy at best, but seems to involve scanning everybody’s… Continue reading OpenAI CEO Raising $100 Million to Scan Every Eyeball on Earth
A Guy Strapped a Camera to His Cat and It’s the Best Thing We’ve Ever Seen
His little paws!! OnlyCats There’s nothing the internet loves more than cat videos — but what about videos filmed from a cat’s perspective? While strapping an action cam to one’s pet isn’t exactly a new concept, technological improvements mean that they’re now small enough not to disturb the famously-irritable feline. Using one of these sleek… Continue reading A Guy Strapped a Camera to His Cat and It’s the Best Thing We’ve Ever Seen
Google Employees Mock Execs for Saying “AI” Over and Over
“Take a shot when someone says AI.” AI-AI-I/O Google employees reportedly came up with a drinking game during the company’s I/O developer conference last week, mocking just how many times its executives mentioned artificial intelligence. As seen in a TikTok mega cut put together by The Verge, Googlers must’ve gotten absolutely hammered that day, with… Continue reading Google Employees Mock Execs for Saying “AI” Over and Over
Ex-Google CEO Says We Should Trust AI Industry to Self-Regulate
What could possibly go wrong? Self-Regulating He might not helm Google anymore, but Eric Schmidt is absolutely still thinking like a tech CEO. In an interview with NBC‘s “Meet the Press,” Schmidt laid bare his techno-libertarian outlook when asked about whether artificial intelligence needs “guardrails” given its propensity to lie, confabulate, and, well, go kind of… Continue reading Ex-Google CEO Says We Should Trust AI Industry to Self-Regulate
Elon Musk Obediently Censors Twitter When Dictator Tells Him To
When the Turkish government asked Twitter to censor the opposition during the country’s election this week, the site’s owner Elon Musk obediently complied. Twitter announced it had “taken action to restrict access to some content in Turkey” in response to demands starting late last week, without specifying what content would be blocked or why. Put… Continue reading Elon Musk Obediently Censors Twitter When Dictator Tells Him To
The Population of Europe Now Appears to Be Falling
You can probably guess why. Pop Cap The population of the European Union (EU) has slid down by more than half a million people since 2020, according to the number crunchers at its statistical arm Eurostat — a striking inflection point after decades of growth. The causes of the decline are various, but the basic issue… Continue reading The Population of Europe Now Appears to Be Falling