If you thought tech companies were your overlords now, wait till you hear about this wonky piece of legislation being cooked up in Colorado. As The Lever reports, a bill proposed in the state’s legislature last year would make it outright illegal for individuals to sue AI companies for violating the Colorado Consumer Protection Act,… Continue reading Politicians Are Trying to Make It Illegal to Sue AI Companies
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Using AI for Work Could Land You on the Receiving End of a Nasty Lawsuit
For all its hype, artificial intelligence isn’t without its psychological, environmental, and even spiritual hazards. Perhaps the most pressing concern on an individual level, though, is that it puts users on the hook for a nearly infinite number of legal hazards — even at work, as it turns out. A recent breakdown by The Register… Continue reading Using AI for Work Could Land You on the Receiving End of a Nasty Lawsuit
Florida Schools Deploying Armed Drones to Battle School Shooters
There’s no need to fear, for emergency drone swarms are here. To combat school shootings, three districts in Florida are set to trial a drone response system that’s designed to subdue an assailant and buy time before law enforcement can arrive at the scene, Newsweek reports. It sounds like something you’d see in a satirical… Continue reading Florida Schools Deploying Armed Drones to Battle School Shooters
Scientists Alarmed to Discover That Earth’s Continents Are Drying Out
New research examining over 20 years of data captured by NASA’s twin climate satellites, GRACE and GRACE-FO, has revealed an “unprecedented” level of water loss among the planet’s continents, creating “mega-drying” regions across the northern hemisphere. One of these mega regions spans Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and vast swaths of Asia. That should… Continue reading Scientists Alarmed to Discover That Earth’s Continents Are Drying Out
The Average Person Is Far More Scared of AI Than Excited by It, Studies Find
AI is dominating the economy and at the top of policy agendas. Ads for it are everywhere. Your favorite artist is probably experimenting with it. And as hundreds of billions of dollars get poured into the tech, it can feel like the whole world is holding its breath for when it somehow becomes superintelligent and… Continue reading The Average Person Is Far More Scared of AI Than Excited by It, Studies Find
CEO Boasts That He Laid Off 80 Percent of His Staff Because They Didn’t Love AI Enough, Threatens to Do It Again
When it comes to AI, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more groveling cheerleader than the humble CEO. As hype around the software grows, business execs have become astonishingly comfortable sharing their hopes that AI will soon make human labor a thing of the past. Now, even as Wall Street begins to reckon with the… Continue reading CEO Boasts That He Laid Off 80 Percent of His Staff Because They Didn’t Love AI Enough, Threatens to Do It Again
Political Pollsters Are Trying to Save Money by Polling AI Instead of Real People, and It’s Going About as Well as You’d Expect
As if the institution of political polling weren’t already fraught enough, pollsters are now surveying AI instead of real people to cut costs and save time. As new research demonstrates, AI is clearly not up to the job — but that probably won’t stop any firms who’ve bought in to continue doing so. In a… Continue reading Political Pollsters Are Trying to Save Money by Polling AI Instead of Real People, and It’s Going About as Well as You’d Expect
Trump Rages as His Swollen Legs Are Scrutinized
Image by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty / Andrew Harnik via Getty / Futurism Last month, the White House revealed that president Donald Trump’s “mild swelling in his lower legs,” visible in press pool photos, was the product of chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), a disorder that causes blood to pool in the extremities rather… Continue reading Trump Rages as His Swollen Legs Are Scrutinized
Even More Shrimp Just Got Recalled Because of Radiation, at More Grocery Stores
Image by Getty / Futurism Alas, nuclear waste may have seeped into a greater share of delectable sea bugs than initially believed. On Thursday, the US Food and Drug Administration said that even more bags of frozen shrimp are being recalled for possible radioactive contamination after another company, Southwind Foods, voluntarily pulled its product. “I… Continue reading Even More Shrimp Just Got Recalled Because of Radiation, at More Grocery Stores
Elon Musk Fans Are Brutally Mocking Him for Incessantly “Gooning to AI Anime”
The richest man in the world can’t quit getting high on his own supply — and his most loyal fans are openly mocking him for it. Many AI boosters say the tech is poised to cure disease and usher humanity into a new age of prosperity. But billionaire and xAI CEO Elon Musk has shifted… Continue reading Elon Musk Fans Are Brutally Mocking Him for Incessantly “Gooning to AI Anime”