Getty / Futurism Eight months ago, OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, moved to relax some of its restrictions around naughty content in its “Model Spec,” the document describing how its large language models (LLMs) ought to behave — a noteworthy change from its previous stance prohibiting all sexual content. “To maximize freedom for our users,… Continue reading OpenAI Says It Will Move to Allow Smut
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Parasitic Startup Pollutes Job Market by Applying to Jobs for You Automatically
Getty / Futurism Look, it’s a hard job market out there. Not only has new job creation slowed to a drip, but the positions that do exist are increasingly hidden behind labyrinthian AI screening software and bizarre HR scams. Not to worry, because a new startup is rising to help job seekers brute force their… Continue reading Parasitic Startup Pollutes Job Market by Applying to Jobs for You Automatically
The More Scientists Work With AI, the Less They Trust It
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Scientists are a skeptical bunch — it’s in the job description. But when it comes to AI, researchers are growing increasingly mistrustful of the tech’s capabilities. In a preview of its 2025 report on the impact of the tech on research, the academic publisher Wiley released… Continue reading The More Scientists Work With AI, the Less They Trust It
OpenAI’s Marketing Efforts Are Embarrassingly Ineffective, New Consumer Research Finds
ChatGPT via YouTube OpenAI’s biggest advertising push yet depicts users leveraging ChatGPT in highly produced, intended-to-be-relatable everyday moments. The only problem? Consumer research shows the effort doesn’t correlate to impact at all. An ad titled “Dish” shows a young man attempting to impress his date with a home cooked meal by way of a cutesy… Continue reading OpenAI’s Marketing Efforts Are Embarrassingly Ineffective, New Consumer Research Finds
Sam Altman Says If Jobs Gets Wiped Out, Maybe They Weren’t Even “Real Work” to Start With
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Rowan Cheung via YouTube (Screenshot) / Getty Images You know it’s going to be good when an AI executive goes off on a tangent about “hey, what’s a job anyway!” while addressing — or failing to address — the topic of how their tech just might wipe out… Continue reading Sam Altman Says If Jobs Gets Wiped Out, Maybe They Weren’t Even “Real Work” to Start With
Strange New Health Issues Put Jordan Peterson in ICU
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Chris Williamson/Getty Images Attention prayer warriors: controversial Canadian psychologist and political commentator Jordan Peterson been in the intensive care unit for the better part of a month — his latest bout with health struggles so severe and esoteric that a lesser mind might conclude his exclusive diet of… Continue reading Strange New Health Issues Put Jordan Peterson in ICU
Ohio Seeks to Ban Human-AI Marriage
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images A union between human and machine? Not on this Ohio Republican’s watch. A bill introduced last month by Buckeye state representative Thaddeus Claggett, from Licking County, would block AI systems from having legal personhood by declaring them to be “nonsentient entities,” NBC4 News reports. It would… Continue reading Ohio Seeks to Ban Human-AI Marriage
Trump Supporters Are Using OpenAI’s Sora to Generate AI Videos of Soldiers Assaulting Protesters
Sora 2 (Screenshots via Instagram) To take president Donald Trump’s word for it, America’s cities are in ruins, forcing him to deploy federal troops to Portland, Washington DC, and Memphis. There’s just one wrinkle — no one seems to be able to find any real evidence of the mass riots and anarchist violence that Trump… Continue reading Trump Supporters Are Using OpenAI’s Sora to Generate AI Videos of Soldiers Assaulting Protesters
University Using AI to Falsely Accuse Students of Cheating With AI
Getty Images / Viktoriya Skorikova College students are being wrongly accused of using AI to cheat on their assignments by their university — based, in a headache-inducing twist, on the findings of another AI system. That’s according to new reporting from Australia’s ABC News which illustrates the nightmarish impact that AI’s inroads has had in… Continue reading University Using AI to Falsely Accuse Students of Cheating With AI
An Astonishing Proportion of High Schoolers Have Had a “Romantic Relationship” With an AI, Research Finds
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images To many young souls, AI chatbots aren’t just tools or glorified search engines — they’re companions. A new survey found that nearly one in five high schoolers in the US — 19 percent — say that they or a friend have used AI to have a… Continue reading An Astonishing Proportion of High Schoolers Have Had a “Romantic Relationship” With an AI, Research Finds