That looked painful. Cleared the Pad For a hot minute, it looked like SpaceX had done the seemingly impossible. The space company’s gigantic Starship prototype spacecraft and Super Heavy booster officially cleared the launch pad this morning at the company’s South Texas testing facilities, an epic conclusion to many years of development. It was a… Continue reading Starship Launches First Orbital Attempt, Explodes in Epic Fireball
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Elon Musk Says He’s Building a “Maximum Truth-Seeking AI”
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has long had an axe to grind with OpenAI and ChatGPT. After insinuating that he thinks the bot is “woke” and teasing his own “anti-woke” AI, Musk has finally revealed that he’s working on “TruthGPT,” a brazenly named alternative to the popular chatbot that will serve as a “maximum truth-seeking AI,”… Continue reading Elon Musk Says He’s Building a “Maximum Truth-Seeking AI”
Google Staff Warned Its AI Was a “Pathological Liar” Before They Released It Anyway
“AI ethics has taken a back seat.” Pathological Liar Google asked around 80,000 of its employees to test its still-unreleased Bard AI chatbot before it released it to the public last month, Bloomberg reports. And the reviews, as it turns out, were absolutely scathing. The AI was a “pathological liar,” one worker concluded, according to screenshots… Continue reading Google Staff Warned Its AI Was a “Pathological Liar” Before They Released It Anyway
Facebook Is Getting Slammed by Another Round of Brutal Cuts
The plight of the metamates continues. Another One The carnage at Meta-formerly-Facebook continues. According to new reporting from The Wall Street Journal, Meta — which had already eliminated nearly 30 percent of its workforce over the past six or so months alone — will now fire another 10,000 of the company’s still-standing employees. “This will be… Continue reading Facebook Is Getting Slammed by Another Round of Brutal Cuts
Fury as Magazine Uses AI to Generate Fake Interview With Michael Schumacher
Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher hasn’t made a public appearance in almost a decade, since he suffered a near-fatal brain injury while skiing back in December 2013. But that hasn’t stopped German tabloid rag Die Aktuelle from advertising “the first interview” — a “world sensation!” — with Schumacher since his accident, boldly plastering his face… Continue reading Fury as Magazine Uses AI to Generate Fake Interview With Michael Schumacher
Furious Record Label Gets AI-Generated Drake Song Deleted
AI’s most fearsome opponent yet? The lawyer-powered music industry. Drake Equation Major record label Universal Music Group (UMG) has forced a song that uses the AI-generated vocals of Aubrey “Drake” Graham and Abel Makkonen “the Weeknd” Tesfaye to be taken offline, Billboard reports, calling it out as being “infringing content.” The song, dubbed “Heart on… Continue reading Furious Record Label Gets AI-Generated Drake Song Deleted
Twitter Says It’s Okay to Harass Trans People Now
The decline of Twitter continues. Moving Backwards In a quiet new rule change, Twitter has rolled back its prior protections for transgender users amid an international anti-trans movement on both sides of the pond, a worrying step backward for the Elon Musk-led company. In a statement, LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD noted that Twitter has removed a… Continue reading Twitter Says It’s Okay to Harass Trans People Now
Guy Admits That His Prize-Winning “Photo” Was Actually Generated Using AI
“AI is not photography. Therefore I will not accept the award.” German artist Boris Eldagsen, who recently won a prestigious photography competition with a stunning black and white portrait, is now refusing the award after admitting the image was created using an AI image generator, The Guardian reports. In a statement on his personal website,… Continue reading Guy Admits That His Prize-Winning “Photo” Was Actually Generated Using AI
Google CEO Warns Earthlings to Brace for AI Impact
“It can be very harmful if deployed wrongly… So does that keep me up at night? Absolutely.” Workers of the World Google CEO Sundar Pichai is warning that our feeble civilization at large will be massively affected by the advancement of AI — and that we should all brace for impact. “We need to adapt… Continue reading Google CEO Warns Earthlings to Brace for AI Impact
New Car Has No Rear Window, Just a Camera
“It creates a cocoon.” No Rear Window EV maker Polestar just showed off its fourth passenger vehicle, the Polestar 4, a compact SUV that literally has no rear windshield. Instead of letting drives physically see out of the back of the car — who would possibly want to do that? — the Swedish brand opted… Continue reading New Car Has No Rear Window, Just a Camera