Last week, the leading American robotics firm Boston Dynamics made its official Paris Fashion Week debut, deploying its viral robodog, Spot, on French fashion label Coperni’s runway. Yes, that Spot, the one that can dance, jump rope, and — oh yeah — is already being used by the US military to, among other things, patrol America’s… Continue reading Robodog Peeling Off a Model’s Clothes Is a Viral Riff on Ominous Tech
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Japan’s Newest Rocket Self Destructs During Launch
“This will have a serious impact on Japan’s future space policy, space business and technological competitiveness.” Explosive Finale What was meant to be the inaugural launch of Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) newest H3 rocket ended in dismal disappointment. The H3 rocket’s initial liftoff at 10:37am appeared to go smoothly. The 200-foot craft slowly heaved itself… Continue reading Japan’s Newest Rocket Self Destructs During Launch
ChatGPT Is Coming to Slack Because We Live and Work in Hell
Because Slack wasn’t already annoying enough to use. SlackGPT Salesforce is bringing OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT to Slack, yet another sign that the compulsively lying and hallucinating AI assistant is becoming inescapable in everyday life. Salesforce, which bought the popular communication app back in 2021, will allow users to take advantage of OpenAI’s blockbuster AI inside Slack to… Continue reading ChatGPT Is Coming to Slack Because We Live and Work in Hell
Elon Musk Deletes Tweet Roasting Disabled Twitter Employee
“He’s the worst.” “He’s the Worst” Yesterday, Twitter CEO Elon Musk publicly shamed former Twitter director Haraldur Thorleifsson in front of his well over 100 million followers, telling him his contributions to Twitter amounted to nothing. In his comments, Musk went as far as to make fun of Thorleifsson’s disability, accusing him of using the… Continue reading Elon Musk Deletes Tweet Roasting Disabled Twitter Employee
Scientists Investigated Why Clowns Are So Terrifying and [Sinister Circus Music Plays]
Image by Getty / Futurism Scientists have quantified why people are afraid of clowns, and the reasons behind this common phobia might surprise you. Writing for The Conversation, Welsh psychological researchers Sophie Scorehy, Shakiela Davies, James Greville, and Phillip Tyson described how they and their team at the University of South Wales managed to quantify coulrophobia,… Continue reading Scientists Investigated Why Clowns Are So Terrifying and [Sinister Circus Music Plays]
Chaos Inside Google as Execs Try to Figure Out How to Actually Use AI
Quick pulse check on Google’s Bard: according to a report from CNBC, the whole project is a total and complete mess — and no one seems to know what to actually do with the tech. To recap, Bard is Google’s search-integrated, AI-powered chatbot, which was billed as a competitor to Microsft’s OpenAI tech-powered Bing Search… Continue reading Chaos Inside Google as Execs Try to Figure Out How to Actually Use AI
These Are the Jobs Most Vulnerable to AI, Researchers Say
Wondering if artificial intelligence will be taking your job anytime soon? We’re sure we speak for a lot of folks when we say: same. Considering that AI is literally designed to model human capabilities and thus automate human tasks, it’s a fair question — and one that a group of professors from New York University… Continue reading These Are the Jobs Most Vulnerable to AI, Researchers Say
Microsoft Released an AI That Answers Medical Questions, But It’s Wildly Inaccurate
Image by Getty / Futurism Earlier this year, Microsoft Research made a splashy claim about BioGPT, an AI system its researchers developed to answer questions about medicine and biology. In a Twitter post, the software giant claimed the system had “achieved human parity,” meaning a test had shown it could perform about as well as… Continue reading Microsoft Released an AI That Answers Medical Questions, But It’s Wildly Inaccurate
Experts Urge Personhood Rights for the “Conscious” AIs of the Future
First corporations, and now artificial intelligence — the push for nonhuman personhood continues apace, though this latest argument is decidedly more complicated than the former. In an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, philosophy expert Eric Schwitzgebel and “nonhuman” intelligence researcher Henry Shevlin argued that although AI technology is definitely not there yet, it has “become… Continue reading Experts Urge Personhood Rights for the “Conscious” AIs of the Future
Secret Bing AI Feature Allows It to Impersonate Celebrities
Microsoft’s Bing AI is hiding a “Celebrity” mode that can impersonate notable public figures in its answers, BleepingComputer reports, an early sign that the company could be looking to expand on the AI’s uncanny ability to entertain — rather than inform — users. A simple request to turn on “Celebrity mode” prompts Bing Chat to… Continue reading Secret Bing AI Feature Allows It to Impersonate Celebrities