To bypass artificial intelligence writing detection, college students are reportedly adding typos into their chatbot-generated papers. In a wide-ranging exploration into the ways AI has rapidly changed academia, students told New York Magazine that AI cheating has become so normalized, they’re figuring out creative ways to get away with it. While it’s common for students… Continue reading College Students Are Sprinkling Typos Into Their AI Papers on Purpose
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Ludicrously Expensive Fighter Jets Keep Mysteriously Tumbling Off of an Aircraft Carrier
What the hell is going on? Taking a Bath For the third time in six months, an uber-expensive military fighter jet has fallen into the sea from the same Navy warship amid continued American strikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels. As CNN reports, a $67 million F/A-18F jet was lost to the Red Sea earlier this… Continue reading Ludicrously Expensive Fighter Jets Keep Mysteriously Tumbling Off of an Aircraft Carrier
Bill Gates Accuses Elon Musk of “Killing the World’s Poorest Children”
In an ongoing battle for which capitalist overlord can claim the moral high ground, Microsoft founder and the world’s sixth richest man, Bill Gates, has accused Elon Musk of “killing the world’s poorest children” by gutting the US Agency for International Development (USAID). “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children… Continue reading Bill Gates Accuses Elon Musk of “Killing the World’s Poorest Children”
You’ll Start Spiralling When You Learn What the Trump Administration Just Did
Nothing is safe. Bye Bye, Savings The Trump administration is so committed to environmental deregulation that it’s ending a program that has saved Americans more than half a trillion dollars. According to officials briefed on the matter who spoke to the Washington Post, the Environmental Protection Agency — or what’s left of it, anyway — is… Continue reading You’ll Start Spiralling When You Learn What the Trump Administration Just Did
Tesla Is Sitting on an Enormous Pile of Unsold Cybertrucks as Crisis Deepens
Tesla’s Cybertruck, it’s fair to say, isn’t exactly flying off the shelves. As Electrek reports, the automaker’s inventory of unsold Cybertrucks has reached a record high of over 10,000 units — even as it reportedly slows down production of the disastrous vehicle. The figure is an estimate based on the number of Cybertruck listings in the… Continue reading Tesla Is Sitting on an Enormous Pile of Unsold Cybertrucks as Crisis Deepens
MrBeast Takes Out Online Ads to Wish Himself Happy Birthday
It’s an unwritten rule in some crankier circles online that after 21, your birthdays should be quiet, humble affairs shared with friends and family. Sure, there can be some exceptions for the big ones. But in this day and age, it could be seen as a bit ostentatious to make a spectacle out of, say, your… Continue reading MrBeast Takes Out Online Ads to Wish Himself Happy Birthday
Family Uses AI To Revive Dead Brother For Impact Statement in Killer’s Trial
In Arizona, the family of a man killed during a road rage incident has used artificial intelligence to revive their dead loved one in court — and the video is just as unsettling as you think. As Phoenix’s ABC 15 reports, an uncanny simulacrum of the late Christopher Pelkey, who died from a gunshot wound in… Continue reading Family Uses AI To Revive Dead Brother For Impact Statement in Killer’s Trial
Weight Watchers Goes Bankrupt After Rise of Ozempic-Like Drugs
Image by Jaap Arriens / NurPhoto via Getty / Futurism Ozempic and other drugs like it have been threatening the established diet industry since they premiered — and it appears that Weight Watchers is now getting the hatchet. In a note to investors, the long-running weight loss company is taking the “strategic action” of filing… Continue reading Weight Watchers Goes Bankrupt After Rise of Ozempic-Like Drugs
Emails Show Elon Musk Begging for Privacy While Siccing His 200 Million Twitter Followers on Specific Private People He Doesn’t Like
Billionaire Elon Musk has demonstrated an extreme level of disregard for other people’s privacy. He has a long track record of singling out specific private individuals to siccing his lackeys after them. But when it comes to his own privacy, it’s an entirely different matter. It’s a glaring double standard, with the mercurial CEO repeatedly… Continue reading Emails Show Elon Musk Begging for Privacy While Siccing His 200 Million Twitter Followers on Specific Private People He Doesn’t Like
OpenAI Forced to Abandon Plans to Become For-Profit
So much for that. Money Matters OpenAI may be raking in the investor dough, but thanks in part to erstwhile cofounder Elon Musk, the company won’t be going entirely for-profit anytime soon. In a blog post this week, the Sam Altman-run company announced that it would remain under the control of its original non-profit governing… Continue reading OpenAI Forced to Abandon Plans to Become For-Profit