According to a scathing new report from Bloomberg, Trust and Safety over at Elon Musk-owned Twitter is, well, pretty untrustworthy. Internal company messages reviewed by Bloomberg reportedly show that in the wake of longtime Twitter Trust and Safety head Yoel Roth’s resignation, Musk’s new position appointee, Ellen Irwin, has spent her first few months on the… Continue reading Leaked Messages Seem to Show Elon Musk Using Twitter to Punish His Enemies
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Scientists Name “Funky Worm” Amphibian After a Weird 70s Funk Song
“A once-in-a-lifetime discovery.” Funky Little Monkey A new ancient amphibian just dropped, and this one is named for an exceptionally bizarre 1970s funk song. Named Funcusvermis gilmorei — or “funky worm” — by paleontologists at Virginia Tech, this newly-discovered little dude whose debut graces the pages of a recent issue of the Nature journal seems… Continue reading Scientists Name “Funky Worm” Amphibian After a Weird 70s Funk Song
BuzzFeed Columnist Tells CEO to “Get F*cked” for Move to AI Content
“This is so bleak, and it’s only the beginning of a trend that is already having a devastating effect on all types of workers.” Get Bent One of BuzzFeed‘s most famous writers has some harsh words for CEO Jonah Peretti’s decision to integrate AI into the site’s content operations. “I’m normally in the business of… Continue reading BuzzFeed Columnist Tells CEO to “Get F*cked” for Move to AI Content
Trashy TV Prank Show Deepfakes Celebrities Into Jackass-Style Situations
A new British TV show called “Deep Fake Neighbor Wars” — created by ITV, the channel that brought you “Love Island” — is betting big on deepfakes by putting the likes of Kim Kardashian and Idris Elba up against each other as discontent neighbors. The setup is predictable: digitally disguised celebrity impressionists play out skits,… Continue reading Trashy TV Prank Show Deepfakes Celebrities Into Jackass-Style Situations
Whoops! It Turns Out The Bored Ape People Didn’t Copyright Their JPGs
This seems like a pretty huge oversight! Ape Copyright Gone Yuga Labs, the firm behind the infamous Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible tokens (NFTs), apparently never actually copyrighted its computer-generated primates. This hilarious admission, which came from a legal document submission from Yuga Labs itself, stems from a lawsuit involving art world nepo baby and… Continue reading Whoops! It Turns Out The Bored Ape People Didn’t Copyright Their JPGs
89 Percent of College Students Admit to Using ChatGPT for Homework, Study Claims
Wait, what!? TAIcher’s Pet Educators are battling a new reality: easily accessible AI that allows students to take immense shortcuts in their education — and as it turns out, many appear to already be cheating with abandon. Online course provider Study.com asked 1,000 students over the age of 18 about the use of ChatGPT, OpenAI’s… Continue reading 89 Percent of College Students Admit to Using ChatGPT for Homework, Study Claims
The Best Exercise Bikes of 2023
The exercise bike felt like a workout relic from a bygone era for at least a decade or more. The ’90s and 2000s saw home gym equipment evolve from stationary bikes and Thigh Masters into full-body resistance machines and high-powered treadmills. Then Peloton began running a commercial involving a husband buying his wife an exercise… Continue reading The Best Exercise Bikes of 2023
Bill Gates Gives $12 Million to Flatulent Australian Cows
Whatever makes you happy, Bill. Crossover Episode Billionaire philanthropist and toilet tech evangelist Bill Gates’ climate fund, Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), just invested $12 million dollars in — checks notes — Australian cow farts and burps. More specifically, BEV is investing in a startup called Rumin8, an Australian climate tech company seeking to reduce livestock… Continue reading Bill Gates Gives $12 Million to Flatulent Australian Cows
Of Course Elon Musk Is Pushing The Cybertruck Back Again, What Did You Expect?
“The start of production is always very slow.” Cyberfricked Like death and taxes, the slippage of an Elon Musk timeline is an inevitability you can plan your life around. Now, it’s happened once again as the multi-hyphenate CEO announced that Tesla’s long-awaited Cybertruck wouldn’t begin shipping out regularly until 2024. As the Wall Street Journal notes,… Continue reading Of Course Elon Musk Is Pushing The Cybertruck Back Again, What Did You Expect?
BuzzFeed Announces Plans to Use OpenAI to Churn Out Content
Welcome to AI Hell. CNET Effect Fresh off the heels of CNET being outed for using artificial intelligence to write articles, BuzzFeed has announced that its content machine will soon be assisted by ChatGPT creator OpenAI. As the Wall Street Journal reports, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced in a memo to staff today that moving forward, AI will… Continue reading BuzzFeed Announces Plans to Use OpenAI to Churn Out Content