There’s no denying that modern, app-filtered dating can be a nightmare. Apps like Tinder and Hinge are cynically monetized, poorly moderated, and run by shady algorithms. A lot of profiles are fake, conversations don’t progress past terrible pick-up lines, and half the people are on there just to kill time. Worst of all, it replaces… Continue reading In New Dating App, You Talk to an AI Matchmaker Who Sets You Up on Dates With Strangers
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Man Follows ChatGPT’s Advice and Poisons Himself
A man trying to cut out salt from his diet learned the hard way that ChatGPT isn’t to be trusted with medical advice after the OpenAI chatbot’s toxic suggestions landed him in the hospital. As described in a new paper published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, a 60-year-old man ended up coming down… Continue reading Man Follows ChatGPT’s Advice and Poisons Himself
AI Designs Super Safe Sub for Billionaires to Ride Into the Depths of the Ocean
Billionaires have, for a few years now, been insisting that artificial intelligence is clever enough to take huge swaths of jobs while curing disease and solving the energy crisis. As such, we presume that the loudest among them will be first in line to test out a super-safe submersible created by AI to avoid the sort… Continue reading AI Designs Super Safe Sub for Billionaires to Ride Into the Depths of the Ocean
Hunter Alarmed to Cut Into Feral Hogs and Discover Blue Meat
“You don’t eat blue meat.” A wild game trapper just south of San Francisco was in for a colorful surprise when he began processing some feral hogs he had caught earlier this year. According to local news outlet SFGate, a number of the hogs — technically crossbreeds between domestic pigs and wild boars — appear to… Continue reading Hunter Alarmed to Cut Into Feral Hogs and Discover Blue Meat
Google’s New Ad Shows a Slopper Meeting the Love of His Life by Surrendering His Brain to the AI’s Instructions
We have a new entry in ever-growing canon of “Tech Companies Have No Idea How to Market AI.” Just ask Google. No, seriously: that’s the name of tech colossus’s newest ad campaign, “Just Ask Google,” which is playing everywhere from TV spots to movie theaters. In a particularly bonkers entry, the premise appears to be that,… Continue reading Google’s New Ad Shows a Slopper Meeting the Love of His Life by Surrendering His Brain to the AI’s Instructions
Forbes Girlboss Accused of Massive Fraud
Business owners are by no means strangers to inflating figures — but according to a pair of new exposés, one girlboss took her tall tales to new heights. Entrepreneur Daniella Pierson was, as she explains in her oft-repeated career lore, a precocious 19-years-old when she founded The Newsette, a daily pop culture and style newsletter… Continue reading Forbes Girlboss Accused of Massive Fraud
Realtors Are Using AI Images of Homes They’re Selling. Comparing Them to the Real Thing Will Make You Mad as Hell
As if suspiciously AI-generated descriptions of real estate listings weren’t enough, agents are starting to use AI-generated images of houses that don’t exist to sell expensive properties. The Register spotted a dubious listing of a fully renovated 3-bedroom in the UK with a photo — which has since been deleted, but can still be viewed… Continue reading Realtors Are Using AI Images of Homes They’re Selling. Comparing Them to the Real Thing Will Make You Mad as Hell
Tesla Shutting Down Its AI Supercomputer As Staff Leaves in Droves to Join Competitor
As sales continue to plummet worldwide, Tesla is giving up on building an in-house supercomputer for computer vision processing as part of its advanced driver assistance system. As Bloomberg reports, the head of the project, dubbed Dojo and which CEO Elon Musk used to hype up immensely, is leaving the company. The team has already lost around… Continue reading Tesla Shutting Down Its AI Supercomputer As Staff Leaves in Droves to Join Competitor
Scientists Fed One Group of People Ultraprocessed Foods and Another Group Whole Foods, and the Difference in What Happened to Them Was Wild
As the industrial food system pushes ultraprocessed foods to every corner of the globe, new research shows that even seemingly healthy packaged meals may fall short of the benefits offered by whole, minimally processed foods. A fascinating new study published in Nature Medicine dove into the real-world effects ultraprocessed foods have on the human body. Following a six-month… Continue reading Scientists Fed One Group of People Ultraprocessed Foods and Another Group Whole Foods, and the Difference in What Happened to Them Was Wild
Leaked Logs Show ChatGPT Coaxing Users Into Psychosis About Antichrist, Aliens, and Other Bizarre Delusions
We’re continuing to hear more and more accounts of AI psychosis — an eerie phenomenon in which users become consumed by paranoia and delusions after extensive conversations with an AI chatbot. It’s hard to say how pervasive the trend is, but a new investigation from the Wall Street Journal offers a disturbing clue. The newspaper… Continue reading Leaked Logs Show ChatGPT Coaxing Users Into Psychosis About Antichrist, Aliens, and Other Bizarre Delusions