In a world where even our refrigerators have been imbued with AI, it seems nothing good is safe from the perfidious and error-prone tech. Not even the beloved World Science Fiction Convention, often known affectionately as Worldcon, is immune to the AI takeover. Worldcon is the longest running sci-fi gathering on the planet, starting in 1939… Continue reading Worldcon Is Getting Eviscerated for Using AI to Select Panelists
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There Are Reportedly Serious Concerns About John Fetterman’s Health Following His Stroke
Image by Anna Moneymaker / Getty / Futurism Beyond the obvious characters at the very top of the establishment, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more contentious political figure than Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman. Sporting a Carhartt hoodie and Steve Austin-style goatee, Fetterman rocketed to the national spotlight in 2022 during a closely-contested race for Pennsylvania… Continue reading There Are Reportedly Serious Concerns About John Fetterman’s Health Following His Stroke
Scientists Say Something Is Corking the Yellowstone Supervolcano
Something is blocking it from erupting. Smoking Lids Researchers have found evidence that a giant “lid” made of magma could be stopping the supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park from erupting. As detailed in a paper published in the journal Nature last month, a team of researchers discovered a “volatile-rich cap” a mere 2.36 miles below… Continue reading Scientists Say Something Is Corking the Yellowstone Supervolcano
You May Be Startled to Learn How Many Humans Have Been Killed by Gorillas
With Harambe’s tragic death nearly a decade behind us, folks online are now fantasizing about whether 100 men could vanquish single gorilla in mortal combat. Though there are no official databases tallying up the number of humans killed by gorillas — or any other animal, for that matter — experts suggest that it’s exceedingly rare… Continue reading You May Be Startled to Learn How Many Humans Have Been Killed by Gorillas
OpenAI Says It’s Identified Why ChatGPT Became a Groveling Sycophant
Last week, countless users on social media noticed that the latest version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT had made it extremely “sycophantic.” The company rolled out an update to the underlying GPT-4o large language model on April 25 — with results that took users aback at their fawning deference. “Oh God, please stop this,” another user complained,… Continue reading OpenAI Says It’s Identified Why ChatGPT Became a Groveling Sycophant
Elon Musk Is Getting Huge New Government Deals While Everything Else Is Getting Slashed
President Donald Trump announced his proposed budget today, calling for roughly $163 billion in cuts to non-defense-related funds. Among the cuts, which would kick in for the year starting in October if approved by Congress, are major health cutbacks, slashing the Centers for Disease Control Centers’ budget in more than half, “streamlining” financial assistance to… Continue reading Elon Musk Is Getting Huge New Government Deals While Everything Else Is Getting Slashed
New Wearable for Exceptionally Pathetic Men Detects When Their Wife Is Cheating
In an apparent effort to cash in on the hype surrounding AI and wearables, a startup called RAW Ring has come up with a wearable that it claims can catch a cheating partner in the act. The eyebrow-raising concept, described as a “dystopian loyalty tracker” by the New York Post, claims on its website that the… Continue reading New Wearable for Exceptionally Pathetic Men Detects When Their Wife Is Cheating
Temu Addicts Suffering Withdrawal
American shoppers ordering from ultra-cheap Chinese shopping websites Temu and Shein are already experiencing major sticker shocks in the wake of president Donald Trump’s trade war. A 145 percent tariff on all imports from China and today’s expiry of a “de minimis” exemption, which had previously allowed goods worth less than $800 to enter the… Continue reading Temu Addicts Suffering Withdrawal
A Military Whistleblower Showed a Photo of an Allegedly Huge “Disc-Shaped” Object, But There’s an Incredibly Obvious Explanation
Self-styled Pentagon whistleblower and former US Army counterintelligence officer Luis “Lue” Elizondo showed off a peculiar image of what appeared to be a gigantic, disc-shaped object floating hundreds of feet above the ground, during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee meeting this week. The briefing, which took place on Thursday, was hosted by the Unidentified Anomalous… Continue reading A Military Whistleblower Showed a Photo of an Allegedly Huge “Disc-Shaped” Object, But There’s an Incredibly Obvious Explanation
Scammers Stole the Website for Emerson College’s Student Radio Station and Started Running It as a Zombie AI Site
Earlier this month, student leaders at Emerson College’s student radio station, WECB, received an urgent email. “Yo!!!” read the subject line. “There’s an AI website using your identity!” The email was from a student at the University of Oregon, who went on to explain that her professor had, in class, pulled up what they believed… Continue reading Scammers Stole the Website for Emerson College’s Student Radio Station and Started Running It as a Zombie AI Site