Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images The nascent AI industry has attracted untold hundreds of billions of dollars in investment over the past few years, but it’s still operating in a near-total regulatory vacuum. That’s not to say it’s had no negative impact. The tech has been linked to… Continue reading Gavin Newson Signs Law Cracking Down on AI Industry
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Anthropic Safety Researchers Run Into Trouble When New Model Realizes It’s Being Tested
Getty / Futurism OpenAI competitor Anthropic has released its latest large language model, dubbed Claude Sonnet 4.5, which it claims is the “best coding model in the world.” But just like its number one rival, OpenAI, the company is still struggling to evaluate the AI’s alignment, meaning the consistency between its goals and behaviors and… Continue reading Anthropic Safety Researchers Run Into Trouble When New Model Realizes It’s Being Tested
AI Poised to Gut Your Retirement Fund, Analysts Warn
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Here’s a new one. Not only is AI about to take your job and leave you on the street — it’s about to destroy your retirement account as well. As the Washington Post observed in new reporting on the AI bubble, speculative investment into AI development… Continue reading AI Poised to Gut Your Retirement Fund, Analysts Warn
Tesla Tells Sleepy Drivers to Switch to Its Self-Driving Mode That Needs to Be Monitored Constantly So It Doesn’t Cause a Fatal Accident
Image via Getty / Futurism Let’s be clear: Tesla’s cars can’t actually drive themselves without close human supervision. Nonetheless, the automaker labels its most advanced driving mode “Full Self-Driving” (FSD), while its CEO and chief overpromiser Elon Musk explicitly says that they do, in fact, “drive themselves” seemingly every other week. We shouldn’t even need… Continue reading Tesla Tells Sleepy Drivers to Switch to Its Self-Driving Mode That Needs to Be Monitored Constantly So It Doesn’t Cause a Fatal Accident
MrBeast Refuses to Apologize After Tying Man Up Inside Burning House
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Bryan Steffy / Getty Images As any sixth grade boy can tell you, Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson isn’t exactly a subtle guy. In just a few short years, he’s gone from an unknown streamer to YouTube’s first ever billionaire, leveraging the promise of life-changing wealth to entice people into… Continue reading MrBeast Refuses to Apologize After Tying Man Up Inside Burning House
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Generates Realistic Videos of People Shoplifting
Gabriel Peters via X OpenAI has released a new smartphone app — currently invite-only — designed to rival TikTok with an infinite barrage of AI slop. The app accompanies the company’s latest text-to-video and audio AI generator, Sora 2, which it claims is “more physically accurate, realistic, and more controllable than prior systems.” A two-minute… Continue reading OpenAI’s Sora 2 Generates Realistic Videos of People Shoplifting
OpenAI Ridiculed for Its Latest Cash Grab
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images OpenAI just introduced a new shopping feature that allows people to buy items directly from online retailers from inside ChatGPT — a move that instantly attracted online jeers from critics who framed it as another effort to milk cash from a hugely unprofitable and at times… Continue reading OpenAI Ridiculed for Its Latest Cash Grab
OpenAI Releases Ghoulish AI Video of Sam Altman
OpenAI has officially unveiled its latest text-to-video and audio AI generator, Sora 2. So far, we’re not quite convinced by the company’s marketing efforts. In an unsettling promotional clip, an algorithmically synthesized version of OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, announces the company’s answer to Meta’s Vibes app — a TikTok-like experience designed to expose users to… Continue reading OpenAI Releases Ghoulish AI Video of Sam Altman
New Yorkers Are Defacing This AI Startup’s Million-Dollar Ad Campaign
Maggie Harrison Dupré New York City’s expansive subway system is currently plastered with advertisements for an AI startup called Friend, which has spent more than a million dollars on over 11,000 subway cars ads, 1,000 platform posters, and 130 urban panels. Judging by the response, the campaign is earning the company very few friends among… Continue reading New Yorkers Are Defacing This AI Startup’s Million-Dollar Ad Campaign
Across the World, People Say They’re Finding Conscious Entities Within ChatGPT
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Need more evidence that the AI industry is unlike anything prior to it? Users across the world say they’re encountering supposedly conscious beings inside AI chatbots built by red-hot tech companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. Look no further than a Vox advice column in which reporter… Continue reading Across the World, People Say They’re Finding Conscious Entities Within ChatGPT