Joe Maher/Getty Images For Fane Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is publicly calling on the government to break up ChatGPT maker OpenAI. When Axios asked him whether the Sam Altman-led company should be broken up, he responded with “I do.” “We need to take a deep breath and understand it’s like a meteor coming,” he told… Continue reading Bernie Sanders Calls for Breakup of OpenAI
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EA’s Attempt to Use AI for Game Development Backfiring Horribly
Getty / Futurism The video game industry is hellbent on harnessing the power of generative AI to boost productivity and dream up virtual worlds — while also cutting costs, of course. According to a recent Google Cloud survey, 87 percent of video game developers said they are using AI to automate and streamline tasks, a… Continue reading EA’s Attempt to Use AI for Game Development Backfiring Horribly
Scientists Intrigued by Radio Signals Coming From Comet
Getty / Futurism It’s not just interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS that’s been catching the attention of scientists. Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, which was first discovered in 1812 and visits the Earth roughly every 71 years, has been found to be emanating intriguing radio signals. As detailed in a new paper published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, a… Continue reading Scientists Intrigued by Radio Signals Coming From Comet
Startup Says It’s Launching a Test Weapon Into Orbit
Last month, the Department of Defense announced it was requesting proposals from the private industry for prototypes of space-based interceptors (SBIs), which are orbital weapon systems designed to intercept missiles. The request, largely seen as being part of the Trump administration’s proposed Golden Dome missile shield, has already drawn the attention of numerous contractors that… Continue reading Startup Says It’s Launching a Test Weapon Into Orbit
Guillermo del Toro on Using AI: “I’d Rather Die”
Jason Mendez/Getty Images for NETFLIX Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is no fan of AI. In fact, for his latest film, a reinterpretation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 gothic novel “Frankenstein,” he says he was inspired by the hubris of the tech sector. “My concern is not artificial intelligence, but natural stupidity,” he told NPR in… Continue reading Guillermo del Toro on Using AI: “I’d Rather Die”
AI Is Even Putting Animal Actors Out of Work
Getty / Futurism Artificial intelligence isn’t just coming for human actors’ jobs — even our favorite furry celebrities are struggling to find work in Hollywood. As The Hollywood Reporter points out, studios are starting to push AI and CGI hard to create animal performances in post-production, instead of bringing real animals to the set. One… Continue reading AI Is Even Putting Animal Actors Out of Work
Scientists Discover Remnants of Cataclysmically Destroyed Planet That Became Earth
Getty / Futurism Before Earth, there was “proto Earth,” a primitive hunk of rock that formed four and a half billion years ago. It was drastically different to the Earth we know today, heaving with lava and rock all across its barren surface, and bubbling with potential. This molten phase didn’t last very long. When… Continue reading Scientists Discover Remnants of Cataclysmically Destroyed Planet That Became Earth
Meta Tells Employees Their Jobs Are Being Automated
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Gilbert Flores / Variety via Getty Images Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg is well known for running some pretty high-stakes experiments with his companies. His latest, it seems, is to gut the tech giant of its human workers and replace them with AI. In an internal memo viewed by… Continue reading Meta Tells Employees Their Jobs Are Being Automated
Startup Raises $60 Million to Artificially Cool the Planet
Getty / Futurism A geoengineering startup Stardust Solutions has raised $60 million to lay the groundwork for tech that could be used to dim the Sun, Heatmap News reports. The concept behind geoengineering is as simple as it is controversial among scientists. By spraying aerosol particles into the Earth’s atmosphere from a plane or weather… Continue reading Startup Raises $60 Million to Artificially Cool the Planet
Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Forget your phone spying on you — maybe it’s your vacuum you should really be worried about. In a post on his blog Small World, the computer programmer and electronics enthusiast Harishankar Narayanan detailed a startling find he made about his $300 smart vacuum: it was… Continue reading Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House