“It’s not hard to see the appeal.” Grief Tech AI-powered “grief tech” is here — and unlike us mortal humans, it might be here to stay. As MIT Technology Review reports, the tech works by training an AI on images, recordings, and footage of recently deceased people to create a virtual form that those who… Continue reading Ghoulish AI Simulates Your Dead Parents
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Russian Cosmonaut Runs Over Elderly Colleague
He returned to Earth just three weeks ago. Hit or Miss Russian space agency Roscosmos has confirmed that one of its cosmonauts hit an elderly colleague with his car — mere weeks after returning from the International Space Station. Per a Roscosmos statement, cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev “knocked down” a 63-year-old man, who, according to a… Continue reading Russian Cosmonaut Runs Over Elderly Colleague
Radioactive Waste From Manhattan Project Found at Elementary School
Oh no. Atom Bombshell An elementary school in the suburbs of St. Louis had a rude awakening when scientists discovered that the school grounds had “unacceptable” levels of radioactive contamination, according to a recent independent report by the Boston Chemical Data Corporation, a company that specializes in environmental testing. Worst of all, the contamination dates back… Continue reading Radioactive Waste From Manhattan Project Found at Elementary School
Elon Musk Reportedly Thought His Ex-Girlfriend Might Have Been a Simulation
“Musk has this theory of her that she’s not real.” Girlfriend Simulation Which is worse: the concept that Elon Musk thought his now-ex and acclaimed musician Claire “Grimes” Boucher was a simulation of his “perfect companion” — or that she agreed with him? That sci-fi-inspired question is at the heart of one of the weirder anecdotes from… Continue reading Elon Musk Reportedly Thought His Ex-Girlfriend Might Have Been a Simulation
Oakland Police Want to Arm Robots With Shotguns, Because We Live in a Dystopian Nightmare
Police in Oakland are hoping to arm robots with potentially lethal shotgun-like attachments. Why? Because that’s the reality we live in now. As The Intercept reports, the Oakland police force made a “percussion actuated nonelectric disruptor,” or PAN disruptor, a top-priority item on their wish list last year. In short, PAN is a shotgun-shaped accessory… Continue reading Oakland Police Want to Arm Robots With Shotguns, Because We Live in a Dystopian Nightmare
Rent Too Damn High? Blame YieldStar, a Secret Algorithm from Housing Hell
Rents across the country have skyrocketed thanks in part to a rental algorithm called YieldStar that takes the human element out of housing and hikes prices on behalf of landlords — a handy tool for real estate owners and a dystopian and never-ending nightmare for tenants. As ProPublica reveals in a shocking investigation, the software touts… Continue reading Rent Too Damn High? Blame YieldStar, a Secret Algorithm from Housing Hell
Certain Kids Can Get Heart Attacks From Gaming, Doctors Say
Image by Getty Images A grim new study found that kids with rare, pre-existing heart conditions can suffer severe — and even deadly — cardiac events as a result of playing videogames. Published in the journal HeartRhythm and conducted by an international team of researchers, the study examined 22 cases in which children between the ages… Continue reading Certain Kids Can Get Heart Attacks From Gaming, Doctors Say
Leak: Most Facebook Metaverse Users Have Quit in a Month
“An empty world is a sad world.” Here Today, Gone Tomorrow Facebook-turned-Meta’s multibillion dollar metaverse project has a serious user retention problem. Internal Meta documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal have revealed that most Horizon Worlds users fail to return to the company’s flagship metaverse space after just one month of use — a… Continue reading Leak: Most Facebook Metaverse Users Have Quit in a Month
Elon Musk Warns “Civilization Is Over” If Ukraine Doesn’t Give in to Russia
“If we nuke Russia back, they will nuke us and then we have WW3.” Nuclear Meltdown Self-proclaimed political expert Elon Musk has issued a stark warning to Ukraine as Russia’s invasion continues. Using Twitter, the platform he is likely to soon own and control, the world’s richest man made a number of eyebrow-raising predictions for… Continue reading Elon Musk Warns “Civilization Is Over” If Ukraine Doesn’t Give in to Russia
New European Political Party Is Led by an Artificial Intelligence
Introducing: The Synthetic Party, a new political party in Denmark that hopes to soon have a parliament seat. Oh, and by the way, its head honcho, Leader Lars, is actually an AI chatbot, and all of its policies are AI-derived. Cool? Asker Staunæs, the creator of the party and an artist-researcher at the nonprofit art… Continue reading New European Political Party Is Led by an Artificial Intelligence