FuddyCap via Reddi A video of one of Waymo’s autonomous ride-hailing vehicles driving over the carefully groomed lawn of a golf course has gone viral on social media. “Waymo spotted on golf course, late for tee time?” a user wrote on subreddit dedicated to the company’s self-driving efforts. “Wonder what happened with this one.” While… Continue reading Waymo Says There’s a Perfect Reasonable Explanation for Its Car Roaming a Golf Course
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Trump’s Grip on Reality Questioned After He Shares and Then Deletes Bizarre AI-Generated Video
Mandel Ngan-Pool/Getty Images President Donald Trump shared a bizarre and clearly AI-generated video in a late Saturday evening Truth Social post. The post, which was mysteriously deleted hours later, but can be accessed via an archived version, shows a fake Fox News clip featuring Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump. In the clip, an AI-generated version of… Continue reading Trump’s Grip on Reality Questioned After He Shares and Then Deletes Bizarre AI-Generated Video
YouTube Removes Disturbing AI Slop YouTube Channel Filled With Videos of Women Being Murdered
Image via Getty / Futurism A disturbing YouTube channel was dedicated entirely to showing AI-generated videos of women being shot in the head, 404 Media reports. Named “Woman Shot AI,” the channel racked up more than 175,000 views since starting on June 20, 2025, the outlet’s investigation found. After 404 sent YouTube a request for… Continue reading YouTube Removes Disturbing AI Slop YouTube Channel Filled With Videos of Women Being Murdered
NBA Coach JJ Redick Says He Spends Hours Talking to His “Friend” ChatGPT
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: David Bearding / Getty Images They say champions are made in the offseason, in the quiet moments when nobody’s watching. For rookie Lakers coach JJ Redick, the offseason is for yucking it up with ChatGPT. In a pre-season press conference held on Thursday, Lakers President of Basketball Operations… Continue reading NBA Coach JJ Redick Says He Spends Hours Talking to His “Friend” ChatGPT
Neuroscientist Says We’re All Wrong About Root of Consciousness in Our Brains
Photo Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images If you don’t know anything about neuroscience, that’s okay — one researcher’s striking theory might send us all back to the start anyway. Peter Coppola is a visiting neuroscience researcher at the University of Cambridge, where he recently finished a review of over 100 years… Continue reading Neuroscientist Says We’re All Wrong About Root of Consciousness in Our Brains
OpenAI’s New Data Centers Will Draw More Power Than the Entirety of New York City, Sam Altman Says
OpenAI/Futurism Earlier this week, OpenAI announced a “strategic partnership” with AI chipmaker Nvidia in which the duo of tech giants will build and deploy upwards of 10 gigawatts of AI data centers. Nvidia will invest up to $100 billion in the project, an enormous project that could end up requiring an astronomical amount of electricity… Continue reading OpenAI’s New Data Centers Will Draw More Power Than the Entirety of New York City, Sam Altman Says
Elon Musk Is Fuming That Workers Keep Ditching His Company for OpenAI
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images; Lester Cohen/Getty Images for Breakthrough As you’re probably well aware by now, Elon Musk and Sam Altman have a long history. The two cofounded OpenAI back in 2015 as a nonprofit with an ostensibly altruist mission. But then Musk stormed out of the… Continue reading Elon Musk Is Fuming That Workers Keep Ditching His Company for OpenAI
Residents Shut Down Google Data Center Before It Can Be Built
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Google nixed plans for a gigantic $1 billion data center on more than 460 acres of land in Indiana after residents hotly protested the proposal due to concerns that the complex would jack up electricity prices for neighbors and suck away untold gallons of water in… Continue reading Residents Shut Down Google Data Center Before It Can Be Built
AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds
Getty / Futurism The AI industry has made major promises about its tech boosting the productivity of developers, allowing them to generate copious amounts of code with simple text prompts. But those claims appear to be massively overblown, as The Register reports, with researchers finding that productivity gains are modest at best — and at… Continue reading AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds
SAP Exec: Get Ready to Be Fired Because of AI
Photo Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Photo by Uwe Anspach / picture alliance via Getty Images A key executive at Europe’s biggest software company is sending a clear message: your job can and will be done with AI. In a provocative interview with Business Insider, SAP chief finance officer Dominik Asam was asked… Continue reading SAP Exec: Get Ready to Be Fired Because of AI