Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images In the race to dominate the AI industry, tech giants are planting data centers across the US. But for many Americans, silicon valley’s cash crop feels more like an invasive species — one which, when it takes root, begins to overwhelm everything around it. For one… Continue reading First Responders Are Being Overwhelmed by Data Center Fires
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4Chan-Obsessed ICE Shooter Was Gaming on Steam Right Up Until the End
Dabe Alan/Future Publishing via Getty Images PC Gamer Right before he shot up a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in a murderous rampage this week, Joshua Jahn of Texas was playing first-person shooter games on Steam — a startling collision point where real life and the online world seemed to bleed into each… Continue reading 4Chan-Obsessed ICE Shooter Was Gaming on Steam Right Up Until the End
New Public Toilets Make You Watch Ads to Get Toilet Paper
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Image Source: Getty At the core of contemporary China is a contradiction: it’s the world’s most prominent Communist-ruled country, yet it’s found steadily increasing affluence in recent decades by embracing a degree of entrepreneurship and market competition that would make Ronald Reagan drool in envy. In some cases, all… Continue reading New Public Toilets Make You Watch Ads to Get Toilet Paper
In Situations Where Most Humans Think You’re Being a Jerk, ChatGPT Will Assure You You’re Behaving Like an Angel
Getty / Futurism There’s a tension simmering behind the AI industry: while its proponents frame software like ChatGPT as neutral arbiters of truth and rational thought, critics point out that the bots are overwhelmingly likely to agree with the user and affirm their worldview. In practice, that can be dangerous. When people share paranoid or… Continue reading In Situations Where Most Humans Think You’re Being a Jerk, ChatGPT Will Assure You You’re Behaving Like an Angel
Delivery Robot Torments Disabled Man
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images / Serve Robotics A man with cerebral palsy who uses a mobility scooter to travel experienced a blood-boiling episode when he kept getting cut off — by a robot. In a video that’s gone viral on social media, Mark Chaney repeatedly attempts to drive his scooter… Continue reading Delivery Robot Torments Disabled Man
Report Warns That AI Is About to Make Your Boss a Panopticon Overlord
While the world holds its breath to see if the US tech industry can bring about human-level artificial intelligence — and therefore completely rewrite the social contract and economy — experts are warning current iterations of the tech are already remaking the workplace in insidious ways. This week, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), a… Continue reading Report Warns That AI Is About to Make Your Boss a Panopticon Overlord
Trump’s Top Anti-Tylenol Expert Was Paid to Hate Tylenol, Records Show
Getty / Wikimedia Commons / Futurism President Donald Trump made baffling remarks during a Monday press conference, claiming that pregnant women should avoid Tylenol, the brand name of acetaminophen, arguing that it was associated with a “very increased” risk of autism. It was a new low for the Trump administration, leading to widespread outrage and… Continue reading Trump’s Top Anti-Tylenol Expert Was Paid to Hate Tylenol, Records Show
Lionsgate’s Attempt to Create Movies Using AI Has Crumbled Into Disaster
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Though moviegoers certainly have an appetite for franchise slop these days, it’s a stretch to say that they’d be willing to bite down on wholly AI-generated movies just yet. Even more of a stretch: that the technology is anywhere near good enough to produce entire feature… Continue reading Lionsgate’s Attempt to Create Movies Using AI Has Crumbled Into Disaster
Experts Alarmed That AI Is Now Producing Functional Viruses
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images AI can now invent working biological viruses. In real world experiments, a team of Stanford researchers demonstrated that a virus with AI-written DNA could target and kill specific bacteria, they announced in a study last week. It opened up a world of possibilities where artificial viruses… Continue reading Experts Alarmed That AI Is Now Producing Functional Viruses
China Unveils EV That Can Violently Eject Its Battery in Case of a Fire
China Vehicle Collision Repair Technical and Research Center Yicai via X Electric vehicle fires are notoriously difficult to put out and require copious amounts of water to extinguish. It’s one of the less awesome aspects of EVs, and one that can have devastating consequences for any drivers unfortunate enough to get in an accident. In… Continue reading China Unveils EV That Can Violently Eject Its Battery in Case of a Fire