Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images It’s official: OpenAI’s latest upgrade to ChatGPT, GPT-5, is actually worse than its predecessor in the way that matters most. According to new research from the safety group Center for Countering Digital Hate, the newly “improved” version of ChatGPT which launched in August and purportedly advances… Continue reading Study Finds GPT-5 Is Actually Worse Than GPT-4o, New Research Finds
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International Polling Shows Fear of AI Across the World
Getty / Futurism A recent poll by the Pew Research Center found that the majority of US adults think that artificial intelligence will “worsen people’s ability to think creatively,” while half say the tech will deteriorate our ability to form meaningful relationships. And now, according to the center’s latest poll, it turns out that it’s… Continue reading International Polling Shows Fear of AI Across the World
Police Arrest Mad Scientist
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Halloween came early this year for a man in the UK, who landed in hot water with the police after a backyard experiment went hopelessly wrong. As detailed by The Telegraph, an amateur scientist named Harry Whittaker was arrested after police discovered a noxious blend of… Continue reading Police Arrest Mad Scientist
Crypto Kingpin Turns Up Dead in Lamborghini After Market Crash
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images The past week has not been kind to blockchain entrepreneurs, whose holdings suffered the largest crypto liquidation in history last Friday, an event which wiped more than $380 billion off the market. During the short but heavy crash, the price of Bitcoin fell 15 percent, while… Continue reading Crypto Kingpin Turns Up Dead in Lamborghini After Market Crash
Lawyer Gets Caught Using AI in Court, Responds in the Worst Possible Way
Getty / Futurism What is it with lawyers and AI? We don’t know, but it feels like an inordinate number of them keep screwing up with AI tools, apparently never learning from their colleagues who get publicly crucified for making the same mistake. But this latest blunder from a New York attorney, in a lawsuit… Continue reading Lawyer Gets Caught Using AI in Court, Responds in the Worst Possible Way
The Economics of Running an AI Company Are Disastrous
Getty / Futurism AI companies are spending untold billions of dollars building out data centers to support behemoth AI models — and a return on their investments is still nowhere in sight. Valuations have soared well past the trillion-dollar mark, with AI chipmaker Nvidia becoming the world’s most valuable company with a market cap that… Continue reading The Economics of Running an AI Company Are Disastrous
Two Months Ago, Sam Altman Was Boasting That OpenAI Didn’t Have to Do Sexbots. Now It’s Doing Sexbots
Alex Wong/Getty Images AI companies are losing billions of dollars, and investors will likely have to wait for years to see a return — if ever. In the scramble for profitability, OpenAI opened the door to adult chats, announcing at its DevDay 2025 conference earlier this month that it would soon allow “mature apps.” “Support… Continue reading Two Months Ago, Sam Altman Was Boasting That OpenAI Didn’t Have to Do Sexbots. Now It’s Doing Sexbots
Gavin Newsom Vetoes Bill to Protect Kids From Predatory AI
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Mario Tama / Getty Images Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. California Governor Gavin Newsom… Continue reading Gavin Newsom Vetoes Bill to Protect Kids From Predatory AI
Researchers Find It’s Shockingly Easy to Cause AI to Lose Its Mind by Posting Poisoned Documents Online
Getty / Futurism Researchers with the UK AI Security Institute, the Alan Turing Institute, and Anthropic have found in a joint study that posting as few as 250 “poisoned” documents online can introduce “backdoor” vulnerabilities in an AI model. It’s a devious attack, because it means hackers can spread adversarial material to the open web,… Continue reading Researchers Find It’s Shockingly Easy to Cause AI to Lose Its Mind by Posting Poisoned Documents Online
Researchers Alarmed to Discover Satellites Broadcasting Unencrypted Military Secrets
Getty / Futurism The skies above us are teeming with satellites. The latest figures estimate there are over 12,000 satellites currently active, with thousands more defunct craft left to decay in orbit. All that activity has caused numerous complications for astronomers and researchers alike, interfering with radio telescopes with “unintended” radiation leaks. Now it turns… Continue reading Researchers Alarmed to Discover Satellites Broadcasting Unencrypted Military Secrets