Getty / Futurism According to a fresh study by the Pew Research Center, 64 percent of teens in the US say they already use AI chatbots, and about 30 percent of those who do say they use it at least daily. Yet as previous research has shown, those chatbots come with significant risk to the… Continue reading Children Falling Apart as They Become Addicted to AI
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Is an AI-Powered Toy Terrorizing Your Child?
Getty / Futurism Parents, keep your eyes peeled for AI-powered toys. These may look like they might make a novel gift for a child, but a recent controversy surrounding several of the stocking stuffers has highlighted the alarming risks they pose to young kids. In November, a team of researchers at the US PIRG Education… Continue reading Is an AI-Powered Toy Terrorizing Your Child?
Justice Department Humiliated as People Find the Epstein Files Can Easily Be Un-Redacted
Getty / Futurism Many were disappointed — though perhaps not surprised — when the Justice Department’s long-awaited document dump on its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein came heavily redacted. Or at least, they were supposed to be redacted. As documents continued to be released to the public starting last Friday, some netizens quickly noticed that a… Continue reading Justice Department Humiliated as People Find the Epstein Files Can Easily Be Un-Redacted
Grimes Says She Has AI Psychosis, Recommends You Should Get it Too
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images for Coachella Claire “Grimes” Boucher says that you’re really missing out if you’re not experiencing a mental health crisis at the hands of an AI chatbot. Seriously. We’re not putting words in her mouth. On Monday, the pop musician and Elon Musk baby-mama… Continue reading Grimes Says She Has AI Psychosis, Recommends You Should Get it Too
Trump’s Chip Embargo Against China Is Backfiring Spectacularly
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images In a probably-predictable twist of geopolitical irony, America’s effort to block China’s access to cutting-edge AI chips hasn’t succeeded in stifling the People’s Republic — but instead forged a more self-reliant alternative to Silicon Valley that has investors jumping ship. As reported by… Continue reading Trump’s Chip Embargo Against China Is Backfiring Spectacularly
Woman Suffers AI Psychosis After Obsessively Generating AI Images of Herself
Getty / Futurism On top of the environmental, political, and social toll AI has taken on the world, it’s also been linked to a severe mental health crisis in which users are spiraling into delusions and ending up committed to psychiatric institutions, or even dead by suicide. Take Caitlin Ner. Writing in an essay for… Continue reading Woman Suffers AI Psychosis After Obsessively Generating AI Images of Herself
Disney’s Robot Olaf Is a Straight Up Nightmare
Disney via YouTube Disney’s robot of its character “Olaf” is incredibly impressive. It’s also kind of terrifying. This weekend, engineers at Disney Research Hub published a paper describing how they brought the beloved talking snowman from the “Frozen” films to life as a walking robot — and boy did they succeed. In a video explaining… Continue reading Disney’s Robot Olaf Is a Straight Up Nightmare
AI Is a Godsend for Criminals Forging Fake Art
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Willem van Aelst For hundreds of years, humans have engaged in the fine craft of art forgery. Indeed, in 1496, a 21-year-old Michelangelo faked a piece of a Roman sculpture, passing it to the Roman antiquarian Cardinal Raffaele Riario to make a quick buck. To pull off the… Continue reading AI Is a Godsend for Criminals Forging Fake Art
Activists Downloaded Pretty Much All of Spotify
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism Hacktivists with the group Anna’s Archive — a search engine for shadow libraries, which are unauthorized collections of digital content — say they’ve found a way to download virtually the entirety of Spotify for preservation. In a blog post detailing their work, the archivists say they’ve archived the audio… Continue reading Activists Downloaded Pretty Much All of Spotify
Gen Z Terrified of Losing Their Humanity to AI
Getty / Futurism As generative AI seeps into virtually every aspect of our daily lives through jobs, entertainment, and even food, you gotta wonder: is anyone not on board with the AI takeover? Apparently not. Former McKinsey analyst turned Dartmouth University professor Scott Anthony told Fortune that one of the feelings he’s seeing more and… Continue reading Gen Z Terrified of Losing Their Humanity to AI