Somehow, Elon Musk’s infamous outburst accusing Donald Trump of being in the Epstein files has managed to age both incredibly well and incredibly poorly. Trump, as you’re probably well aware by now, has featured quite a bit in the DOJ’s ongoing releases of documents from its investigation into the deceased sex criminal and billionaire financier.… Continue reading Elon Musk Emailed Extensively With Jeffrey Epstein, Asking to Visit His Notorious Island
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Mystery Man Dressed as FBI Agent Tries to Break Luigi Mangione Out of Jail
William Farrington-Pool/Getty Images A mysterious man, dressed as an FBI agent, showed up to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn in an apparent attempt to free Luigi Mangione, the man who has been charged with killing health insurance CEO Brian Thompson. As the Associated Press reports, the impostor was later identified as 36-year-old Mark Anderson,… Continue reading Mystery Man Dressed as FBI Agent Tries to Break Luigi Mangione Out of Jail
Amid Lawsuits, OpenAI Says It Will Retire “Reckless” Model Linked to Deaths
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images OpenAI announced on Thursday that it would retire GPT-4o — an especially warm, sycophantic version of the chatbot at the heart of a pile of user welfare lawsuits, including several that accuse OpenAI of causing wrongful death — along with several other older… Continue reading Amid Lawsuits, OpenAI Says It Will Retire “Reckless” Model Linked to Deaths
Darren Aronofsky’s AI-Generated Show Contains Garbled Neural Gore, Even Just in the Teaser Trailer
The use of generative AI in creative fields has turned into a flame war — a nightmare of meaningless and derivative AI slop that we’re seemingly unable to awaken from. The internet is being asphyxiated by incoherent AI-generated drivel as tech leaders continue to assure us that it’s the future we’ve always wanted. Even Hollywood… Continue reading Darren Aronofsky’s AI-Generated Show Contains Garbled Neural Gore, Even Just in the Teaser Trailer
OpenAI Representatives Are Going to Critics’ Houses With Threats and Demands
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images A man who works at an AI watchdog group was alarmed when OpenAI suddenly showed up at his doorstep last fall, demanding he turn over documents. To his utter disbelief, he was being subpoenaed. “It’s a bit scary to know that the most valuable private company… Continue reading OpenAI Representatives Are Going to Critics’ Houses With Threats and Demands
Crypto Bros in Meltdown as Bitcoin Crashes
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images The crypto market has not had a cozy winter. After Bitcoin suffered some epic tumbles in November, the OG cryptocurrency had been hovering around $90,000 — until today, that is. On Thursday, the Senate Agriculture Committee advanced a bill that would establish a federal regulatory framework… Continue reading Crypto Bros in Meltdown as Bitcoin Crashes
Sam Altman Says AI Will Cause Massive Deflation, Making Money Worth Vastly More
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images OpenAI is betting in the biggest way possible on a future ruled by AI. It’s committing to spending well over $1 trillion to build out enormous data centers — despite business fundamentals lagging far behind, stoking fears over troubling days ahead. During a town hall livestreamed on Monday, CEO Sam Altman admitted… Continue reading Sam Altman Says AI Will Cause Massive Deflation, Making Money Worth Vastly More
Russian Soldiers Seen Surrendering to Gun-Wielding Robot
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its fourth year, remotely-operated ground robots have become a startlingly common sight on the battlefield. According to the defense policy think tank, the Jamestown Foundation, Ukraine has turned into a world leader in unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), allowing the country’s military to coordinate robotic warfare while reducing casualties. Now,… Continue reading Russian Soldiers Seen Surrendering to Gun-Wielding Robot
Sam Altman Says Oops, They Accidentally Made the New Version of ChatGPT Worse Than the Previous One
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty Images It’s been a little over three years since the launch of the first commercially-available large language model (LLM) chatbot, OpenAI’s ChatGPT. And though the AI model has certainly made performance gains since it came online, the lackluster performance of recent iterations hasn’t helped… Continue reading Sam Altman Says Oops, They Accidentally Made the New Version of ChatGPT Worse Than the Previous One
Immigration Officers Sweeping Protestors’ Photos, License Plates and Personal Data Into Huge Database
Arthur Maiorella / Anadolu via Getty Images Last week, social and news media was abuzz with allegations that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers had access to a shadowy database full of information on protestors. During a confrontation with ICE agents, two legal observers had their faces scanned by a federal officer to include in a… Continue reading Immigration Officers Sweeping Protestors’ Photos, License Plates and Personal Data Into Huge Database