In a perfect example of why it’s an absolutely terrible idea for high-level government officials to use personal cell phones, text messaging platforms, and apps like Signal, secretary of state Marco Rubio has fallen victim to a scammer who’s been using AI to clone his voice and writing style. As the Washington Post reports, a… Continue reading An Unknown Entity Has Voice Cloned the Secretary of State and Is Calling High Level Officials
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MIT Economist Warns AI Is Poised to Turn Economy Into “Mad Max” Scenario
MIT economist David Autor is warning that AI could create a “Mad Max” scenario, in which the job market becomes dominated by cheap and commoditized labor. Autor made his grim prediction during an interview on the “Possible” podcast, hosted by LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman and his chief of staff Aria Finger. When asked whether he… Continue reading MIT Economist Warns AI Is Poised to Turn Economy Into “Mad Max” Scenario
RFK Jr Has a Problem: the Synthetic Food Dyes He’s Trying to Eliminate Are in Candy Beloved by Trump
Image by Mars / Kevin Dietsch via Getty / Futurism From the jump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s alliance with Donald Trump has been fraught: the former hates fast food and artificial additives, while the latter is known for his love of burgers and Diet Coke. Nowhere has that tension been more clear than in the… Continue reading RFK Jr Has a Problem: the Synthetic Food Dyes He’s Trying to Eliminate Are in Candy Beloved by Trump
Expert Says AI Systems May Be Hiding Their True Capabilities to Seed Our Destruction
We already know that AI models are developing a propensity for lying — but that tendency may go far deeper, according to one alarm-sounding computer scientist. As flagged by Gizmodo, this latest missive of AI doomerism comes from AI safety researcher Roman Yampolskiy, who made it on a somewhat surprising venue: shock jock Joe Rogan’s podcast,… Continue reading Expert Says AI Systems May Be Hiding Their True Capabilities to Seed Our Destruction
Grok Makes Bizarre Post About Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein and It Mysteriously Gets Deleted
Elon Musk and his chatbot Grok have merged into a single entity. Related: Musk is also innocent of any crimes you may accuse him of. On Sunday, the X-integrated AI chatbot went on another one of its classic bizarre rants, in which it assures us — while speaking in the first person, as if it had… Continue reading Grok Makes Bizarre Post About Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein and It Mysteriously Gets Deleted
Scientists Find Alarming Link Between AI Use and Psychopathy
Artificial intelligence use has been associated with everything from fear of judgment and loneliness to misogyny and illiteracy — a baffling array of outcomes that’s often alarming, but defies easy categorization. Now the plot thickens. In a new study published in the journal BMC Psychology, South Korean scientists surveyed 504 college-level Chinese art students and found that the… Continue reading Scientists Find Alarming Link Between AI Use and Psychopathy
“Indie Band” Says Claims Their Music Is AI-Generated Is a Hoax, Then Admits It’s Actually AI-Generated
The point is to “provoke” artists. Hoax Squared The jig is officially up. After an “indie rock band” called The Velvet Sundown refused to admit last week that its output was a lazy amalgamation of AI-generated slop, the outfit is now singing a dramatically different tune. As Rolling Stone reports, the band’s Spotify bio has been… Continue reading “Indie Band” Says Claims Their Music Is AI-Generated Is a Hoax, Then Admits It’s Actually AI-Generated
AI Safety Advocate Linked to Multiple Murders
Ziz LaSota, an AI safety advocate who sometimes ran in mainstream circles but held views that were both puzzling and extremist, exploded into the national press earlier this year when her adherents allegedly killed a Border Patrol agent. As the New York Times reports, leveler heads from the so-called “Rationalist” movement that birthed the “Zizans,” as… Continue reading AI Safety Advocate Linked to Multiple Murders
Reckless Footage Shows Tesla Robotaxi Careening Through Heavy Rain at High Speed
Terrifying new footage shows a Tesla robotaxi ripping through partially flooded streets in Austin, Texas. The clip, which went viral on the r/SweatyPalms subreddit over the weekend, shows the modified Model Y blasting past human-operated vehicles that are operating with far more caution — while passing on the right lane, a no-no for prudent drivers.… Continue reading Reckless Footage Shows Tesla Robotaxi Careening Through Heavy Rain at High Speed
Tesla Stock Disemboweled After Elon Musk’s Latest Bizarre Stunt
Billionaire Elon Musk is seemingly making good on his threat of creating his own “America Party” political party — and Tesla investors couldn’t be more unhappy. After Congress passed president Donald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill” last week — a piece of legislation Musk has called a “disgusting abomination” and “utterly insane” — Musk announced… Continue reading Tesla Stock Disemboweled After Elon Musk’s Latest Bizarre Stunt