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Skoda’s wildest race cars and concepts

From Monte Carlo wins to student-designed concept cars, Skoda has always had a knack for pushing limits. Below, we highlight the most important, influential and our favourite cars from 130 years in the business. Motorsport machines Laurin & Klement CCR 1905 It wasn’t an official world championship, but in the early 1900s the International Motorcycle Cup in Dourdan, France,… Continue reading Skoda’s wildest race cars and concepts

Sam Altman’s Eyeball-Scanning Orb Startup Made a Cult-Like Demand of Its Employees

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Christina House / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images; Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images If you thought tales of OpenAI’s nonexistent work-life balance were bad, wait until you get a load of Sam Altman’s blockchain company. The startup, aptly named “Tools for Humanity,” bills itself as a global… Continue reading Sam Altman’s Eyeball-Scanning Orb Startup Made a Cult-Like Demand of Its Employees

College Students Furious When Their Course Is Taught by AI Instead of a Professor

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images When it comes to cheaping out on social programs, the UK government might be a world leader. Once a shining example of what social spending can bring to a country, the UK has spent the past few decades gutting government programs, leading to a crumbling rail… Continue reading College Students Furious When Their Course Is Taught by AI Instead of a Professor

Giant Chinese Orb Detects “Ghost Particles” While Buried Under Mountain

Jin Liwang / Xinhua via Getty Images For decades, scientists have scavenged for mysterious the “ghost particles” known as neutrinos, which are subatomic particles with no mass and almost no electrical charge. Despite their elusive nature, ghost particles are theorized to be the most common matter particles in the universe, with trillions of the buggers… Continue reading Giant Chinese Orb Detects “Ghost Particles” While Buried Under Mountain

Scientists Discover Universal Jailbreak for Nearly Every AI, and the Way It Works Will Hurt Your Brain

Getty / Futurism Even the tech industry’s top AI models, created with billions of dollars in funding, are astonishingly easy to “jailbreak,” or trick into producing dangerous responses they’re prohibited from giving — like explaining how to build bombs, for example. But some methods are both so ludicrous and simple that you have to wonder… Continue reading Scientists Discover Universal Jailbreak for Nearly Every AI, and the Way It Works Will Hurt Your Brain

President of Iran Says It’s Forced to Move Its Entire Capital City

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: John Lamparski / Getty Images If you’re looking for a temperature check on the state of the planet’s ecological decline, this is it. On Thursday, Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian went on the record to announce that the country “no longer has a choice,” and must move its capital… Continue reading President of Iran Says It’s Forced to Move Its Entire Capital City

India’s magnet makeover, the ongoing attract and repel game

With global disruptions and China’s tightening stance on rare earth availability, India too finds itself exposed to the vulnerabilities of this supply chain. It is interesting how the world ignored magnets for decades, only for them to become a global point of discussion today. From the old classroom drill of opposite poles attract and like… Continue reading India’s magnet makeover, the ongoing attract and repel game

Toyota Kirloskar Motor Opens Experiential Museum ‘tem’ in Bengaluru

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) today opened the Toyota Experiential Museum (tem), a new lifestyle and cultural space that blends Indian philosophy of mindful-living with Japanese culture and advanced technology. The centre is located at Phoenix Mall of Asia in Bengaluru. tem spans 8,200 sq ft and showcases a five-senses experience through visuals, sound, scent, textures,… Continue reading Toyota Kirloskar Motor Opens Experiential Museum ‘tem’ in Bengaluru

Weekly Auto Wrap: Honda Eyes OEM Partnerships, Bajaj Auto Seals KTM Takeover, Mahindra Investor Day Highlights

India’s automotive landscape entered a decisive phase this week, led by three major developments from Honda, Mahindra and Bajaj Auto. Honda signalled a strategic shift by opening the door to supplying products to Indian OEMs, even as the company grappled with a pause in Activa E and QC1 electric scooter production since August. Mahindra &… Continue reading Weekly Auto Wrap: Honda Eyes OEM Partnerships, Bajaj Auto Seals KTM Takeover, Mahindra Investor Day Highlights