After images of an the new mid-sized electric crossover were leaked by the Chinese MIIT, Nissan pulled the wraps off its all-new NX8 – and it looks so good, I’m wondering if it couldn’t spearhead the brand’s American turnaround. Nissan has had a rough go of it in the US, if not, well – everywhere of late.… Continue reading The electric crossover that could help save Nissan: meet the all-new NX8
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Tesla Optimus robot takes a suspicious tumble in new demo
A new video surfacing from a Tesla demonstration in Miami this weekend shows the Optimus humanoid robot taking a nasty fall. But it’s not the fall itself that is raising eyebrows, it’s the specific hand movements the robot made on its way down, which strongly suggest it was mimicking a remote operator frantically removing a… Continue reading Tesla Optimus robot takes a suspicious tumble in new demo
The accelerator is on the floor for autonomous vehicles
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Another week, another round of announcements about robotaxis either launching or planning to in cities. Let’s take stock. Waymo started testing… Continue reading The accelerator is on the floor for autonomous vehicles
AI Surveillance Startup Caught Using Sweatshop Workers to Monitor US Residents
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images What does it take to become the most successful AI surveillance company in 2025? If you’re anything like Flock, the startup selling automatic license plate readers and facial recognition tech to cops, you don’t really need much AI at all — just an army of sweatshop… Continue reading AI Surveillance Startup Caught Using Sweatshop Workers to Monitor US Residents
AI Is Incredibly Good at Changing Voters’ Minds, New Research Finds — With an Incredible Caveat
Getty Images New research suggests that AI chatbots like ChatGPT can persuade roughly one out of every 25 people to change who they’re going to vote for — with one major caveat. First reported by The Washington Post, the revelation comes as a result of joint international studies led by researchers at MIT. To analyze… Continue reading AI Is Incredibly Good at Changing Voters’ Minds, New Research Finds — With an Incredible Caveat
Billionaires’ Fleshy Heads Put on Robot Dog Bodies
Sean Zanni / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images How’s this for a sign of the times: fresh out of a legendary run in the NFT space, the digital artist Mike Winkelmann — better known by the cutesy mononym Beeple — has a new art installation featuring robot dogs with human heads. And these aren’t just… Continue reading Billionaires’ Fleshy Heads Put on Robot Dog Bodies
The Best Printers for Home and Office: Brother, HP, and More
Before anything else, you’ll have to decide between ink and laser. I’ll get into the details when it comes to each model, but the most important consideration is paper type, because it’s a limitation rather than a benefit. Laser printers use heat in the bonding process, which means if you regularly print on windowed envelopes… Continue reading The Best Printers for Home and Office: Brother, HP, and More
Passenger Jet Suddenly Dropped From Sky for a Wild Reason, Airbus Says
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images After taking off from Cancun, Mexico, on October 30, a packed JetBlue airliner seemed well on its way for just another uneventful flight. It had reached its cruising altitude of 35,000 feet, at which point the plane practically flies itself, and passengers begin to unwind, unbuckle… Continue reading Passenger Jet Suddenly Dropped From Sky for a Wild Reason, Airbus Says
AI Researchers Say They’ve Invented Incantations Too Dangerous to Release to the Public
Getty / Futurism With great power comes great dupe-ability. Last month, we reported on a new study conducted by researchers at Icaro Lab in Italy that discovered a stupefyingly simple way of breaking the guardrails of even cutting-edge AI chatbots: “adversarial poetry.” In a nutshell, the team, comprising researchers from the safety group DexAI and… Continue reading AI Researchers Say They’ve Invented Incantations Too Dangerous to Release to the Public
The Country Music Industry Has Discovered That AI Can Crank Out Hits Like Crazy
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images For decades, the country music industry has billed itself as the rough-hewn, rural cousin to the effete sounds of the city. That appears to be going out the window, as more and more country producers embrace San Francisco’s AI over Nashville’s homespun troubadours. In a detailed… Continue reading The Country Music Industry Has Discovered That AI Can Crank Out Hits Like Crazy