Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Librarians, and the books they cherish, are already fight a losing battle for our attention spans with all kinds of tech-enabled brainrot. Now, in a further assault to their sanity, AI models are generating so much slop that students and researchers keep coming into libraries and… Continue reading Librarians Dumbfounded as People Keep Asking for Materials That Don’t Exist
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Brace for Disaster as the Washington Post Launches an AI-Generated Podcast
Getty / Futurism The podcast format has largely remained the same since its inception in the early 2000s: short shows recorded by hosts and distributed digitally to entertain or bring listeners up to date on the news. But with the advent of AI, tech companies are keen to stomp the essence out of what makes… Continue reading Brace for Disaster as the Washington Post Launches an AI-Generated Podcast
True Classic Tees Deals for the 2025 Holidays: 25 Percent Off Crew Necks
This includes me. I’ve been wearing the heck out of True Classic’s black crew-neck, in the belief that the shirt makes a virtue out of a life well-enjoyed. And it apparently also includes WIRED senior editor Jeremy White. “To my shame,” averred White, “the ‘dad bod’ fit is perfect and the neck size is not… Continue reading True Classic Tees Deals for the 2025 Holidays: 25 Percent Off Crew Necks
Eufy’s Best Robot Vacuum Is $405 Off (2025)
Robot vacuums have improved in nearly every feature, and that includes the price. While you can expect to pay anywhere between $1,000 to $1,500 for a brand-new, fully-featured robot vacuum mop, you can snag last year’s models for pretty incredible prices. That includes our current best robot vacuum, which is last year’s Eufy X10 Pro… Continue reading Eufy’s Best Robot Vacuum Is $405 Off (2025)
Many States Say They’ll Defy RFK Jr.’s Changes to Hepatitis B Vaccination
Most Democratic-led states say they will continue to universally recommend and administer the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, despite new guidance against it issued last week by a federal vaccine advisory panel handpicked by Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The Northeast Public Health Collaborative and the West Coast Health Alliance, which… Continue reading Many States Say They’ll Defy RFK Jr.’s Changes to Hepatitis B Vaccination
EV incentives climb as prices soften heading into late 2025
Electric vehicle prices edged lower and incentives jumped in November, but the month still saw a sales slowdown as the US EV market continues to hunt for a new normal. Initial estimates from Kelley Blue Book show that EV sales came in at just over 70,000 units in November, more than 40% lower than a… Continue reading EV incentives climb as prices soften heading into late 2025
Elon Musk finally realizes the thing we all told him before his political misadventure
Tesla CEO Elon Musk went on a podcast this week to express regret over the time he spent trying to destroy the American government, claiming that he wouldn’t do it again. In the first half of this year, Musk took a position advising convicted felon Donald Trump (who cannot legally hold office in the US)… Continue reading Elon Musk finally realizes the thing we all told him before his political misadventure
Elon Musk delusionally claims Waymo ‘never had a chance’ against Tesla
Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to X (formerly Twitter) this morning to dismiss Waymo’s progress in autonomous driving, claiming that the Alphabet-owned company “never really had a chance against Tesla” and that this will be “obvious in hindsight.” The comment came as a direct response to a discussion about Waymo’s newly released safety data—a level of… Continue reading Elon Musk delusionally claims Waymo ‘never had a chance’ against Tesla
Police Admit They’re Using ChatGPT to Generate “Sketches” of Suspects
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images AI is no longer just identifying suspected criminals from behind a camera; now it’s rendering photorealistic images of their mugs for cops to blast out on social media. Enter ChatGPT, the latest member of the Goodyear Police Department, located on the outskirts of Phoenix. New reporting… Continue reading Police Admit They’re Using ChatGPT to Generate “Sketches” of Suspects
King Gizzard Responds to Being Impersonated by AI on Spotify: “We Are Truly Doomed”
Mariano Regidor/Redferns Acclaimed Australian prog rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard made headlines earlier this year when it quit Spotify, protesting the platform’s CEO, Daniel Ek, who heavily invested in an AI weapons company. The band was one of several music acts to pull their music from Spotify over ethical concerns. Many of… Continue reading King Gizzard Responds to Being Impersonated by AI on Spotify: “We Are Truly Doomed”