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New App Lets Users Bet on Deadly Conflicts in Real Time

@pizzintwatch via X (Screenshot) Thanks to the rise of cryptocurrency, it’s never been easier to place inscrutable bets with shady grey-market bookies. The kingpin presiding over this dubious corner of the gaming industry is currently Polymarket, a crypto platform which lets users place bets on the outcomes of weather catastrophes, political elections, and economic crises.… Continue reading New App Lets Users Bet on Deadly Conflicts in Real Time

Sam Altman Is Suddenly Terrified

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images During the months following OpenAI’s announcement of its blockbuster AI chatbot ChatGPT just over three years ago, Google CEO Sundar Pichai pulled the fire alarm. The search giant’s management issued a “code red” over what Pichai saw as an imminent disruption to its core business — a warranted level of caution, in… Continue reading Sam Altman Is Suddenly Terrified

Man Realizes He Can Feed Facebook AI Slop Page Poison Pills That Drives Its Followers Berserk

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images AI bros love cribbing what humans make so they can churn out loads of meaningless slop. But one of those humans wasn’t going to take getting ripped off without fighting back. Scott Collette, a Hollywood screenwriter who runs the popular “Forgotten Los Angeles” account on Instagram,… Continue reading Man Realizes He Can Feed Facebook AI Slop Page Poison Pills That Drives Its Followers Berserk

Android 16’s latest update ushers in a more frequent release schedule

Switching up the release schedule could bring new features to third-party Android phones much faster. Switching up the release schedule could bring new features to third-party Android phones much faster. by Jess Weatherbed Dec 2, 2025, 7:00 PM UTC Jess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started… Continue reading Android 16’s latest update ushers in a more frequent release schedule

Amazon Has New Frontier AI Models—and a Way for Customers to Build Their Own

Amazon has announced a new family of frontier artificial intelligence models—and a new way for customers to build frontier models of their own. The ecommerce giant announced the second generation of its Nova AI models at re:Invent, a company conference held in Las Vegas. The models are nowhere near as popular as those offered by… Continue reading Amazon Has New Frontier AI Models—and a Way for Customers to Build Their Own

AWS CEO Matt Garman Wants to Reassert Amazon’s Cloud Dominance in the AI Era

You might think Amazon’s biggest swing in the AI race was its $8 billion investment in Anthropic. But AWS has also been building in-house foundation models, new chips, massive data centers, and agents meant to keep enterprise customers locked inside its ecosystem. The company believes these offerings will give it an edge as businesses of… Continue reading AWS CEO Matt Garman Wants to Reassert Amazon’s Cloud Dominance in the AI Era

Melinda French Gates on Secrets: ‘Live a Truthful Life, Then You Don’t Have Any’

Take it from me: Spending an hour with Melinda French Gates will restore at least an iota of your faith in humanity. The billionaire philanthropist, investor, and longtime advocate for women’s and girls’ rights is the rare example of an über-wealthy American who takes seriously the responsibility that their wealth confers. In Gates’ case, she’s… Continue reading Melinda French Gates on Secrets: ‘Live a Truthful Life, Then You Don’t Have Any’

It’s their job to keep AI from destroying everything

Spoiler: the nine-person team works for Anthropic. Spoiler: the nine-person team works for Anthropic. by Hayden Field Dec 2, 2025, 3:11 PM UTC Hayden Field is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets.… Continue reading It’s their job to keep AI from destroying everything

This Peek Under an Antarctic Base Is Absolutely Wild

Thomas Schenk It’s been over two weeks since the Sun has set on Germany’s Neumayer III base in the Antarctic, due to the Earth’s axial tilt at the extreme locale. In that eerie landscape, the 16-year-old base has to contend with otherworldly hazards, like ice shelf disintegration and shifting ice that’s moved it over a… Continue reading This Peek Under an Antarctic Base Is Absolutely Wild