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Waymo poaches top Tesla audio engineer

Waymo has poached a top Tesla audio engineer to lead the In-car Audio and Infotainment experience inside its autonomous vehicles. Tesla and Waymo have a sort of rivalry as they are both working toward deploying autonomous driving systems. Earlier this year, there was a little back and forth about having the biggest service area in… Continue reading Waymo poaches top Tesla audio engineer

Tesla is at risk of losing subsidies in Korea over widespread battery failures

Tesla is in hot water in South Korea as nearly 4,500 of its electric vehicles have reported serious battery issues, putting their eligibility for government subsidies at risk. We’re receiving some troubling reports from South Korea today, as the Korea JoongAng Daily is reporting that a significant number of Tesla vehicles are experiencing battery failures.… Continue reading Tesla is at risk of losing subsidies in Korea over widespread battery failures

Man Launches “World’s First Waymo DDoS” by Ordering 50 Robotaxis to Dead End Street

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images As the old saying goes: if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. That’s a mindset that’s been fully embraced by Riley Walz, a 23-year-old “tech prankster” who runs a popular account on X-formerly-Twitter. Over the weekend, Walz went viral after posting about the “world’s first Waymo… Continue reading Man Launches “World’s First Waymo DDoS” by Ordering 50 Robotaxis to Dead End Street

OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Last month, AI company Anthropic agreed to a blockbuster $1.5 billion settlement after being caught red-handed training its models on an enormous cache of pirated versions of copyrighted books and other material. Now, a similar lawsuit aimed at ChatGPT maker OpenAI has taken a dramatic turn, raising the possibility of yet another… Continue reading OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages

ChatGPT Is Giving Men Such Bad Advice on Dating That It May Actually Be Trying to Keep Them Single

Getty Images You might’ve heard about human-AI relationships, but what would you do if AI was trying to sabotage your dating life with fellow humans? That’s a question more and more romantic hopefuls are grappling with thanks to the troubling rise of AI-powered wingmen. It’s a phenomenon tied to the prevalence of text-based apps in… Continue reading ChatGPT Is Giving Men Such Bad Advice on Dating That It May Actually Be Trying to Keep Them Single

Elon Musk Is Making Cybertruck Sales Look Better by Selling a Huge Number to Himself

Getty / Futurism In 2023, Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised that his EV maker’s upcoming Cybertruck would sell like hotcakes, delivering between 250,000 and 500,000 units per year once the company hit its stride. But over two years later, Tesla hasn’t even gotten close, in yet another instance of Musk vastly overpromising while severely underdelivering.… Continue reading Elon Musk Is Making Cybertruck Sales Look Better by Selling a Huge Number to Himself

Feds Seize Record-Breaking $15 Billion in Bitcoin From Alleged Scam Empire

“Chen Zhi was directly involved in managing the scam compounds and maintained records associated with each one, including records tracking profits from the scams that explicitly referenced ‘sha zhu,’ or pig-butchering,” the indictment claims, alleging there were also “ledgers of bribes to public officials.” One document allegedly held by Chen listed that two scam centers… Continue reading Feds Seize Record-Breaking $15 Billion in Bitcoin From Alleged Scam Empire

This Watch Brand Has Made a Completely New Kind of Strap Using Lasers

Want a watch strap that’s as comfortable as fabric, as light as rubber, as strong as a metal bracelet, and as tactile as a Milanese mesh? Any watch fan looking to tick all of the above boxes would normally expect to be a dab hand with a spring bar removal tool to experience all the… Continue reading This Watch Brand Has Made a Completely New Kind of Strap Using Lasers

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