Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Bryan Steffy / Getty Images As any sixth grade boy can tell you, Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson isn’t exactly a subtle guy. In just a few short years, he’s gone from an unknown streamer to YouTube’s first ever billionaire, leveraging the promise of life-changing wealth to entice people into… Continue reading MrBeast Refuses to Apologize After Tying Man Up Inside Burning House
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OpenAI’s Sora 2 Generates Realistic Videos of People Shoplifting
Gabriel Peters via X OpenAI has released a new smartphone app — currently invite-only — designed to rival TikTok with an infinite barrage of AI slop. The app accompanies the company’s latest text-to-video and audio AI generator, Sora 2, which it claims is “more physically accurate, realistic, and more controllable than prior systems.” A two-minute… Continue reading OpenAI’s Sora 2 Generates Realistic Videos of People Shoplifting
OpenAI Ridiculed for Its Latest Cash Grab
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images OpenAI just introduced a new shopping feature that allows people to buy items directly from online retailers from inside ChatGPT — a move that instantly attracted online jeers from critics who framed it as another effort to milk cash from a hugely unprofitable and at times… Continue reading OpenAI Ridiculed for Its Latest Cash Grab
OpenAI Releases Ghoulish AI Video of Sam Altman
OpenAI has officially unveiled its latest text-to-video and audio AI generator, Sora 2. So far, we’re not quite convinced by the company’s marketing efforts. In an unsettling promotional clip, an algorithmically synthesized version of OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, announces the company’s answer to Meta’s Vibes app — a TikTok-like experience designed to expose users to… Continue reading OpenAI Releases Ghoulish AI Video of Sam Altman
US government takes equity stake in one of the world’s largest lithium mines
The Trump administration is now a significant stakeholder in the controversial mine at Thacker Pass. The Trump administration is now a significant stakeholder in the controversial mine at Thacker Pass. by Justine Calma Oct 1, 2025, 6:31 PM UTC Justine Calma is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a… Continue reading US government takes equity stake in one of the world’s largest lithium mines
OpenAI’s New Sora App Lets You Deepfake Yourself for Entertainment
On Tuesday, OpenAI released an AI video app called Sora. The platform is powered by OpenAI’s latest video generation model, Sora 2, and revolves around a TikTok-like For You page of user-generated clips. This is the first product release from OpenAI that adds AI-generated sounds to videos. For now, it’s available only on iOS and… Continue reading OpenAI’s New Sora App Lets You Deepfake Yourself for Entertainment
Exclusive: Mira Murati’s Stealth AI Lab Launches Its First Product
Thinking Machines Lab, a heavily funded startup cofounded by prominent researchers from OpenAI, has revealed its first product—a tool called Tinker that automates the creation of custom frontier AI models. “We believe [Tinker] will help empower researchers and developers to experiment with models, and will make frontier capabilities much more accessible to all people,” says… Continue reading Exclusive: Mira Murati’s Stealth AI Lab Launches Its First Product
Data breach at Canadian airline WestJet affects 1.2M passengers
Canada’s second largest airline WestJet said the personal information of 1.2 million passengers was stolen in a cyberattack and data breach earlier this year. The airline disclosed the number of affected passengers in a filing with Maine’s attorney general, which confirmed 240 residents in the state were also affected. According to the notice, the stolen… Continue reading Data breach at Canadian airline WestJet affects 1.2M passengers
Electroflow promises to make LFP material for 40% less than Chinese producers
The battery world has fallen head over heals for lithium-iron-phosphate cells, a cheap, durable chemistry that can lower the price of a vehicle by thousands of dollars. Tariffs and anti-China regulations have complicated the picture for American automakers. “We think LFP is the missing ingredient for energy prosperity. The problem is it’s literally 99% made… Continue reading Electroflow promises to make LFP material for 40% less than Chinese producers
Photoshop’s new AI tool made my composite images look real in one click – and now I’m hooked
David Gewirtz / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Photoshop beta introduces powerful AI Harmonize feature. Composites look natural, though flaws still exist on close inspection. Feature feels both a time saver and a time thief. Adobe is promoting their new Photoshop Harmonize… Continue reading Photoshop’s new AI tool made my composite images look real in one click – and now I’m hooked