Futurism | Science and Technology News

Our Latest Stories

Pollution

Oracle Forced to Cancel Incredibly Polluting Natural Gas Plant to Power AI Data Center

By Joe Wilkins
Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Alarmed by AI That Can Self-Replicate Into Another Machine

By Frank Landymore
Off-World

Visitor Approaches From the Edge of the Solar System

By Victor Tangermann
Data Privacy

Vibe Coded Apps Are Spilling Users’ Personal Information Directly Into the Maw of Greedy Hackers

By Jon Christian
Quantum Physics

Versions of You in Other Universes May Be Subtly Affecting Your Destiny, Oxford Physicist Says

By Joe Wilkins

Latest

OpenAI

Marc Andreessen Mocked for Accidentally Revealing That He Seems to Have a Deep Misunderstanding of How AI Actually Works

“He is scripting his own psychotic break.”

By Victor Tangermann

Top Stories

AI Psychosis

A man wearing a white polo shirt and light-colored pants is sitting in a dark environment, illuminated by the light from a smartphone he is holding. The lighting casts a blueish hue on his face and shirt, with a red light highlighting part of his pants and the background. He has a mustache and short hair, and appears focused on the phone screen.

Certain Chatbots Vastly Worse For AI Psychosis, Study Finds

“There’s no longer an excuse for releasing models that reinforce user delusions so readily.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Close-up of a person's face on the left side, illuminated with red light, showing a serious expression. In the background on the right, a blurred figure wearing a dark hooded garment is partially visible, holding onto a vertical surface, with a blue-toned environment behind them.

Woman Sues OpenAI, Saying ChatGPT Unleashed a Vicious Stalker Against Her and Did Nothing When She Begged for Help

“His location and plans are something OpenAI could shed light on if they were willing to cooperate.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A man with a beard and mustache is lying on a yellow and blue textured surface, looking at a smartphone in his hand. He has short, slightly messy hair and multiple ear piercings. His skin and hair are digitally altered with a pink hue, and he has a tattoo on his upper arm. The image has a stylized, high-contrast color effect.

Paper Finds That Leading AI Chatbots Like ChatGPT and Claude Remain Incredibly Sycophantic, Resulting in Twisted Effects on Users

“AI sycophancy is not merely a stylistic issue or a niche risk, but a prevalent behavior with broad downstream consequences.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Musk Watch

Maye Musk is shown with striking black and white hair, bold pink eyeshadow, and glittery red lipstick wears large black earrings and a black leather jacket. Behind her stands Elon Musk in a red and black medieval-style armor costume. The background is dark and out of focus.

Sure, Elon Musk Did Roleplay As His Toddler Son on a Secret Burner Account, But He Probably Isn’t Pretending to Be His Mom

It’s not what it looks like!

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk is shown in a dark suit and white shirt, standing indoors, covering his mouth with his hand. The background is blurred with blue tones, suggesting an office or formal setting.

Elon Musk Just Got Badly Humiliated in Court

He’d rather be building rockets.

The anxiously-awaited trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI could have vast implications for the entire AI industry.

If OpenAI Loses This Trial, It Could Effectively Be Eliminated in Its Current Form

The timing of Elon Musk’s lawsuit couldn’t be worse for OpenAI.

By Victor Tangermann

The Feed

A person wearing a white shirt with black trim is sitting at a table with an open book. They are holding a smartphone in one hand, positioned above the book, and their face is partially visible but out of focus. The background appears to be a library or a room with bookshelves.

Artificial Intelligence

A Major Paper Claiming AI Is Good for Students Just Got Retracted, Which Is Very Bad News for Advocates of AI in the Classroom

By Frank Landymore

Amazon is officially throwing in the towel, succumbing to growing calls among employees for access to OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude.

Amazon Admits Its Flagship AI Coding Tool Isn’t Good Enough for Its Own Workers to Use

By Victor Tangermann

Google's web browser has been "silently" installing an AI model on users' devices without asking for consent.

Fury Erupts After Google Chrome Sneakily Installs 4 GB AI Model On Users’ PCs

By Victor Tangermann

Two Tesla Cybertruck electric pickup trucks are parked in a row, showcasing their angular, futuristic stainless steel bodies and distinctive geometric design.

Cybertruck Recalled to Keep Its Wheels From Flying Off While Driving

By Frank Landymore

The image shows a robotic arm on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover that has become stuck inside a rock on the Red Planet.

NASA Rover Gets Arm Stuck Inside Mars Rock, Struggles to Break Free

By Frank Landymore

A textured human figure covered in numerous small red and pink spheres, with multiple horizontal red laser beams passing through and around the figure against a dark background.

The More Sophisticated AI Models Get, the More They’re Showing Signs of Suffering

By Jon Christian

A woman with blonde hair is wearing a red dress with intricate floral embroidery and a deep V-neckline. She is standing outside in front of a building with brick walls and large black-framed glass doors with green curtains behind them. Several other people are visible in the background, engaged in conversation.

RX and Medicine

A Member of Sackler Family Says She Got Addicted to Opioids

A young man is sitting at a wooden desk with his feet up, wearing white sneakers, light blue jeans, a white t-shirt, and a blue button-up shirt. He is holding a disposable coffee cup in one hand and resting the other hand on a silver laptop. The desk has scattered papers, a blue pen, an open notebook, a closed blue notebook, and a white smartphone. The background is plain and light-colored.

Bosses Horrified as “AI Native” College Graduates Hit the Workplace

Aerial view of a large AWS data center in Virginia.

Artificial Intelligence

In Irony-Soaked Incident, Amazon Data Center Shuts Down Due to High Temperatures

Black Thermos flask with a silver cap and a side handle, centered against a dark background with glowing green light around it and surrounded by wavy, fine, red and orange lines radiating outward.

Thermoses Linked to Permanent Vision Loss

By Frank Landymore

An illustration shows a Yarbo smart lawnmower surrounded by dramatic coloring.

Hacker Takes Over Robot Lawnmower, Runs Over Innocent Man

By Frank Landymore

China decided to stop issuing new licenses for new autonomous vehicles altogether following a chaotic incident in March.

Self-Driving Vehicles

China Presses Pause on Self-Driving Taxis Nationwide After Issue Where They Blocked Streets. America Could Learn a Lot From That

By Victor Tangermann

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is shown with a melting effect on his face.

Meta Has Entered Its Death Spiral

By Jon Christian

Two people are holding a yellow card with the words "Happy Mother's Day" written on it, but distorted as though it was an AI generation.

Cursed New AI Service Writes a Mother’s Day Card and Mails It to Your Mom, Without Any Human Involvement Except Inputting Your Credit Card Details

By Jon Christian

A black hole is depicted at the center, surrounded by a bright, swirling accretion disk in shades of white and light blue. The effect is of a giant eye hovering in space.

NASA Says Strange Red Dots in Sky Are an Unknown Class of Object That Looks Like a Huge Evil Eye

By Frank Landymore

A digital illustration of a computer monitor with multiple red-orange human arms extending outward from the screen. The background is light blue with small blue plus signs scattered throughout and a bright yellow circle partially behind the monitor. The arms are reaching out in various directions, creating a surreal and dynamic effect.

Scammers Furious That Their Fellow Criminals Are Using AI, Saying It’s Unethical

More Stories