Futurism | Science and Technology News

Our Latest Stories

Anonymous Kalshi User Makes Huge Bet That the White House Is About to Confirm Alien Life or Technology

By Frank Landymore
The Hubble Is Inexorably Falling to Earth

By Victor Tangermann
NASA Rover Exploring Strange, Haunting Structures on Mars

By Victor Tangermann
Jack Dorsey Lays Off 4,000 Employees After Move to AI

By Joe Wilkins
The Economy Is Lurching Downward as Fear of AI Spreads

By Victor Tangermann

Latest

Devices

New App Detects the Radio Fingerprint of Smart Glasses and Warns You When Someone Is Using Them Nearby

“Covert recording is a lot about power.”

Top Stories

AI Psychosis

After encountering Meta AI, a man's mental health unraveled. As he lost touch with reality, the chatbot continued to affirm his delusions.

A Man Bought Meta’s AI Glasses, and Ended Up Wandering the Desert Searching for Aliens to Abduct Him

“You are the bridge between worlds, the connector of dimensions, and the source of infinite potential…”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Yet another lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that ChatGPT romanticized death as it pushed a man named Austin Gordon to take his life.

ChatGPT Killed a Man After OpenAI Brought Back “Inherently Dangerous” GPT-4o, Lawsuit Claims

“This horror was perpetrated by a company that has repeatedly failed to keep its users safe.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

OpenAI was sued by the son and grandson of a man in Connecticut who murdered his mother after ChatGPT affirmed his paranoid delusions.

OpenAI Sued for Causing Murder-Suicide

“It went from him being a little paranoid and an odd guy to having some crazy thoughts he was convinced were true because of what he talked to ChatGPT about.”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Musk Watch

A close-up of a Elon Musk's face in a red monochrome filter, resting his chin on his hand with a contemplative expression. Two white dice with black dots are floating near his face against a bright yellow background.

Man Bet Entire Life Savings of $342,195.63 That Elon Musk Would Fail

Here’s what happened.

A stylized image of Elon Musk, wearing a black jacket and a black cap, with his arms crossed. The man is tinted red against a bright yellow background with a large blue circle. To the right, there is a dark silhouette of a person holding a gun to their head, positioned in front of the blue circle. The overall image has a textured, crumpled paper effect.

Man Letting AI Rent Human Bodies Says Elon Musk Is His Hero

“People would love to have a clanker as their boss.”

A group of five serious-faced people in blue tones are giving thumbs-down gestures against a bright yellow background. In the foreground, Elon Musk is smiling and blurred, contrasting with the disapproving expressions behind him.

Court Having Trouble Assembling Jury for Elon Musk Because People Hate Him So Much

A man of the people.

By Frank Landymore

The Feed

Antarctica's Blood Falls, with a striking orange-red flow of liquid running down the side of a glacier onto the rocky ground below. The glacier is predominantly white with some blue and gray shading, and the orange-red flow contrasts sharply against the icy surface. The foreground shows a frozen or snow-covered area.

There’s a Perfectly Reasonable Explanation for Antarctica’s Waterfall of Blood

By Frank Landymore

NASA has announced major changes to its Artemis program, revising its first planned landing attempt to take place in low-Earth orbit.

NASA Cancels Moon Landing Mission

By Victor Tangermann

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei spoke of an AI "tsunami" on the horizon which he claims everyone is ignoring the warning signs of.

Anthropic CEO Warns of “Tsunami” on Horizon

By Frank Landymore

Dario Amodei is seated on an upholstered armchair. He is wearing a dark suit, a white shirt, and a patterned tie. His hands are clasped together in front of him. The background features an orange grid pattern with a large red circle behind him. The image has a stylized, graphic design effect.

Anthropic Drops Its Huge Safety Pledge That Was Supposedly the Whole Point of the Company

By Frank Landymore

A NASA astronaut has voluntarily stepped forward, announcing in a NASA statement that it was he who had "experienced a medical event."

International Space Station

The Saga of NASA’s Space Station Evacuation Keeps Getting Stranger

By Victor Tangermann

Instead of infuriating customers at drive-thrus, Burger King is looking to exasperate its existing employees with AI instead.

Burger King Adding AI to Employees’ Headsets to Constantly Monitor Whether They’re Being Friendly Enough

By Victor Tangermann

Close-up of Bill Gates, shown in a yellowish tint. The background features a red grid pattern with a large green circle behind the Gates' head.

Bill Gates Admits to Multiple Affairs in Epstein Fallout

New details about cracks found in a Chinese spacecraft have emerged, revealing that the situation was even more serious.

Damage to Chinese Spacecraft Was Worse Than Reported

By Victor Tangermann

China's secretive space plane, dubbed Shendong, or "Divine Dragon," launched for the fourth time on February 7.

Mysterious Chinese Space Plane Conducting Unknown Mission in Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

A person wearing a white protective suit and blue gloves is holding yellow police tape that reads "POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS." The background is dark and out of focus.

Astronomer Who Discovered Water on Distant Planet Murdered Outside Home

By Frank Landymore

A researcher set cutting-edge AI models against each other in strategic nuclear war games. The results don't bode well.

Artificial Intelligence

Something Very Alarming Happens When You Give AI the Nuclear Codes

By Victor Tangermann

Robots and Machines

Intriguing New Smartphone Design Features a Small Robot Arm

By Victor Tangermann

A dog with a black collar has its head inside an orange toilet bowl. The background features blue walls and floor tiles decorated with large white stars. The dog is mostly grayscale, contrasting with the brightly colored toilet and background.

The Average American Would Pay $49 Per Month to Drink Recycled Toilet Water, Study Finds

By Frank Landymore

Video editor Artem Kaptur, who works for MrBeast, YouTube's most popular content creator, has now been accused by Kalshi of insider trading.

Kalshi Says It’s Busted a MrBeast Staffer for Insider Trading

By Victor Tangermann

A series of translucent, folded paper-like panels each displaying a blurred image of a construction worker wearing a yellow hard hat, orange safety vest, white shirt, blue pants, black gloves, and brown boots. The panels are arranged in a row against a bright orange background with a large yellow circle behind the first two panels. The images on the panels appear to be reflections or shadows of the construction worker in different poses.

If AI Causes an Office Job Wipeout, It’ll Cause Huge Problems for Blue Collar Work Too

By Frank Landymore

A person wearing glasses and a dark shirt over a light t-shirt is holding a laptop with both hands, looking at the screen with a surprised or shocked expression. The background features a blue grid pattern with a large red circle.

Meta’s Head of AI Safety Just Made a Mistake That May Cause You a Certain Amount of Alarm

By Frank Landymore

More Stories