Paleontologists Are Fuming Over AI Depictions of Prehistoric Animals
A rat with at least four testicles, one larger than its head, published in a scientific journal earlier this year. A pterosaur with a third foot sprouting from its wing.…
Zoom CEO Wants an AI Avatar to Do Your Job While You’re at the Beach
The company made famous by pandemic video chatting has a new vision for the future of work. Zoom CEO Eric Yuan told The Verge that AI avatars will one day…
The Worst Google AI Answers So Far
Google recently rolled out AI-generated answers at the top of web searches in a controversial move that’s been widely panned. In fact, social media is filled with examples of completely…
Google Search Is Now a Giant Hallucination
Google tested out AI overviews for months before releasing them nationwide last week, but clearly, that wasn’t enough time. The AI is hallucinating answers to several user queries, creating a…
Microsoft Copilot Generates Demons When Prompted for Abortion Rights Images, Employee Says
Microsoft Engineer Shane Jones is warning the world that his company’s AI image generator, Copilot Designer, needs to be removed from public use. In an interview with CNBC Wednesday, Jones…
Ilya Sutskever’s Team at OpenAI Built Tools to Control a Superhuman AI
A new research paper out of OpenAI Thursday says a superhuman AI is coming, and the company is developing tools to ensure it doesn’t turn against humans. OpenAI’s Chief Scientist,…
Cambridge Dictionary Names ‘Hallucination’ Word of the Year and I’ve Never Felt So Seen
Yesterday, the folks at Cambridge Dictionary named “Hallucination” the word of the year and, Jesus, they really hit the nail on the head. Like, wow. Frankly, this could be the…
These AI Companies Want to Bring You Back From the Dead
Image: Michael C. Gray (Shutterstock) If you’ve ever watched a space opera or played sci-fi action video games, you’re probably somewhat aware of cryonics. Somewhere in a cold room, a…
Riley Reid Is Spearheading an OnlyFans-Style AI Chatbot Company
Riley Reid is many things: adult film superstar, social media influencer, meme-lord, and now, buzzy tech founder. As part of her new venture, Clona.ai, Reid is helping develop AI-generated chatbots…
NASA’s Mars Rovers Could Inspire a More Ethical Future for AI
Since ChatGPT’s release in late 2022, many news outlets have reported on the ethical threats posed by artificial intelligence. Tech pundits have issued warnings of killer robots bent on human…