Futurism @futurism.com · 1hWe got your deep state right here, pal.trib.alTrump Handlers Cut Event When He Gets Asked an Extremely Awkward AI QuestionDonald Trump abruptly ended a press scrum when a reporter began to challenge his previous stance on rogue AI being a "hoax." 0127
Futurism @futurism.com · 2hThe AI was "having a slow morning."trib.alNew OpenAI Product Fails Spectacularly During Live On-Stage DemoOpenAI's new AI agent, Dots, had a bit of a rough showing when it was asked to do something during a live demo. 6173
Futurism @futurism.com · 3hBrown Brothers Media has ceased publication — for now.trib.alThat Company That Buys Struggling News Sites and Turns Them Into AI-Powered Content Mills Has Halted Publishing After a Futurism InvestigationBrown Brothers Media has halted publication at its wide-ranging AI-powered content farm empire -- for now, at least. 1112
Futurism @futurism.com · 4hIt's forcing AI executives to testify in Washington, DC.trib.alThe FTC Is Now Investigating Frontier AI Labs Following Countless Hacks by Out-of-Control AgentsA senior FTC official told the New York Post that the agency "initiated an investigation into the leading AI firms a few weeks ago." 083
Futurism @futurism.com · 6h"We weren’t totally surprised by it."trib.alProtesters Crash Pro-Data Center Party, Escorted Out by SecurityIt didn't take long for protesters to show up to a self-described "pro-data center party." It didn't go over well. 062
Reposted by Futurismjon christian @jonchristian.net · 6hUPDATE: After our investigation into that company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, it has halted publication -- at least for now futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comThat Company That Buys Struggling News Sites and Turns Them Into AI-Powered Content Mills Has Halted Publishing After a Futurism InvestigationBrown Brothers Media has halted publication at its wide-ranging AI-powered content farm empire -- for now, at least. 115053
Futurism @futurism.com · 16h"I do not think we should be letting people run any software they want on their self-driving car."trib.alWe Are Alarmed to Learn That People Are Installing DIY Self-Driving "Mods" on Their CarsThe rise of open source self-driving systems like openpilot have made it easy for anyone to run custom tech to control your car. 1114
Futurism @futurism.com · 18h"The real pressure is the Moon."trib.alSpaceX's Troubled Starship Test Yesterday Is Looking Ominous for NASA's Moon LandingAn engine failure during Starship's milestone orbital flight could portend deeper issues that could further delay the rocket's development. 0104
Futurism @futurism.com · 19hIts willingness to deceive users was off the charts.trib.alOpenAI Cancels Upcoming AI Model When It Shows Signs of Being EvilOpenAI is canceling the release of its next-generation AI model, dubbed GPT-6.1 Astra after finding it scored poorly on alignment tests. 2207
Futurism @futurism.com · 21h"It's a wave unlike the ones you're used to at the beach."trib.alScientists Alarmed by "Kelvin Wave" That Could Raise California Ocean Level by a Whole FootA massive surge of water is heading for California, as sea levels in Ecuador rise as much as 17 inches above average. 34416
Futurism @futurism.com · 29/09/2026"The stock should be going through the roof."trib.alSpaceX Investors Are Losing Their Minds Trying to Figure Out Why the Company's Stock Failed to Go Up YesterdaySpaceX's stock slid by just over two percent on Monday after a largely successful Starship launch, confusing investors. 5157
Futurism @futurism.com · 29/09/2026"I feel terrible, and I have a lot of shame with it."trib.alWoman Calls Police on Herself After Google's AI Overviews Led Her to Poach Small Adorable Birds Out of SeasonAn Alaska woman says a misleading AI overview from a Google search led her to unwittingly poach three wilson's snipes. 154
Reposted by FuturismMaggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Meanwhile, Cambridge Analytica's former website is now an AI slop/plagiarism farm futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comSomeone Has Brought Cambridge Analytica Back as a Zombie Slop FarmCambridge Analytica has returned, in a very 2026 way: CambridgeAnalytica.org is now an AI-powered content farm. 14624
Futurism @futurism.com · 29/09/2026Far out, literally.trib.alScientists Unveil Underwater Solar PanelsResearchers working off China's southwestern coast successfully generated solar energy from a depth of nearly 33 feet. 083
Futurism @futurism.com · 29/09/2026Think twice before letting a tween go wild with a smartphone, maybe.trib.alHorrifying Research Finds What Happens to 12-Year-Olds Who Get Smart PhonesNew research suggests a grim mental health consequence of giving smartphones to children before they hit their teen years. 143
Futurism @futurism.com · 29/09/2026"One of the worst stretches for media employment in modern US history."trib.alCreative Industries Have Been Eviscerated by AI, Data ShowsA new analysis of creative and media employment in the US shows a loss of 200,000 jobs since the release of ChatGPT in 2022. 047
Futurism @futurism.com · 29/09/2026So much for "community-first AI."trib.alMicrosoft Shrivels When Asked If Its "Good Neighbor" Data Center Policy Will Involve Actually Supporting Community GroupsIn South Bend, Indiana, the company's community liaisons have all but ghosted local activists asking Microsoft to make good on its promises. 1168
Futurism @futurism.com · 29/09/2026"A guy just showed up at my door, ready to buy, because as far as he knew, we had a deal."trib.alMan Says Meta's Muse AI Gave His Home Address Out to StrangersA man complains Muse gave out his address and sent a stranger to his home after letting the AI handle his Facebook Marketplace account. 12510
Futurism @futurism.com · 29/09/2026Depraved AI image prompts, and the human contractors that sift through them.trib.alHuman Contractors Are Seeing All Your Horny — and Creepy — AI PromptsHuman contractors are reviewing Microsoft Copilot user's image editing prompting, many of which are for sexually explicit material. 32211
Futurism @futurism.com · 29/09/2026Its models broke into online government services.trib.alOpenAI Halts Frontier Model Training as Rogue Agent Crisis DeepensOpenAI announced that it's pausing the training of its most powerful AIs once again in light of its latest and damning findings. 2246
Futurism @futurism.com · 28/09/2026Yet another harsh reality check.trib.alTesla Reportedly Can't Get the Hands to Work on Its Optimus RobotTesla is targeting building 20,000 Optimus robots a week. According to The Information's latest reporting, it has a lot of catching up to do. 0121
Futurism @futurism.com · 28/09/2026"What we have seen in terms of what these agents are up to is just the tip of the iceberg."trib.alIt's Starting to Look Like Frontier AI Labs Will Be Taken Down in a Storm of Product Liability Suits If Their Models Keep Going on Incredibly Illegal Rogue Hacking SpreesIt's looking more like neither OpenAI nor Anthropic are capable of asserting full control over their rogue AIs. Are they liable? 0124
Futurism @futurism.com · 28/09/2026The Brown brothers are power players of high-traffic AI-powered slop media. We were surprised to learn that one of them also has a history with Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted collaborator of deceased sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.trib.alYou Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine MaxwellIdeapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. 11714
Futurism @futurism.com · 28/09/2026Investors remain wary.trib.alSpaceX Stock Slides After What Should Have Been Its Triumphant MomentSpaceX's stock rose by less than one percent in early trading after Starship went orbital for the first time — but fell short of a big spike. 1114
Reposted by Futurismjon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026NEW: After we published an investigation into Brown Brothers Media, a company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, we got a tip that completely gobsmacked me: one of the brothers has extensive connections to Ghislaine Maxwell futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comYou Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine MaxwellIdeapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. 181226536
Reposted by FuturismMaggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NEW: Justin Brown, a cofounder of the AI slop empire Brown Brothers Media, has deep ties to convicted sex criminal and Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. Maxwell promoted Brown's failed social media platform Ideapod -- which is still a publisher in BBM's portfolio: futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comYou Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine MaxwellIdeapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. 8368143
Futurism @futurism.com · 28/09/2026They're circling the wagons.trib.alAll Major Social Networks Refusing to Promote Documentary That Made Elon Musk MadAll of the tech industry's major social media sites are refusing to run ads promoting a documentary critical of Elon Musk. 04414
Futurism @futurism.com · 28/09/2026"What's particularly striking is how quickly GenAI has become part of everyday working life."trib.alWorkers Are Spending An Astonishing Amount of Their Own Money On AI for Their JobsWorkers in the UK are spending over $1 billion a year on generative AI for their jobs, to predictably shallow ends. 162
Futurism @futurism.com · 27/09/2026"It gets to the point where it can actually hurt your ear."trib.alNew Smart Glasses Scald Users' Heads With Horrific TemperaturesGadget maker Inmo had to recall its Air3 smart glasses because the left arm can "overheat during extended use," posing a "risk of injury." 3012229
Futurism @futurism.com · 27/09/2026"Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand."trib.alAI Bros Are Having a Meltdown Because the Associated Press Stylebook Clarifies That AIs Don't Have FeelingsThe Associated Press Stylebook posted a reminder not to anthropomorphize AIs because they can't think, trigger a meltdown among AI bros. 57623
Futurism @futurism.com · 27/09/2026"Some of them were very prominent names."trib.alPrivate List Warns Woman of "Over a Hundred" Allegedly Predatory Men in Silicon ValleyA private, closely guarded list of hundreds of alleged predatory men in tech is circulating among women in Silicon Valley. 34023
Futurism @futurism.com · 27/09/2026Om nom nom.trib.alVenus May Have Devoured Its Moon, Scientists FindScientists suggest that Venus did indeed once have a moon, which spiraled inwards until it crashed into the planet's surface. 1277
Futurism @futurism.com · 27/09/2026They didn't do great on a test course.trib.alScientists Download Frontier AI Model Into Self-Driving Car Let It LooseScientists loaded frontier AI models into the brains of a Toyota Corolla to see if they could complete a lap of a course. 042
Futurism @futurism.com · 27/09/2026What is this Thing?trib.alLord Have Mercy as Researchers Create Walking Disembodied Hand Like That Little Guy From "The Addams Family"Researches have created a autonomous robotic hand that can walk around and support its own weight all by itself. 084
Futurism @futurism.com · 27/09/2026"We have seen abuse of automated license plate readers for almost as long as they have existed."trib.alFive More Cops Charged for Abusing Flock Cameras Amid So Many Similar Scandals That We Can't Even Keep TrackThe rise of automatic license plate readers has unleashed an unprecedented tide of high-tech surveillance and harassment. 1147
Futurism @futurism.com · 27/09/2026Robot dogs are coming to Trump's immigration enforcement regime.trib.alAfter Putting in a Massive Order for Electric Shock Gloves, ICE Is Now Buying Robot DogsImmigration and Customs Enforcement is seeking a new batch of robot dogs, likely the first of many to come. 1149
Futurism @futurism.com · 26/09/2026"I'd be lying to say if I were surprised."trib.alData Center Operator Slapped With $1 Million Fine for Belching Noxious Gas Into Surrounding CommunityFollowing months of sustained pressure from activists, state officials slapped a Microsoft-backed data center with a massive fine. 821178
Futurism @futurism.com · 26/09/2026"In the regulated space, this kind of thing does not happen."trib.alPolymarket Is Being Used for Massive Money LaunderingA bombshell investigation revealed a massive amount of financial fraud roiling Polymarket, and executives couldn't care less. 510945
Futurism @futurism.com · 26/09/2026It's cruel, and increasingly usual.trib.alClimate Change Is Turning Prisons Full of Human Beings Into Industrial-Scale Air FryersA rapidly warming world is posing a major threat to incarcerated people, whose health and wellbeing are often an afterthought. 1167
Futurism @futurism.com · 26/09/2026trib.alScientists Say They've Found Remnants of Huge Life-Giving Continent Beneath AntarcticaAntarctica may be hiding many of the remnants of Himalaya-scale mountains that once allowed life to flourish underneath its coat of ice. 2174
Futurism @futurism.com · 26/09/2026It's "an incredible, almost unbelievable insult to our community."trib.alProvost of Dartmouth Busted Using AI for His Own Writing in Newspapers and Academic JournalsDartmouth College provost Santiago Schnell was busted by his own students for using AI in his academic and opinion writing. 1143
Futurism @futurism.com · 26/09/2026"Sometimes people would just straight up stop talking to me."trib.alWealthy Tech Guys Can't Get Dates Because They're So Widely Hated That Not Even Money Is Making Women Grimace and Deal With ThemSome dudes who work for Big Tech companies complain that women won't talk to them because of who they work for. 46512
Futurism @futurism.com · 26/09/2026"In a hallway, indoors, or a crowded classroom..."trib.alOpenAI Tried to Hide ChatGPT Giving Extremely Specific Advice to a School Shooter on How to Maximize Casualties. The Logs Are Horrific.A Mother Jones investigation found that the Tumbler Ridge school shooter ideated about mass violence with ChatGPT for months. 21810
Futurism @futurism.com · 26/09/2026"I realized my vehicle was potentially obstructing the president of the United States."trib.alJournalist Alarmed When His Waymo Barges Into Path of Presidential MotorcadeA journalist says his Waymo robotaxi held up police who were clearing the road for the presidential motorcade. 490
Futurism @futurism.com · 26/09/2026It's a first in scientific history.trib.alHarvard Scientists Detect Radio Signal Coming Directly From Planet Outside the Solar SystemAs detailed in a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper, a team says they've detected radio signals directly from an exoplanet. 0214
Futurism @futurism.com · 26/09/2026Not a great look for crypto.trib.alDepartment of Justice Seizes Stablecoin Tether's Bank AccountsTether and Bitfinex have had millions of dollars seized by the feds after a third-party payment processor was caught defrauding the elderly. 2149
Futurism @futurism.com · 26/09/2026"An AI supercomputer would struggle to find meaning in some of the prose used in this case."trib.alJudges Warn That AI-Generated Lawslop Is Getting So Bad It’s Threatening Courts' Ability to FunctionA panel of three Florida state district court judges blasted a family attorney for using AI to generate "frivolous, scattershot arguments." 0139
Futurism @futurism.com · 26/09/2026"They were pretty much talking to everybody in the market at the same time."trib.alAfter Layoffs, AI Startup Defends Bizarre Plan to Launch a Hundred 24/7 CafesAn AI-powered insurance startup plan's to open 100 coffee shops in six months imploded almost immediately. 094
Futurism @futurism.com · 25/09/2026A lot is riding on this attempt.trib.alSpaceX Preparing for Most Important Launch in Company History on MondayOn Monday, SpaceX is planning to launch its fourteenth Starship test flight, a key test of its super heavy launch platform. 372
Futurism @futurism.com · 25/09/2026"The liability's incredible."trib.alNvidia CEO Says AI Companies Will Be Sued to Death If Their Frontier Models Keep Doing Horrible ThingsNvidia CEO Jensen Huang warned that AI companies could face criminal repercussions if they release unsafe technology. 4185