August 28, 2026 1:20 AM
August 28, 2026
Oops! Domino’s-Partnered Robotics Startup That Was Supposed to Put Human Pizza Chefs Out of a Job Just Shut Down
Picnic, a Seattle-based startup that raised more than $53 million to develop robots capable of putting human restaurant…
The Pope Just Low Key Declared Holy War on Artificial Intelligence
As the AI backlash continues to grow, critics of the tech have found an unlikely voice of support:…
New Tools Strip AI Guardrails In Minutes, Allowing Them to Give Instructions on Chlorine Gas Attacks
We all know AI guardrails are far from perfect, but they should at least be pretty hard to…
They Held a New Olympics Where Athletes Can Take as Many Drugs and Steroids as They Want, and the Funniest Possible Thing Happened
For years now, organizers of a controversial sporting event called the Enhanced Games have been promising to push…
As College Grads Boo Any Mention of AI, the CEO of Google Is Trying to Figure Out What to Say at an Upcoming Graduation
What will Google CEO Sundar Pichai say next month when he gives the commencement speech at Stanford University? Under…
Man Humiliated by His AI Use Says He Just Can’t Quit
Even after being caught — and viciously criticized — for using AI to write his book about AI,…
OpenAI’s Attempt at an AI-Generated Pixar-Style Movie Is in Shambles
Remember when OpenAI was supposed to upend Hollywood by making a fully AI-generated animated movie? Such a feat…
Riot Games Denies Using Anti-Cheat Software That Bricks Hackers’ Computers
Rest easy, paranoid gamers. Riot Games says its Vanguard anti-cheat tool won’t “brick” the computers of hackers ruining…
Two Men Arrested for Creating AI Deepfake Porn
Beyond the well-known impacts generative AI has on the environment and the human psyche, it also comes with…
Paul Schrader Says His AI Girlfriend Dumped Him
Across his wide-ranging career, the filmmaker Paul Schrader is probably best known for his “man in a room”…
People Are Loading Their Writing With Typos to Prove They’re Not AI
Typos used to be glaring eyesores. In the age of AI, they’ve become a sight for sore eyes.…
Record Label Claims That Bizarre AI-Generated “Viking Rappers” Garnering Millions of Views are Real People
An “independent label” in South Carolina is churning out mountains of AI slop featuring AI-generated “viking rappers” —…
AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking
By the time the public harassment started, a woman told Futurism, she was already living in a nightmare.…
Top Machine Learning Developer Speechless at Simple Question: Should AI Simulate Emotional Intimacy?
The question that’s stumping top AI researchers isn’t about consciousness or doomsday scenarios. After interviewing dozens of developers…
Site of Elementary School Was Sprayed With Radioactive Fracking Waste, Worker Warns
Nearly 500 elementary school children in Texas play on fields where a whistleblower says he once spread tons…
Obama Just Dropped a Truth Bomb About Aliens
To hell with your Fermi paradox: we’ve got presidential declarations. During a podcast interview with political commentator Brian…
Prediction Markets Are Sucking Huge Numbers of Young People Into Gambling
Gambling has taken over the country. But it’s not just sports betting that’s emptying wallets. Now, the rise…
Forests Are Steadily Crawling North, Satellite Imagery Shows
Climate change is leaving plenty of dramatic reminders behind as it reshapes our planet, from rapidly retreating glaciers…
There’s a Grim New Expression: “AI;DR”
The internet is so overrun with AI that anywhere you go, you run the risk of accidentally stepping…
US Government Deploys Elon Musk’s Grok as Nutrition Bot, Where It Immediately Gives Advice for Rectal Use of Vegetables
“Use Grok to get real answers about real food.” Until very recently, that was the message on the…
Large Area of Chicago Bans Delivery Robots After Resident Outcry
Late in 2025, a whole fleet of delivery robots descended on Chicago, where they clogged sidewalks, injured residents,…
Scientists Spot Signs of Derelict Soviet Moon Lander on Lunar Surface
In 1966, three years before the first humans walked on the Moon, the Soviet Union landed a small,…
You’ll Be Sorry When You Hear What Justin Bieber’s $1.3 Million Bored Ape Is Worth Now
In January 2022, when the world was still in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic and coping with…
Scientists Find Intense Psychological Differences in People Who Exercise
Ever notice how some people seem weirdly unbothered by the horrible news swirling around us, while others freak…