October 5, 2026 4:36 AM
October 5, 2026
Rag Tag Team of Biologists Who Lost Funding Because of Trump Turned a Motel Room into Makeshift Lab and Made a Groundbreaking Discovery
Brought together by Trump’s funding cuts, Julia Van Etten and her rag tag team of biologists pursued their…
Innocent Couple Confused When Armed Cops Surround Their Home Following a Wild Tip From a Flock Camera
A completely innocent couple in Lexington, Kentucky was thrust into the middle of a violent police operation last…
News Organizations Like CBS Embracing Prediction Markets as “Journalism” Is a Deep Moral Disgrace
Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi operate in a regulatory vacuum that’s long garnered a reputation for allowing…
Google Updates Guidelines to Punish Sites That Use Fake Bylines and AI-Generated Headshots
Last month, Futurism published an investigation into a company called Brown Brothers Media, which has attracted tens of…
An Overwhelming Percent of Americans Now Want to Pause AI and Tax Billionaires
America’s disgust with AI — and the extreme wealth concentration with which it’s inextricably entwined — continues to…
The Tech Industry’s Aggressive Push to Integrate AI Into Schools Is Turning Into a Disaster
The American AI industry has a problem. In order to justify its explosive spending on AI infrastructure —…
The Only Thing Dumber Than Someone Creating an “AI Torture Chamber” Is the Meltdown That the AI Welfare Crowd Is Having Over It
Let’s get this out of the way: AI models don’t have feelings, and they’re certainly not “alive.” So…
Why Is Instagram Running Ads for a “Pet Incinerator”?
You can buy practically anything these days on the internet — especially when it’s being shipped straight from…
Government Officials Order the Robot Cage Fights to Stop, Organizers Say
In mid-September, a new company called Robot Entertainment Kombat hosted what it claimed was the first-ever human-on-robot cage…
Google Accused of Illegally Killing a Massive Forest for Its New Data Center Project
As the AI race reaches white-hot temperatures, big tech companies are caught up in a heated race to…
In Case You Still Have Faith in Humanity, Here’s an Influencer “Riding” a Sea Turtle While It Tries to Lay Eggs
Desperate for clicks in a sea of outrageous video content and AI slop, influencers are using increasingly shocking…
Trump Was Reportedly Pushed Into Invading Venezuela by Conversation With Grok
It’s hardly a secret that president Donald Trump is addicted to AI slop, but his proclivity for being…
The AI Industry Has a Major Problem: Most People Aren’t Freaks Who Want an AI Agent Running Their Whole Life
Meta’s fuzzy Muse AI personal assistant overtook ChatGPT as the top free iOS app in the US after…
Man Facing Up to Three Years in Prison After Sharing AI Slop That Leads to Mass Panic
A Malaysian man is facing up to three years in a Singaporean prison — after an ill-conceived text…
It’s Looking Possible That Zuckerberg Is Accidentally Committing Corporate Suicide
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made the rash decision to double-down on massive AI spending, pushing a cutesy…
NASA Telescope Careening Down to Earth After Failed Rescue Mission
It was an extremely ambitious mission with the best of intentions. With the help of contractor Katalyst Space…
These Strongly Appear to Be the Old Tweets of That Anthropic Employee Who Quit Citing Risks to Humankind and They Are… Pretty Bizarre
Internet sleuths have dug up old posts that appear to belong to Jacob Coxon, the former Anthropic employee…
Phoebe Bridgers Banned Phones at Her Concerts and It’s Creating a Beautiful and Mysterious Experience Where People Are Drawing Her Amazing Light Show by Hand
It’s practically impossible these days to attend a concert without a flood of bright smartphone screens obscuring your…
Top BBC Director Says He’s Been Reviewing a Fully AI-Generated Episode of “Doctor Who” and It’s “Pretty Good”
Slipping ratings, a revolving door of lead actors, and nothing quite hitting like that old school David Tennant…
Data Centers Are a $6 Trillion Time Bomb, Analysts Warn
Last year, hedge fund whisperer and founder of the firm Praetorian Capital, Harris Kupperman, issued a blistering financial…
Here’s the Email You Get When an OpenAI Model Hacks Your Organization
Companies and organizations around the world would do well to accept what their new roles are in our…
RFK Jr Announcing That AI Is Now Better Than Human Doctors Shows That He Is a Buffoon Who Is Ruining Trust in American Health Institutions
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doesn’t trust human doctors, but he does trust AI chatbots — and so should…
New Jersey So Flooded That a Shark Was Spotted Swimming Through a Suburban Neighborhood
A shark has been spotted wandering the streets of New Jersey. And it ain’t here for the vig,…
People Who Drink Their Own Pee Are Obsessed With AI, Using It to Reassure Themselves That It’s a Miraculous Cure-All
Pee drinkers are absolutely obsessed with AI. For years, Facebook has played host to a truly stupefying number…