October 5, 2026 4:37 AM
October 5, 2026
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…
Mother of Elon Musk’s Children Says She Has Been “Let Go” by the Billionaire
In a new documentary by filmmaker and investigative journalist Alex Gibney, Elon Musk’s first wife, Justine Musk, revealed…
NASA Has Been So Thoroughly Screwed by Boeing’s Disastrous Starliner That It’s Now Throwing Its Entire Access to Space Into Question
By all accounts, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has been nothing short of a disaster. It’s cost NASA a staggering…
Horde of Obsolete Humanoid Robots Made to Hurl Themselves Into Vat of Liquid Steel for Total Obliteration
Privately-developed humanoid robots are advancing at a striking clip, which means today’s innovation may soon be tomorrow’s pile…
Trump Launched an America.org “Super Intelligence” Chatbot and It Immediately Disagrees With Him on Huge Topics, Including Whether He Won the 2020 Election
Sitting US head of state Donald Trump still insists that the 2020 presidential election was “stolen” from him,…
The AI Chatbots That Tech Companies Are Aggressively Pushing to Billions of Users Appear to Be Causing Serious Psychological Harms, New Research Finds
A recent paper found that the extensive use of AI chatbots can be linked to “severe negative outcomes.”…
Elon Musk Is Such a Sad Sack That He Just Stole a Random Guy’s Joke on Twitter
Elon Musk isn’t exactly known for his quick wit, and a recent incident on X-formerly-Twitter shows exactly why…
New OpenAI Product Fails Spectacularly During Live On-Stage Demo
Would any live product demo be complete without a few technical difficulties? At its annual DevDay conference in…
The FTC Is Now Investigating Frontier AI Labs Following Countless Hacks by Out-of-Control Agents
It’s been an alarming couple of months of rogue AI agent revelations. Both Anthropic and OpenAI admitted that…
Trump Handlers Cut Event When He Gets Asked an Extremely Awkward AI Question
On Tuesday, US president Donald Trump hosted a discussion with some of the richest and most powerful tech…
That Company That Buys Struggling News Sites and Turns Them Into AI-Powered Content Mills Has Halted Publishing After a Futurism Investigation
Earlier this month, Futurism published an exposé about a company called Brown Brothers Media. In the story, we…
Protesters Crash Pro-Data Center Party, Escorted Out by Security
The opposition to the wide proliferation of AI data centers has never been more palpable. Public sentiment has…
We Are Alarmed to Learn That People Are Installing DIY Self-Driving “Mods” on Their Cars
The software that powers self-driving cars is no longer the domain of proprietary systems built by billion-dollar companies. …
Scientists Alarmed by “Kelvin Wave” That Could Raise California Ocean Level by a Whole Foot
There’s a massive wave heading across the ocean straight for the California coast — not a freak tsunami,…
SpaceX’s Troubled Starship Test Yesterday Is Looking Ominous for NASA’s Moon Landing
On its 14th flight test Monday, SpaceX’s Starship successfully flew into orbit for the first time, marking a…
OpenAI Cancels Upcoming AI Model When It Shows Signs of Being Evil
For the second time in a matter of months, OpenAI paused the development of its frontier AI models…
Scientists Unveil Underwater Solar Panels
China’s green energy boom has seen solar panels plastered on the side of rainy mountains, on floating coastal…
SpaceX Investors Are Losing Their Minds Trying to Figure Out Why the Company’s Stock Failed to Go Up Yesterday
By most accounts, SpaceX’s 14th Starship test flight on Monday was an overwhelming success. Sure there were problems.…
Horrifying Research Finds What Happens to 12-Year-Olds Who Get Smart Phones
New research suggests a grim consequence of giving smartphones to minors before they even hit their teen years.…