More from Noor Al-Sibai (Page 33)

Pro-tip for editors: do not, under any circumstance, publish an AI-generated "interview" with someone you didn't actually interview.

Artificial Intelligence

Tabloid Fires Editor for AI-Generated “Interview” With Injured Celebrity

By Noor Al-Sibai

SpaceX's disastrous Starship launch last week appears to have had some collateral damage.

Video Shows Falling Starship Debris Smashing a Minivan

By Noor Al-Sibai

While Muslims commemorated one of Ramadan's holiest nights below, an Arab astronaut showed how brightly Mecca is lit up while looking down from space.

Muslim Astronaut Posts Stunning Video of Mecca From Space

By Noor Al-Sibai

It's no secret that AIs like ChatGPT require insane amounts of energy — but as a new paper reveals, they also seem to use an absurd amount of water, too.

ChatGPT Is Consuming a Staggering Amount of Water

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a bombastic interview with Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk made a bold claim about Google co-founder Larry Page that, unfortunately, is kind of believable.

Elon Musk Claims Google Co-Founder Is Building a “Digital God”

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a quiet new rule change, Twitter has rolled back protections for trans users amid an international anti-trans movement on both sides of the pond.

Twitter Says It’s Okay to Harass Trans People Now

By Noor Al-Sibai

Facebook is sending users money in a class action lawsuit settlement — and if you used the site at any point in the last 15 years, you can get some, too.

Facebook Is Giving Away Free Money, Y’all

By Noor Al-Sibai

Hawaii's Big Island was treated to a light show of space lasers — but luckily, it wasn't aliens that put on the stunning spectacle.

Satellite Shoots Wall of Green Lasers Down to Earth

By Noor Al-Sibai

Ever wanted to know what the Moon smells like? According to NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin, it smells like spent gunpowder.

What Does the Moon Smell Like?

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so permanent and huge that living beings are migrating from thousands of miles away to get in on the plastic action.

Science & Energy

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Teeming With Trash Life, Scientists Find

By Noor Al-Sibai

We can now, apparently, add the CEO of the Google-owned DeepMind to the list of machine learning researchers who think AI might gain self-awareness.

Google DeepMind CEO Says AI May Become Self-Aware

By Noor Al-Sibai

Like a human possessed, an AI made by Google appears to know things it wasn't trained to learn — and yeah, it's freaking us out.

Google Surprised When Experimental AI Learns Language It Was Never Trained On

By Noor Al-Sibai

The FBI is warning about "juice jacking" occurring from public USB charging ports, but luckily, someone's come up with a literal prophylactic.

You Can Apparently Use a “USB Condom” to Protect Against the FBI’s Latest Boogeyman

By Noor Al-Sibai

A serial AI investor is raising alarm bells about the dogged pursuit of increasingly-smart machines, which he believes will become "god-like."

Machine Learning

Machine Learning Investor Warns AI Is Becoming Like a God

By Noor Al-Sibai

Three brothers who used to work at SpaceX walk into a bar and order some Moon water — stop me if you've heard this one before.

Ex-SpaceX Brothers Working on Spacecraft Powered by Moon Water

By Noor Al-Sibai

It looks like Elon Musk needs to put his — or the taxpayer's — money where his mouth is when it comes to "government-funded" enterprises.

It Turns Out SpaceX and Tesla Get Way More Government Money Than NPR

By Noor Al-Sibai

The story of how classified military documents ended up on a Minecraft Discord server is blowing our puny minds — and feels fit for the silver screen.

Classified Military Secrets Leaked on Minecraft Discord Server

By Noor Al-Sibai

There's finally a smart gun on the market, but as some analysts note, it's hard to say whether firearm enthusiasts will actually buy it.

New Gun Won’t Fire Without Checking Owner’s Fingerprint

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk is moving forward with introducing stock and crypto trading options on the app — and its denizens are calling bull.

Twitter Rips Into Elon Musk’s New Crypto “Ponzi Scheme”

By Noor Al-Sibai

One of the world's foremost futurists is arguing that some AI chatbots exhibit glimpses of sentience — but that doesn't mean they're fully conscious yet.

Artificial Intelligence

Nick Bostrom Says AI Chatbots May Have Some Degree of Sentience

By Noor Al-Sibai

It may be more likely than ever that the next mega-earthquake is going to happen in the PNW — and a hole in the bottom of the sea may provide clues.

Science & Energy

Scientists Discover Leak in the Bottom of the Ocean

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk is not one for granting regular interviews in any sense of the word — but when he does, he pulls no punches and is sure to stun.

Elon Musk Whines That Buying Twitter Has Been Emotionally “Painful”

By Noor Al-Sibai

An AI artist has imagined what Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos would look like if they lived in slums — and honestly, the images go kind of hard.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Shows What Mark Zuckerberg Would Look Like Living in Poverty

By Noor Al-Sibai

The new director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has spoken about her decision to be sworn in on a copy of "Pale Blue Dot" by Carl Sagan.

New NASA Goddard Director Explains Why She Was Sworn in on a Carl Sagan Book

By Noor Al-Sibai

Folks have begun using AI image generators to make porn of people who don't exist — and it seems to be a seller's market.

Artificial Intelligence

People Are Actually Selling AI-Generated Nudes on Reddit

By Noor Al-Sibai

It's been a year since Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland was let out of prison early — and he's already planning another one.

Billy McFarland Threatens to Hold Another Fyre Festival

By Noor Al-Sibai

After reports revealed that Tesla employees shared "intimate" customer images taken by the cars' cameras, someone is now suing the company over it.

Tesla Hit With Lawsuit Over Reports About Employees Watching Car Cameras

By Noor Al-Sibai

We knew crypto mining uses tons of energy — but new investigations have revealed that the situation is actually worse than we thought.

Mining Crypto Is Even Worse for the Environment Than We Thought

By Noor Al-Sibai

If you look closely at the photo that accompanies NASA's press release about the new Goddard Center director, you'll see something curious and delightful.

New NASA Director Swears Oath on Carl Sagan Book Instead of Bible

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk has chosen to white out the "W" on the Twitter HQ sign in San Francisco — and his landlord, apparently, isn't exactly thrilled.

Twitter Landlord Unhappy With Elon’s Naughty Change to Company Sign

By Noor Al-Sibai

John Carmack was a critic of Facebook's Metaverse even when he was still nominally tasked with building it — and now that he's out, he's pulling no punches.

Facebook’s Former Metaverse Czar Publicly Shreds the Company’s Mistakes

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new "self-driving bus" pilot program in Scotland will require not one but two full-time human operators when it hits the road.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Bus Requires Two Full-Time Employees to Operate

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Columbia law scholar has joined the OpenAI chat — and he's got some pretty start warnings about ChatGPT's legal liability.

Scholar Warns That ChatGPT’s Legal Issues Are a “Ticking Time Bomb”

By Noor Al-Sibai

There's a random Canadian astronaut going to the Moon with three Americans from NASA next year — and according to him, that's by design.

Canadian Astronaut Says He’s Going to the Moon So NASA Can Blame Him If Anything Goes Wrong

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA just dropped its new graphics in the wake of its crew announcement for the Artemis II mission to the Moon and, reader, they're so lit.

NASA’s New Artemis II Graphics Are So Freaking Awesome, Y’all

By Noor Al-Sibai

JWST Looks Back In Time And Discovers Oldest Known Black Hole in the Universe

JWST Looks Back In Time And Discovers Oldest Known Black Hole in the Universe

By Noor Al-Sibai

It appears that hackers have compromised the University of Arizona's website and posted a bunch of stuff a Southeast Asian online casino.

Someone Has Apparently Hacked the University of Arizona’s Website

By Noor Al-Sibai

One of the world's foremost chess grandmasters apparently made a fat finger error for the ages when he accidentally clicked the wrong square and lost a tie.

World Chess Champion Loses $30,000 Prize By Clicking Wrong Square

By Noor Al-Sibai

One of the world's foremost psychedelics researchers is taking a curious approach to the knowledge of his own death — by treating it as a beautiful mystery.

Pioneering Psychedelics Researcher Gets Terminal Cancer, Is Totally Chill

By Noor Al-Sibai

ChatGPT has falsely accused at least one person of sexual assault and made up fake news articles to back it up — and yes, we're very afraid.

ChatGPT Falsely Accuses Law Professor of Sexual Assault

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk is, as we all recently learned, hardwired into Twitter's source code — but according to him, this is the first he's hearing of it.

Elon Musk Puzzled to Learn That He’s Hardcoded Into the Twitter Source

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a new interview, Daft Punk co-founder Thomas Bangalter admitted that concerns about artificial intelligence led to the timing of the band's breakup.

Artificial Intelligence

Daft Punk Says They Broke Up Partially Over Fear of AI

By Noor Al-Sibai

After Italy banned OpenAI's ChatGPT, a surprising detractor came out of the woodwork — the country's own deputy prime minister.

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Furious His Regulators Banned ChatGPT

By Noor Al-Sibai

So there's a new study that just dropped linking autism with naturally-occurring lithium in the water supply — but as always, there are some major caveats.

Let’s Talk About That Study Linking Autism and Lithium in the Water

By Noor Al-Sibai

Officials from the CDC and EPA fell ill when investigating the aftermath of the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment earlier this year.

Investigators Fell Ill During East Palestine Derailment Probe, Government Admits

By Noor Al-Sibai

Gabe Ginsberg via Getty / Futurism

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit Rocket Company Files for Bankruptcy

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Space Force official has some bold military advice for the Pentagon: make crypto, not war. Could this idea really work?

Space Force Major Says Countries Should Have Crypto-Mining Contests Instead of Going to War

By Noor Al-Sibai

When they're dehydrated or have parts of themselves cut off, plants appear to make sounds akin to crying — and scientists have caught it on audio.

Science & Energy

Plants Cry. Here’s What They Sound Like.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The rumor mill has churned out a pretty huge claim against Google's new Bard AI chatbot — but the tech giant is denying, denying, denying.

Google Denies Claim That Bard Was Trained by Stealing ChatGPT Data

By Noor Al-Sibai

Former NASA astronaut and current podcaster Clayton Anderson has been caught liking a spate of transphobic tweets.

Former NASA Astronaut Caught Faving Transphobic Tweets

By Noor Al-Sibai

The anti-artificial intelligence push continues apace in Italy, which just moved to temporarily ban OpenAI's ChatGPT pending a data privacy investigation.

Mama Mia! Italy Has Banned ChatGPT!

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new report re-evaluating the long-feared "population bomb" has found that the number of people on Earth isn't going to explode, but rather decrease.

There Will Be Fewer People Alive in 2100 Than Now, Experts Predict

By Noor Al-Sibai

One of the world's loudest AI e critics has issued a stark call to not only put a pause on it but to militantly put an end to it all — before it ends us.

Machine Learning

Machine Learning Expert Calls for Bombing Data Centers to Stop Rise of AI

By Noor Al-Sibai

While Twitter waits for owner Elon Musk's next decree, the geniuses behind the Merriam-Webster dictionary account have provided some comedic relief.

Elon Musk Brutally Owned by Merriam-Webster Dictionary

By Noor Al-Sibai

Listen up: the only reason Matt Damon even did those Crypto.com ads for the 2022 Super Bowl was to raise money for his charity, ok?

Matt Damon Says He Only Did That Crypto Super Bowl Ad Because He’s Brave and Selfless

By Noor Al-Sibai

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the 2022 firebombing of an anti-abortion office in Wisconsin via DNA he left on a burrito.

Wisconsin Firebombing Suspect Arrested From DNA Left on Burrito

By Noor Al-Sibai

BuzzFeed pledged to do a good job with its AI content. But then it quietly started posting entire articles written by AI.

Artificial Intelligence

BuzzFeed Is Quietly Publishing Whole AI-Generated Articles, Not Just Quizzes

By Jon Christian, By Noor Al-Sibai

While the rest of the world is concerned about ChatGPT coming to take their jobs, some companies are paying six figures to people who are really good at it.

Companies Are Paying Bonkers Salaries for People Good at ChatGPT

By Noor Al-Sibai

The CEO of OpenAI has admitted that he's afraid of the artificial intelligence his company is ushering in — but he doesn't think you should laugh about it.

OpenAI CEO: It’s Not Funny That I’m Afraid of the AI We’re Creating

By Noor Al-Sibai

Harvard Prof Teams Up With Military Official to Study Possible Alien “Mothership”

Harvard Prof Teams Up With Military Official to Study Possible Alien “Mothership”

By Noor Al-Sibai

The AI death march is apparently on its way to claiming another victim now that Levi's is, apparently, going to start outsourcing its model diversity to AI.

Artificial Intelligence

Levi’s Mocked for Using AI to Generate “Diverse” Denim Models

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's latest Twitter verification gambit is so convoluted, even some of his biggest stans are coming out against it.

Even Elon Musk’s Biggest Fans Are Aghast at His Latest Scheme

By Noor Al-Sibai

An AI enthusiast wrote a few bars in the style of Kanye West and, using a clone of the artist's voice, recorded an apology track to the Jewish people.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Bro Drops Freakishly Real-Sounding Kanye West Apology Track

By Noor Al-Sibai

There may be planets made up of dark matter with their own bizarre physics, a group of scientist argue in a new study: and they might know how to find them.

Physicists Say There May Be Entire Planets Made of Dark Matter

By Noor Al-Sibai

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