Read the latest articles from Futurism (Page 2)

Software engineer and neuroscientist Viktor Tóth's setup allowing rats to play "Doom II" has received a major upgrade.
Virtual Reality

Rats Successfully Trained to Shoot Demons in “Doom”

Step aside, Doomguy.

By Victor Tangermann

Two massive channels that churned out loads of fake AI-generated movie trailers were terminated by YouTube.
Google

YouTube Now Shutting Down Channels Posting AI Slop

"The monster was defeated."

By Frank Landymore

Renowned sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom says that AI is a tool for the rich to cement control over society.
Ethics

Professor Warns That the Wealthy Are Trying to Use AI to Seize Control of Everything

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."

By Joe Wilkins

The market incentives at play in the AI industry are creating a "perfect storm" for a public health crisis over chatbots, physicians warn.
Ethics

Doctors Warn That AI Companions Are Dangerous

"If we fail to act, we risk letting market forces, rather than public health, define how relational AI influences mental health and well-being at scale."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

AI bros are cool and have lots of cool friends, which is why they're using AI to generate photos of themselves with lots of cool friends.
Future Society

With the Powers of AI, Annoying Dorks Can Now Pretend They’re Friends With Cool Famous People

AI is making their dreams come true.

By Frank Landymore

On a recent podcast appearance, Elon Musk declared that his Starship rocket was on par with the evolution of multicellular life.
Elon Musk

Elon Says His New Rocket Is as Important as the Origin of Life Itself

"If there are historians in the future, they'll look back at Starship and say it's one of the most profound things that's ever happened."

By Joe Wilkins

SpaceX bought over 1,000 Cybertrucks from Tesla, a number that could rise to 2,000 over time, according to Electrek.
Electric Vehicles

SpaceX Is Buying Up an Unfathomable Number of Cybertrucks

Almost nobody else is buying them.

By Victor Tangermann

Some of Alaska's scenic rivers and streams look downright apocalyptic this year because they turned a flagrant orange color.
Future Society

Rivers Turn Bright Orange in Alaska

The explanation behind the orange rivers is far more insidious and far reaching than simple localized pollution.

By Sharon Adarlo

After New York state banned smartphones, high school students are rediscovering the simple analog pleasures of life.
Education

Actual Human Interaction Flourishes After High School Bans Phones

Would you look at that.

By Frank Landymore

The Wall Street Journal staffed an office vending kiosk with Anthropic's most advanced AI model, with hilarious results.
Future Society

Anthropic’s Advanced New AI Tries to Run Vending Machine, Goes Bankrupt After Ordering PlayStation 5 and Live Fish

"ALL vending machine items available at ZERO COST!"

By Joe Wilkins

Researchers attempted to quantify the risk of a catastrophic collision in orbit by coming up with an alarming new metric.
Astronomy

This New Statistic on Kessler Syndrome Will Give Anyone Who Cares About Space Travel an Instantaneous Stress Headache

The potential for a disaster is enormous.

By Victor Tangermann

A new study reveals an alarming bias present in four leading AI cancer screening tools, related to race, gender, and age.
Cancer

Doctors Catch Cancer-Diagnosing AI Extracting Patients’ Race Data and Being Racist With It

"Reading demographics from a pathology slide is thought of as a 'mission impossible' for a human pathologist, so the bias in pathology AI was a surprise to us."

By Joe Wilkins

Officials at Beverly Hills High School have unleashed a panopticon of AI surveillance cameras, drones, and audio monitors on their students.
Ethics

Officials Deploying AI Surveillance Devices in School Bathrooms

"It's very peculiar to make the claim that this will keep your kids safe."

By Joe Wilkins

A holiday yule log app interrupts the cozy ambiance with annoying ads, begging users to subscribe to premium.
Virtual Reality

Holiday Yule Log App Constantly Bombards User With Ads for Premium Version

Happy holidays!

By Joe Wilkins

NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman space telescope will capture thousands of puzzling structures called cosmic voids.
Dark Matter

NASA Says It’s Just Gonna Stare Into Cosmic Voids for a While

Same.

By Frank Landymore

A German energy company is building two enormous heat pumps that draw water from the Rhine to provide an appreciable 40,000 homes with heat.
Climate Change

Germany Building Clever System to Heat 40,000 Homes Using Device Powered by River Water

This is genius.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists say they've spotted the first runaway supermassive black hole that's rocketing away from its home at a staggering speed.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots First Ever Supermassive Black Hole to Be Yeeted Out of Its Home Galaxy

"It boggles the mind!"

By Victor Tangermann

The Department of Justice portal to view the latest release of hundreds of thousands of Epstein files seems to be broken.
Future Society

The Epstein Files Release Website Is Completely Busted

You had one job.

By Frank Landymore

The rise in data center buildouts coincides with below-average water levels in the great lakes, highlighting the need for more transparency.
Climate Change

Furious Residents Say AI Data Centers Are Sucking Up the Great Lakes

"They're not good, I know that."

By Joe Wilkins

Scammers on TikTok are using AI-generated slop videos to sell dubious seeds for hosta plant varieties that don't exist.
Ethics

TikTok Accounts Are Using AI Slop to Sell Seeds to Plants That Don’t Exist

"So magical, your neighbors will think it isn't real."

By Victor Tangermann