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Roomba maker iRobot cofounder Rodney Brooks argued that Musk's vision of an Optimus robot-filled future is "pure fantasy thinking."
Robots and Machines

Cofounder of Roomba Maker Says Elon Musk Is in for a Terrible Surprise With Humanoid Robots

"Today’s humanoid robots will not learn how to be dexterous despite the hundreds of millions, or perhaps many billions of dollars being donated."

By Victor Tangermann

The multinational IT firm has laid off 11,000 employees as part of a $865 million plan to "upskill" its "reinventors."
Future Society

Accenture CEO Says It’s Sacking Employees Who Won’t Embrace AI

It's called "upskilling your reinventors."

By Joe Wilkins

New safety data suggests that Waymo's robotaxis are astonishingly safe — perhaps far safer than we give them credit for.
Mass Transit

New Data Shows Waymos Are So Safe That It’s Almost Comical

"I like to tell people that if Waymo worked as well as ChatGPT, they’d be dead."

By Victor Tangermann

Italian movie producer Andrea Iervolino unveiled what he claims will be the first film directed entirely by an AI entity.
Artificial Intelligence

Producer Announces New Movie Will Be Directed by an AI Entity

Who is this for?

By Victor Tangermann

The White House's Office of Management and Budget is looking into tearing NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery into pieces to move it to Texas.
Future Society

White House Investigates Whether to Chop Space Shuttle Discovery Into Pieces

"It's like taking the Washington Monument, sawing it into pieces, and moving it somewhere."

By Victor Tangermann

The once favored in-home fitness company is putting pedal to the metal to carve out their own lane in the AI race.
Artificial Intelligence

Peloton Announces Pivot to AI, Jacks Up Price

Predictable.

By Rae Witte

The launch of Sora 2 has mostly been a showcase of its ability to generate caricatures of Sam Altman in bizarre scenarios.
OpenAI

Sora 2 Is Generating Videos That Brutally Mock Sam Altman

Altman: "Not sure what to make of this."

By Frank Landymore

Disgraced former Governor and mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo had his AI do various ostensibly New York jobs and everyone is laughing at him.
Artificial Intelligence

Cuomo’s AI-Generated Ad Roasted by Mamdani

Cuomo really can't take no for an answer.

By Rae Witte

Bay Area cops were on the look out for drunk drivers — and were probably disappointed to pull over a driverless Waymo instead.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Police Pull Over Waymo to Check for Drunk Driving

"No driver, no hands, no clue."

By Frank Landymore

The "AI Actress" called Tilly Norwood was slammed by actors across the industry after its creator claimed it was being "signed" by agents.
Artificial Intelligence

Creator of “AI Actress” Responds to Near-Universal Backlash

"She is not a replacement for a human being."

By Frank Landymore

A viral video made on OpenAI's Sora 2 that looks like a 1990s toy ad makes fun of financier Jeffrey Epstein and President Donald Trump.
Ethics

Sora 2 Is Creating Ads for “Epstein Island” Children’s Toys

"As a parent this leaves such a bad taste. Terrible."

By Sharon Adarlo

As Donald Trump held a meeting in the Oval Office to announce a Pfizer deal, his health secretary sneezed loudly.
Viruses

RFK Jr. Sneezes Loudly While Trump Is Speaking

Trump asked the Pfizer CEO if he had any Paxlovid on him.

By Rae Witte

California Gov. Newsom says the new law fills the gap left without any federal AI legislation and is a step in the right direction.
Ethics

Gavin Newsom Signs Law Cracking Down on AI Industry

The AI industry has been a Wild West. Is that starting to change?

By Rae Witte

Anthropic is still struggling to evaluate the AI's alignment, realizing it keeps becoming aware of being tested.
Future Society

Anthropic Safety Researchers Run Into Trouble When New Model Realizes It’s Being Tested

"I'd prefer if we were just honest about what’s happening."

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers found that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS shows an "extreme abundance ratio" of nickel and iron in its gas plume.
Future Society

The Mysterious Object Cruising Through Solar System Is Releasing Strange Metals, Paper Finds

Astronomers just made an "extremely puzzling" discovery.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of geophysicists say that an enormous mass shifted deep beneath the Earth's surface 18 years ago, as spotted by NASA satellites.
Environment

Scientists Say They Detected Something Huge Shifting Inside the Earth

"It has to come from very deep."

By Victor Tangermann

AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio says building machines smarter than us will ultimately lead to the end of humanity.
Ethics

Godfather of AI Says We’re Barreling Straight Toward Human Extinction

“It’s like creating a competitor to humanity that is smarter than us.”

By Rae Witte

The AI spending bubble could have an ominous effect on 401(k)s, given the massive concentration of tech stocks in the S&P500.
Finance

AI Poised to Gut Your Retirement Fund, Analysts Warn

"Few would escape the pain."

By Joe Wilkins

Tesla is now recommending drivers that its cars detect falling asleep at the wheel to use its Full Self-Driving mode.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Tells Sleepy Drivers to Switch to Its Self-Driving Mode That Needs to Be Monitored Constantly So It Doesn’t Cause a Fatal Accident

"Drowsiness detected. Stay focused with FSD."

By Frank Landymore

The billionaire YouTuber insists his latest stunt was only an illusion, and that his contestant was never in any real danger.
Future Society

MrBeast Refuses to Apologize After Tying Man Up Inside Burning House

"You're braver than me. This is crazy!"

By Joe Wilkins