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The CEO of AI startup Flock Safety, Garrett Langley, believes his billion-dollar startup is the key to solving crime in the US forever.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Startup Says It Will End Crime by Blanketing the Entire United States in Ever-Watching Spy Cameras

By Joe Wilkins

The rollout of Amazon's new "GenAI-powered" Alexa+ blends Orwell's 1984 with the exciting world of e-commerce.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon’s New Alexa AI Sounds Like a Dystopian Nightmare

By Joe Wilkins

Musk took to his own social media platform, posting a "No Kings"-themed screenshot of the iconic horror video game "Bioshock."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Posts “No Kings” Message as Protests Rage Against Trump

By Victor Tangermann

MrBeast has recently bragged about the people he currently has trapped in ridiculous scenarios, and the money they represent.
Future Society

MrBeast Brags About the Human Lives He Has Suspended in Bizarre “Simulations”

By Joe Wilkins

Stuck in cramped cells for days and weeks at a time, incarcerated people are being whisked away to beautiful worlds through the magic of VR.
Future Society

What Are the Ethics of Strapping VR Headsets on Inmates in Solitary Confinement?

By Joe Wilkins

An AI tool analyzes a man's face, with dizzying digital effects.
Future Society

Police Use of Facial Recognition Backfires Spectacularly When It Renders Them Unable to Convict Alleged Murderer

By Joe Wilkins

As Trump eyes the border, tech moguls are lining up to pitch him their brand of AI-powered surveillance tech, robot dogs included.
Future Society

A Peek Into Trump’s AI Border Dystopia

By Joe Wilkins

More universities host online class and use eye tracking software to detect exam cheating because of COVID-19. Students say it's awful.
Future Society

College Students Say Crying In Exams Activates “Cheating” Eye Tracker Software

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Amazon quietly funded classes that teach students how to work at Amazon in a California county where it's the largest employer.
Future Society

Amazon Pays for High School Class About How to Be an Amazon Grunt

By Noor Al-Sibai

The creator of the board games on which the popular video game Cyberpunk 2077 is based told the BBC that the games should be a "warning."
Future Society

The Creator of Cyberpunk Game Says It’s a “Warning” About the Actual Future

By Victor Tangermann

5 Insane Quotes From Boris Johnson’s Bizarre UN Speech About Tech
Internet Of Things

5 Insane Quotes From Boris Johnson’s Bizarre UN Speech About Tech

By Victor Tangermann

What if an ai, paired with an app, can find you true love? That's what Netflix's new dystopian show Osmosis is imagining in a new trailer.
Artificial Intelligence

Terrifying Netflix Trailer Skewers The Horror of Algorithmic Love

By Victor Tangermann

Glimpse: Utopian Fiction Could Help Us Unlock the Bright Future We Never Imagined
Future Society

Glimpse: Utopian Fiction Could Help Us Unlock the Bright Future We Never Imagined

By Luke Kingma