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Jeffrey Epstein's convicted sex trafficker says that she partied with Elon Musk and other tech leaders in the Caribbean.

Epstein’s Top Child Trafficker Says She Partied With Elon Musk in the Caribbean

By Jon Christian

Google's notorious AI Overviews feature appears, for perhaps the very first time, to have finally gotten it right.

If You Ask Google Why It Sucks Now, AI Overviews Will Viciously Bully Google and Itself

By Noor Al-Sibai

One of the actual, original cofounders of Tesla is apparently not a big fan of the Cybertruck's bold styling.

Original Tesla Cofounder Roasts Cybertruck for Looking “Like a Dumpster”

By Frank Landymore

Subscribers to the fashion and lifestyle magazine Vogue were horrified after spotting a double-page ad that featured an AI-generated model.

Artificial Intelligence

Subscribers to Fashion Magazine Vogue Disgusted When They Realize Where Its New Two-Page “Photos” Really Came From

By Victor Tangermann

Recently obtained "safety guidelines" from Surge AI, a data labeling company, reveal the ethical dilemmas facing AI workers.

Artificial Intelligence

Leaked Document Reveals Troubling Details About How AI Is Really Being Trained

A new study shows that over half of teens are regular users of AI companions — and some prefer them to their human friends.

Artificial Intelligence

A Staggering Proportion of Teens Say Talking to AI Is Better Than Real-Life Friends

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Google has released a baffling new AI feature that turns your web search into a podcast. Is literacy dead?

Google Adds Button to Generate Error-Laden AI Podcast About Your Search Results Instead of Just Reading Them Like a Functioning Member of Society

By Victor Tangermann

The default settings for the Meta AI App are causing some users to leak some unfortunate personal details to the entire world.

People Don’t Realize Meta’s AI App Is Publicly Blasting Their Humiliating Secrets to the World

Facing dismal financial results, Target is praying to the gods of artificial intelligence to fix its horrible stores.

Artificial Intelligence

After Disastrous Experiments Into AI, Target Pledges to Pile on Even More AI

The "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" anti-piracy ads may have, ironically, committed an act equivalent to stealing a car.

There Are Hilarious New Allegations About Those “You Wouldn’t Steal a Car” Anti-Piracy Ads

By Frank Landymore

Team Says They’ve Recreated DeepSeek’s OpenAI Killer for Literally $30

Team Says They’ve Recreated DeepSeek’s OpenAI Killer for Literally $30

AI researchers apparently have one particularly telling — and frankly, somewhat disturbing — meme for understanding AI systems: the Shoggoth.

Artificial Intelligence

Experts Have a Dark Joke About How AI Is Secretly a Horrifying Monster With a Friendly Mask

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Many kids — and their parents — have stumbled on a fascinating discovery: that yelling “poop” at their Alexa devices made a certain song play.

Artificial Intelligence

Genius Musicians Are Making Songs That Play When Children Yell “Poop” at Alexa

By Noor Al-Sibai

Apple Sued a Musician Because They Thought “Pineapple” Was Too Close to “Apple”

By Lonnie Lee Hood

"Wolverine," a top-secret project by the Alphabet-owned moonshot company X, is building devices that grant superhuman hearing.

Prosthetics and Devices

Secret Alphabet Project “Wolverine” Aims to Give People Superhuman Hearing

By Dan Robitzski

Welcome to the Futurism Mailbag! Here's what you, our loyal Futurism readers, have had to say via social media and email.

“No Chance Is a Corporation Going Near My Brain”: Futurism Mailbag

By Jon Christian