RFK Jr. Cancels Promising Work on Cancer Vaccine
Image by Michael M. Santiago via Getty / Futurism About 10 weeks before his assassination in 1968, Robert F. Kennedy —…
Creepy AI Will Look Up a Teacher’s Info to Predict What Grade They’ll Give a Paper
Gone are the days when Grammarly was just a helpful little spellchecker. Presently, it’s capitalizing on the AI hype cycle…
Scientists Detect Precise Origin of Mysterious Signal From Deep Space
For almost two decades, astronomers have been trying in vain to explain extremely bright flashes of radio bursts emanating from…
Harvard Startup Says Its Smart Glasses Will Do “Vibe Thinking” for You
We live in an age where the tech industry’s core pitch is for you to outsource your brain’s cognitive functions,…
Experts Horrified by AI-Powered Toys for Children
Though talking toys are nothing new, a fresh crop of AI-enabled playthings have entered the scene, making the “Chatty Cathy”…
Tests Show That Top AI Models Are Making Disastrous Errors When Used for Journalism
Many media executives are betting the future of the industry on artificial intelligence, going as far as replacing journalists in…
Political Pollsters Are Trying to Save Money by Polling AI Instead of Real People, and It’s Going About as Well as You’d Expect
As if the institution of political polling weren’t already fraught enough, pollsters are now surveying AI instead of real people…
People Who Don’t Smoke Are Getting Lung Cancer in Scary Numbers
Image by Getty / Futurism It’s no secret that our efforts to save the planet from the excesses of global…
The Average Person Is Far More Scared of AI Than Excited by It, Studies Find
AI is dominating the economy and at the top of policy agendas. Ads for it are everywhere. Your favorite artist…
Scientists Alarmed to Discover That Earth’s Continents Are Drying Out
New research examining over 20 years of data captured by NASA’s twin climate satellites, GRACE and GRACE-FO, has revealed an…