It Turns Out That Constantly Telling Workers They’re About to Be Replaced by AI Has Grim Psychological Effects
Two researchers are warning of the devastating psychological impacts that AI automation, or the threat of it, can have on…
Meta Patented AI That Takes Over Your Account When You Die, Keeps Posting Forever
What happens to social media accounts belonging to those who shuffle off this mortal coil has been a subject of…
There’s a Grim New Expression: “AI;DR”
The internet is so overrun with AI that anywhere you go, you run the risk of accidentally stepping into a…
US Government Deploys Elon Musk’s Grok as Nutrition Bot, Where It Immediately Gives Advice for Rectal Use of Vegetables
The US government deployed xAI’s Grok to give dietary advice — and it’s giving some eyebrow-raising advice. “Use Grok to…
AIs Controlling Vending Machines Start Cartel After Being Told to Maximize Profits At All Costs
In December, Anthropic red teamers and business journalists at the Wall Street Journal teamed up in a bold test of…
New AI Video Generator Is So Impressive That It’s Scaring Hollywood
Text-to-video generating tools have made tremendous leaps in a few short years. We went from a horrifying clip of actor…
Microsoft Added AI to Notepad and It Created a Security Failure Because the AI Was Stupidly Easy for Hackers to Trick
As Microsoft continues to force AI features onto users of its Windows operating system and other crucial software, glaring issues…
Ring’s “Orwellian” Ad Was the Worst Super Bowl Disaster Since Kendall Jenner Handed the Cops a Pepsi
In a now-infamous 2017 commercial that aired during that year’s Super Bowl, Kendall Jenner handed a police officer confronting furious…
Another OpenAI Researcher Just Quit in Disgust
A mere two years ago, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed the idea of stuffing his company’s blockbuster chatbot ChatGPT with…
Man Lets AI Rent His Body
Last week, we brought you the story of RentAHuman, a platform brokering connections between AI agents and humans they need…