Maggie Harrison

New Orleans, New York

Senior Staff Writer at Futurism

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Articles

Why Elon Musk Is Furious and Publicly Raging at His Own AI Chatbot, Grok

1 day ago | futurism.com | Maggie Harrison

Frankenstein's Well-Read MonsterFor Elon, the call is coming from inside the house. / Artificial Intelligence/ Ai/ Chatbots/ Elon MuskImage by Andrew Harnik via Getty / FuturismElon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, thinks that The Atlantic and The BBC are credible, reputable sources for news and information. Which is funny, because Musk — who's engaged in a years-long project to erode trust in legacy media organizations and even specific journalists — doesn't. And now, he's furious at his own AI chatbot.
New Law Would Ban All AI Regulation for a Decade

1 day ago | futurism.com | Maggie Harrison

This is insane. Fresh HellRepublican lawmakers slipped language into the Budget Reconciliation Bill this week that would ban AI regulation, on the federal and state levels, for a decade, as 404 Media reports.
New Law Would Ban All AI Regulation for a Decade

1 day ago | flipboard.com | Maggie Harrison

1 hour agoRobert F. Kennedy Jr. to Eliminate 'Bureaucratic Red Tape' Plaguing FDAThe Department of Health and Human Services is launching a review of unnecessary regulations slowing down the Food and Drug Administration. “To Make …4 hours agoWhy Corporate Leaders Who Strip Companies for Parts Have No Business in GovernmentThere’s a familiar myth in American politics: that of the no-nonsense business leader who cuts through red tape and gets results.
The US Copyright Chief Was Fired After Raising Red Flags About AI Abuse

1 day ago | futurism.com | Maggie Harrison

"A straight-ticket loss for the AI companies."/ Artificial Intelligence/ Ai/ Artificial Intelligence/ CopyrightImage by Getty / FuturismOn Friday, the US Copyright Office released a draft of a report finding that AI companies broke the law while training AI. The next day, the agency's head, Shira Perlmutter, was fired — and the alarm bells are blaring. The report's findings were pretty straightforward.
The New Pope Is Deeply Skeptical of AI

2 days ago | futurism.com | Maggie Harrison

New developments in AI "pose new challenges for the defense of human dignity, justice, and labor."What's in a NameThe newly-annointed Pope Leo XIV — formerly cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago, Illinois — revealed this weekend that his name choice was inspired in part by AI, which he sees as a possible threat to human rights and justice. As Business Insider reports, the Chicago Pope took time during his first Sunday address to share how AI shaped the symbolic task of choosing his papal name.
The New Pope Is Deeply Skeptical of AI

2 days ago | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Maggie Harrison

Maggie Harrison Dupré12 May 2025 at 3:32 pm·2-min readWhat's in a NameThe newly-annointed Pope Leo XIV — formerly cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago, Illinois — revealed this weekend that his name choice was inspired in part by AI, which he sees as a possible threat to human rights and justice. As Business Insider reports, the Chicago Pope took time during his first Sunday address to share how AI shaped the symbolic task of choosing his papal name.
USA Today’s Disclaimers on Its Automated Sports Stories Are Longer Than the Actual Articles

2 days ago | futurism.com | Maggie Harrison

USA Today is publishing automated sports stories that serve as SEO-targeted vehicles for sports gambling ads, toeing ethical lines and blurring the boundaries between sports journalism and the rapidly growing sports betting industry, the rise of which has been linked to a tidal wave of gambling addiction. At a quick glance, the posts — which list the day's Major League Baseball (MLB) schedule in a minimal, bullet-pointed list — look like any other USA Today sports article.
Gannet Is Using AI to Pump Brainrot Gambling Content Into Newspapers Across the Country

2 days ago | futurism.com | Maggie Harrison

The media giant Gannett, the largest owner of American local newspapers and the publisher of USA Today, is using AI to churn out a nationwide torrent of automated articles about lottery results that often pointedly direct readers toward a gambling site with which Gannett has a financial relationship, giving the company a financial kickback when readers visit it.
DOGE's plan for sensitive U.S. data is freaking out security experts

4 days ago | futurism.com | Maggie Harrison

"Putting all your eggs in one basket means I don't need to go hunting for them — I can just steal the basket."Silver PlatterElon Musk's ever-alarming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) now wants to consolidate the federal government's vast data reserves. They're currently siloed across government agencies, and DOGE wants to merge them into a sprawling centralized database. Unsurprisingly, security experts told The Washington Post that's a terrible idea. It's not hard to see why.
Years After Promising to Stop Facial Recognition Work, Meta Has a Devious New Plan

5 days ago | futurism.com | Maggie Harrison

In 2021, Facebook said it was scrapping efforts to build powerful facial recognition software into its then-nascent smart glasses, citing the tech's glaring privacy and ethics concerns. Four years later, as The Information reports, the Silicon Valley behemoth has officially dusted off the effort and is once again working on transforming its wearable smart glasses into a facial recognition-infused privacy nightmare.