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Whistleblower Says He Received Threats After Investigating Whether Elon Musk's Minions Were Stealing Government Data

1 week ago | futurism.com | Noor Al-Sibai
Man Got High-Tech PillCam Stuck Inside His Intestines for Months

1 week ago | futurism.com | Maggie Harrison

Image by Adrian Thiessen / Getty / FuturismAdrian Thiessen, an Ontario-based filmmaker and documentarian, was well aware of the irony of swallowing a tiny, pill-sized camera, even before he gulped down the device. "Being a film dude, I was joking with my coworkers about it, looking at the technology and thinking it's funny and weird and cool," Thiessen told Futurism in an interview.
Zuckerberg Encourages Theatergoers to Use Their Phones While Movie Is Playing

1 week ago | futurism.com | Noor Al-Sibai

Film BluffIs nothing sacred? / Future Society/ Film/ Mark Zuckerberg/ MetaImage by Getty / Universal / FuturismUncontent with merely turning Facebook and Instagram into right-wing hellscapes of AI slop, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now actively rallying theatergoers to pull out their glowingly annoying smartphones when they're at the movies.
Called Out for AI Slop, Andrew Cuomo Blames One-Armed Man

1 week ago | futurism.com | Noor Al-Sibai

Looking for a patsy, ex-New York governor and current NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo found one: a one-armed man. As the New York Times reports, the aide in question, longtime Cuomo adviser Paul Francis, admitted to using ChatGPT to craft the disgraced former governor's new, typo-riddled housing policy plan. "It’s very hard to type with one hand," Francis, who had his left arm amputated in 2012 following a sudden illness, told the NYT.
Katy Perry Boasts About Ridiculous Rocket Launch While NASA Is Scrubbing History of Women in Space

1 week ago | futurism.com | Maggie Harrison

Upon returning to Earth on Monday following her 11-minute trip to Earth's outer atmosphere onboard a Blue Origin spacecraft, pop star Katy Perry — still decked in her custom blue flightsuit and full-coverage glam — told reporters that her brief adventure in low orbit was for "future women." And "Earth." Or both, we guess?
California Nuclear Power Plant Deploys Generative AI Safety System

1 week ago | futurism.com | Noor Al-Sibai

America's first nuclear power plant to use artificial intelligence is, ironically, the last operational one in California. As CalMatters reports, the Diablo Canyon power plant is slated to be decommissioned by the end of this decade. In the interim, the plant's owner, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), claims that it's deploying its "Neutron Enterprise" tool — which will be the first nuclear plant in the nation to use AI — in a series of escalating stages.
Someone Is Hacking Crosswalk Buttons to Speak in the Voice of Elon Musk Lamenting the Terrible Sadness in His Life

1 week ago | futurism.com | Victor Tangermann

Make Fun, Don't Walk"Will you be my friend?"/ Future Society/ California/ Donald Trump/ Elon MuskImage by TikTok / FuturismLast week, hackers took over the crosswalk buttons of downtown intersections in Palo Alto, Redwood City, and Menlo Park in California, to play seemingly AI-generated clips of Elon Musk's voice. As the San Francisco Chronicle reports, the satirical clips mock the billionaires in a number of creative ways, as seen in videos going viral on social media.
Passengers Trapped in Rocket With Katy Perry Wished She Would Sing Something Else

1 week ago | futurism.com | Victor Tangermann

Oh God. SingedThis morning, a crew of six women — including pop star Katy Perry, CBS News broadcast journalist and TV personality Gayle King, and Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos' fiancé Lauren Sánchez — rocketed to an altitude of 66 miles, just past the internationally agreed-upon edge of space. The 11-minute journey on board Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket appeared to have left a lasting impression on Perry, who was emotionally stirred by the experience.
Nobel-Winning Scientist Says His Researchers Are Fleeing the Country Because of Trump's Cruelty

1 week ago | futurism.com | Victor Tangermann

Last year, University of Washington School of Medicine professor of biochemistry David Baker won the Nobel Prize for his work on designing proteins that can be used in drugs, vaccines, materials, and sensors. But now that the Trump administration has begun to diminish the role of research and gut scientific funding, around 15 of Baker's graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are looking to leave the US, NBC News reports.
Former OpenAI Employee Rages Against Sam Altman: "Person of Low Integrity"

1 week ago | futurism.com | Noor Al-Sibai

Them's fightin' words. Silent RiotA former OpenAI employee is joining Elon Musk's campaign against CEO Sam Altman — and he's got a lot to say about his former boss. After jumping ship to Anthropic, which was cofounded by former OpenAI-ers over AI safety and ethics concerns, researcher Todor Markov is now claiming in a new legal filing that his ex-boss is, essentially, a really bad dude.