Melania Trump made rare public remarks to kick off a press conference for the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education on Thursday, grandly proclaiming the potential for AI technology. “I won’t be surprised if AI becomes known as the greatest engine of progress in the history of the …
Read More »Reese Witherspoon Thinks AI Is the 'Future of Filmmaking' Even If We Hate It
Reese Witherspoon wants women to embrace artificial intelligence as media evolves with new technology. In an interview with Glamour published Tuesday about The Morning Show, the actress spoke about the importance of getting women involved in “emerging industries,” especially now with the advent of AI. “It’s so, so important that …
Read More »The Best Tips and Tricks to Spot AI
For tens of millions of people on TikTok, the realization that AI might be getting better wasn’t a press release or an article— it was a video of a dozen bunnies jumping on a trampoline. The clip, first posted by an unknown TikTok account @rachelthecatlovers, showed a herd of bunnies …
Read More »ChatGPT Lawsuit Over Teen's Suicide Could Lead to Big Tech Reckoning
On Tuesday, parents of a teen who died by suicide filed the first ever wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, alleging that their son received detailed instructions on how to hang himself from the company’s popular chatbot, ChatGPT. The case may well serve as a landmark …
Read More »Will Smith Accused of Creating an AI Crowd for Tour Video
Footage from Will Smith‘s comeback Based on a True Story tour has got perceptive online viewers pointing out curious happenings among the crowd. Compiled of clips from his shows on tour, one shot includes fans holding up a sign that reads “We <3 You Willy,” but some images of the …
Read More »Elon Musk Appears to Be Completely Addicted to Anime Gooner AI Slop
Since his exit from the White House and spectacular fallout with Donald Trump, Elon Musk has been posting a lot less about far-right politics and conspiracy theories. Instead, the world’s richest man has seemingly turned at least some of his scattered attention back to his many businesses, including Tesla, SpaceX, …
Read More »Grok Claims It Was Briefly Suspended From X After Accusing Israel of Genocide
In the race to develop Silicon Valley‘s dominant large language model, Grok, the chatbot from Elon Musk‘s xAI, remains the least predictable. A month after the company unveiled Grok 4 — you may remember that the previous version had to be reined in after it started spouting antisemitic rhetoric and …
Read More »Are These AI-Generated Classic Rock Memes Fooling Anyone?
They’re the intimate, private moments that fans of classic rockers never get to see. Steven Tyler, hammer and nails in hand, building a doghouse for rescued animals. Mick Jagger, Elton John, and Rod Stewart harmonizing at Ozzy Osbourne’s memorial service. Jagger and Tyler cheering up a bedridden Phil Collins in …
Read More »ChatGPT Lured Him Down a Philosophical Rabbit Hole. Then He Had to Find a Way Out
Like almost anyone eventually unmoored by it, J. started using ChatGPT out of idle curiosity in cutting-edge AI tech. “The first thing I did was, maybe, write a song about, like, a cat eating a pickle, something silly,” says J., a legal professional in California who asked to be identified …
Read More »How 'Clanker' Became the Internet's New Favorite Slur
Clanker. Wireback. Cogsucker. People are feeling the inescapable inevitability of AI developments, the encroaching of the digital into everything from entertainment to work. And their answer? Slurs. AI is everywhere—on Google summarizing search results and siphoning web traffic from digital publishers, on social media platforms like Instagram, X, and Facebook, …
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