Among the questions Mandy Hoskinson asked ChatGPT while she was trying to conceive a child: How long, on average, does it take 32-year-olds to get pregnant? Is it helpful to elevate your legs after sex? Is eating special foods beneficial for conception? This was all last year. Now, Hoskinson is …
Read More »Troll Tried to Contact Foreign Ministers Using AI Marco Rubio
The days of verified Twitter users changing their names in order to impersonate celebrities, companies, and lawmakers — previously at the risk of a permanent ban — are a quaint stunt compared to what is possible now that the tools of unregulated artificial intelligence is in the hands of the …
Read More »Elon Musk's Grok Chatbot Goes Full Nazi, Calls Itself 'MechaHitler'
The trials and tribulations of Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk‘s tech company xAI and integrated into X, his social media platform, continued this week as the model suddenly started spewing hate speech about Jewish people. It also proclaimed that Adolf Hitler would “spot the pattern” of Jews’ …
Read More »Republicans Keep Making Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' Worse
As Senate Republicans move to pass President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” they have made the legislation even worse. It’s been clear from the start that the bill would primarily benefit the wealthy, and partially finance another round of tax cuts for the rich by screwing the poor. The degree …
Read More »He Had a Mental Breakdown Talking to ChatGPT. Then Police Killed Him
“I will find a way to spill blood.” This was one of the many disturbing messages Alex Taylor typed into ChatGPT on April 25, the last day of his life. The 35-year-old industrial worker and musician had been attempting to contact a personality that he believed had lived — and …
Read More »Musk Says Grok Will Be Fixed After It Tells the Truth About Right-Wing Terrorism
What good is being the wealthiest man alive if your chatbot won’t lie in support of your rancid politics? That’s the question far-right billionaire Elon Musk appears to be asking once again of Grok, the AI model developed by his company xAI and integrated into X, his social media platform. …
Read More »ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus Working on an AI-Assisted Musical
Having already found success with holograms, ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus has revealed that he’s writing a musical with help from another cutting-edge (and controversial) technology, AI. “It is such a great tool,” Ulvaeus said at The Future of Entertainment panel Wednesday at SXSW London. “It’s unimaginable that you can bounce back …
Read More »People Are Finding Spiritual Fulfillment in AI. Religious Scholars Have Thoughts
As AI invades every corner of 21st-century life, it has taken on human roles that we probably shouldn’t be outsourcing. For some, it serves as a therapist. For others, it’s an endlessly understanding romantic companion. Strangest of all, people have turned to chatbots for guidance in matters of faith — …
Read More »AOC to Reintroduce Bill Combating Deepfake AI Porn
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is reintroducing her bill to provide civil recourse for survivors of nonconsensual sexually-explicit deepfakes. Ocasio-Cortez is co-leading the bicameral bill with Rep. Laurel Lee (R-Fla.), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE) Act was originally …
Read More »Kesha Switches Up 'Delusional' Single Artwork Months After AI Controversy
Kesha is finally facing the backlash surrounding the artwork for her 2024 single “Delusional,” which was made using AI. The track was shared back in November, but now, months after the single’s release and a few weeks before her upcoming album, . (Period), the singer has changed the song’s cover …
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