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Sam Altman Says What OpenAI’s Secretly Working on Will Make Today’s AI Seem "Quaint"futurism.com OpenAI's first DevDay was jam-packed with updates and announcements. But according to CEO Sam Altman, we've yet to scratch the AI surface.

I'M FEELING VERY ATTACKED!

OpenAI Says It Appears to Have Been Attackedfuturism.com In its most recent update, OpenAI blamed a possible cyberattack for the "periodic outages" affecting its ChatGPT chatbot.

Russian "nesting doll" satellites could damage other spacecraft like a violent, orbital jack-in-a-box.

Space Force Boss Says Weird New Weapons Are Headed to Orbitfuturism.com Nations are finding new ways to knock out enemy constellations, according to US Space Force chief master sergeant Ron Lerch.

We love that wormy guy! 🧪

NASA Bows Down Before Mighty Wormfuturism.com Does any other federal agency in the United States — or, let's be real, the entire world — have branding quite as iconic as NASA's?

After 14 long and problematic years, Omegle is gone.

Omegle Shuts Down Amid Storm of Child Abuse Allegationsfuturism.com After 14 long and problematic years, chat service Omegle has been taken offline. It's not exactly surprising.

Could he, like, chill?

Elon Musk Started Screaming About Zuckerberg Immediately After Signing Twitter Dealfuturism.com A new book about Elon Musk's Twitter takeover is apparently full of wild stories — including one, of course, about Mark Zuckerberg.

How does that make you feel? 🧪

Microsoft Patents AI-Powered Therapy Appfuturism.com Microsoft filed a patent for an AI therapist, designed to pick up on emotional cues and offer emotional support. How does that make you feel?

"Governments are literally doubling down on fossil fuel production." 🧪

As Climate Doom Looms, We're Drilling For More Fossil Fuels Than Ever Beforefuturism.com A new UN report has found that despite climate promises, the world's top oil producers are on track to drill for more fossil fuels than ever.

The AI wars have become a parameter measuring contest.

Amazon Reportedly Training AI With Twice as Many Parameters as GPT-4futurism.com Amazon's upcoming LLM codenamed "Olympus" will reportedly have two trillion parameters, twice as many as OpenAI's GPT-4.

The AI assistant costs $699 for a device that doesn't even have a screen.

Humane's Uber-Expensive "AI Pin" Sounds Like a Total Disasterfuturism.com Silicon Valley startup Humane is set to unveil its long-rumored AI Pin at noon EDT today. But leaked documents have us seriously worried.

"I don't really have weekends."

Company Appoints AI-Powered Robot as CEOfuturism.com Earlier this year, Polish drinks company Dictador announced that it had anointed an AI-powered robot called Mika as its "experimental CEO."

The robot failed to tell him apart from the box of vegetables it was handling at the time.

Grocery Robot Crushes Robot Inspector to Deathfuturism.com A worker in South Korea was crushed to death by a robot after it failed to tell him apart from the box of vegetables it was handling.

An underwater volcano off the coast of Iwo Jima is creating new land. 🧪

New Island Bursts Forth From Oceanfuturism.com Globe owners, take heed: a new island has emerged from Japanese waters, the result of submarine volcanic activity off the coast of Iwo Jima.

This is really sad.

Twitter Staff Almost Called the Cops During One of Elon Musk's Tantrums, Fearing He'd Hurt Himselffuturism.com Everyone knows that Elon Musk broke Twitter when he bought it, but fewer were aware that Twitter seems to have broken him right back.

Any volunteers? 🧪

Neuralink Ready to Start Letting Robots Implant Chips into Human Brainsfuturism.com Elon Musk's Neuralink brain-computer interface company is apparently ready to begin its robot-assisted brain chip implantation.

Maybe just let it be?

Peter Jackson Threatens to Release Even More AI Beatles Songsfuturism.com Peter Jackson, who pioneered the AI tech to isolate John Lennon's vocals for The Beatles' "Now and Then," is ready to release more songs.

Technically, according to the UN, a floating corpse in space would be considered a satellite. 🧪

Should Astronauts Be Allowed to Eat Each Other If They’re Starving?futurism.com A husband-and-wife duo have published a book about life on Mars that includes a section about the ethics of astronaut cannibalism.

"The fact that I have done that harm weighs enormously on me."

In Newly-Released Audio, SBF Admits He's "Done Net Harm to the World"futurism.com In newly-released audio recorded by journalist Tiffany Fong, former crypto CEO Sam Bankman-Fried said he had done "net harm to the world."

This is embarrassing.

That Matte Black Cybertruck Looks Absolutely Horrendous Up Closefuturism.com A matte-black Cybertruck, which Tesla chief designer Franz von Holzhausen was driving around Southern California, looks awful up close.

These were ON THE STREETS.

Cruise Reportedly Knew Its Robotaxis Struggled to Notice Children and Kept Them on the Road Anywayfuturism.com Documents obtained by The Intercept reveal how Cruise failed to meet its own safety standards for driving around kids.

"I see it as taking back some of the power that’s been ceded to the companies over the years."

Unemployed Man Uses AI to Apply for 5,000 Jobs, Gets 20 Interviewsfuturism.com Software engineer Julian Joseph applied to 5,000 jobs using an AI tool called LazyApply. He got 20 interviews.

Is the future... wood? 🧪

NASA Getting Ready to Launch Wooden Satellitefuturism.com A team of researchers at Kyoto University has constructed a satellite made out of wood — and it's almost ready to fly into space.

"Stay off the weeeeeeed." - Stephen A. Smith 🧪

Marijuana Use Linked to Risk of Heart Attacks and Strokesfuturism.com Studies have found that older adults, who use marijuana every day were far more likely to develop heart attacks or strokes when hospitalized.

They're baaaaaaaack...

Orcas Strike Again, Sinking Another Yachtfuturism.com An orca pod has once again attacked and sank a boat off the Strait of Gibraltar, adding to the growing list of similar incidents.

Cringe levels, rising.

Elon Musk's New Chatbot Is Astoundingly Vulgarfuturism.com Elon Musk's AI chatbot dubbed "Grok" will be a far more crass and dad joke-prone chatbot compared to other AI models.

It's great if all you need is one can of soup, though.

Amazon’s Drone Delivery Is a Dismal Failure That Can Only Carry a Single Can of Soupfuturism.com After a decade of drone dreams, Amazon's "Prime Air" drone delivery service seems to still be barely functional.

Anyone else feeling exhausted from the time change? 🧪

Doctors Call for Eliminating Daylight Savings Timefuturism.com An industry group of sleep doctors is renewing its plea for Daylight Savings Time to be abolished, saying it's harmful to public health.

"And I just feel like it was watching a kid do something that went really wrong."

SBF's Former Assistant Says He Was Like a Little Boy Who Made a Huge Mistakefuturism.com Natalie Tien, Sam Bankman-Fried's former assistant, is defending her old boss — but is also wondering if it's just Stockholm syndrome.

It's like ChatGPT, but for the innkeeper, who's about to send you on an epic side quest.

Microsoft Working on AI-Powered NPCs for Xbox Gamesfuturism.com Microsoft's Xbox division has partnered with Inworld AI, a Silicon Valley-based company, to collaborate on AI NPCs.

Wait, they're selling for THAT MUCH?!

Twitter Desperately Trying to Sell Off Inactive Usernamesfuturism.com To raise some much-needed money, the site formerly known as Twitter is apparently moving forward with plans to sell off inactive usernames.