Barrister found to have used AI to prepare for hearing after citing ‘fictitious’ cases
By The Guardian Published on October 16, 2025 An immigration barrister was found by a judge to be using AI to do his work for a tribunal hearing after citing cases that were “entirely fictitious” or “wholly irrelevant”. Chowdhury Rahman was discovered using ChatGPT-like software to prepare his legal research, a tribunal heard. Rahman was […]
Elon Musk’s Satellites Now Constantly Falling Out of the Sky
By Futurism Published on October 08, 2025 Elon Musk’s race to dominate our planet’s orbit with his satellite constellations is creating tons of space junk — enough of it, in fact, that we might want to start looking up. According to storied Smithsonian astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, there are now one or two of these Starlink […]
Top AI Industry Figures Secretly Hoping AI Will Wipe Out Humankind
By Futurism Published on October 07, 2025 It’s probably not a shock to you that the people leading the AI industry don’t have your best interests at heart. But what if we told you that some of them are actually pretty okay with humanity being subjugated, replaced, or wiped out, by the machines they’re creating? […]
Google’s Europe Boss Calls for Changes to ‘Problematic’ EU Rules
By Bloomberg Published on October 01, 2025 Google’s top executive in Europe said the continent should simplify complex and conflicting rules on artificial intelligence and technology as Silicon Valley’s biggest companies gripe about their impact on their ability to do business in the EU. Debbie Weinstein, president of Europe, Middle East and Africa for Alphabet […]
Alarming New Video Shows Robot Making Incredibly Realistic Facial Expressions
By Futurism Published on September 20, 2025 A robotics company in China has shown off a humanoid robotic head that can express emotions through extremely subtle movements of its facial features. A video that has gone viral on social media shows the face glancing around the room with a quizzical expression. Its eyes blink in […]
Silicon Valley enabled brutal mass detention and surveillance in China, internal documents show
By APnews Published on September 09, 2025 BEIJING (AP) — The body camera hung from the top of the IV drip, recording the slightest twitch made by Yang Guoliang as he lay bloody and paralyzed in a hospital bed after a police beating with bricks. By then, surveillance was nothing new for the Yang family […]
Will AI Choke Off the Supply of Knowledge?
By WSJ Published on September 07, 2025 In January, OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman and Chief Product Officer Kevin Weil hosted a demonstration of ChatGPT’s soon-to-be-released “deep research” application. A Beltway audience watched as Weil asked ChatGPT to prepare a memo briefing a fictional senator for the confirmation of Albert Einstein to be energy […]
Scientists Just Found Something Dark About People With AI Girlfriends and Boyfriends
By FUTURISM Published on September 02, 2025 Over the past few years, there have been more and more stories — some sad, all strange — about people falling in love (and lust) with so-called AI-companions. As AI tools grow more sophisticated and gain more mainstream acceptance, so too has interest in these digital paramours increased […]
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
By FORTUNE Published on August 18, 2025 The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025, a new report published by MIT’s NANDA initiative, reveals that while generative AI holds promise for enterprises, most initiatives to drive rapid revenue growth are falling flat. Despite the rush to integrate powerful new models, about 5% of AI […]