The Perfect Man And Woman According To AI
The Bulimia Project, an eating disorder awareness group, asked an AI to produce the perfect man and woman. Gentlemen do truly prefer blondes, and ‘tall, dark, and handsome’ are the features of an ideal man. This is according to artificial intelligence tools that learn from the billions of images on social media sites depicting beautiful […]
Putin’s Secret Black Sea Bunker
In the early 2010s, Metro Style, a now-defunct Russian contractor, posted diagrams of Putin’s Secret Black Sea Bunker on their website to showcase their work. You would think that the architects who designed Vladimir Putin’s palace thought of everything. After all, the 190,000-square-foot, billion-dollar complex, perched on a rugged bluff overlooking the Black Sea, has […]
Adidas ‘Pride 2023’ Women’s Swimsuits Appear To Be Modeled By A Man
In Adidas’s new line, “Let Love Be Your Legacy,” created by South African designer Rich Mnisi and released for “Pride 2023,” the clothing is modeled by a man. Adidas this week launched its “Pride 2023” swimwear collection, advertising bathing suits on its web site under the “women’s” section with the help of a model that […]
What Careers To Choose In The Era Of ChatGPT-like AI? Elon Musk Answers
In an interaction on Twitter Spaces with CNBC reporter David Faber, Elon Musk was asked what careers to choose in the era of ChatGPT-like AI, and he advised people to pursue their passions and interests. Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared his perspective on advising young individuals about career choices in the era of artificial intelligence […]
Microsoft Says New A.I. Shows Signs Of Human Reasoning
Microsoft researchers published a 155-page research paper arguing that the new AI shows signs of human reasoning and represents a step towards artificial general intelligence. When computer scientists at Microsoft started to experiment with a new artificial intelligence system last year, they asked it to solve a puzzle that should have required an intuitive understanding […]
CIA Is Using Youtube To Recruit Russian Spies
The CIA uploaded a short video in Russian on YouTube and the Telegram messaging app, using them as platforms to recruit Russian spies. After the US Central Intelligence Agency published a video encouraging Russians to make contact via a secure internet channel, the Kremlin said on Tuesday that its agencies were tracking Western spy activity. […]
Google Unveils Plan To Demolish The Journalism Industry Using AI
Google plans to demolish the journalism industry by unveiling its new AI-powered search interface, dubbed ‘Search Generative Experience’ or SGE for short. Remember back in 2018, when Google removed “don’t be evil” from its code of conduct? It’s been living up to that removal lately. At its annual I/O in San Francisco this week, the search […]
The Censorship-Industrial Complex: Top 50 Organizations To Know
The article below lists the top 50 organizations to know in the Censorship-Industrial Complex, with Information Futures Lab (IFL) at Brown University topping the list. On January 17, 1960, outgoing President and former Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower gave one of the most consequential speeches in American history. Eisenhower for eight years had been a […]
‘One Third Of Scientific Papers Are Made Up’
According to neuropsychologist Bernhard Sabel of Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, a new fake-paper detector has revealed that one-third of scientific papers are made up. When neuropsychologist Bernhard Sabel put his new fake-paper detector to work, he was “shocked” by what it found. After screening some 5000 papers, he estimates up to 34% of neuroscience […]
Metaverse Is Dead
The Metaverse is dead. The hype surrounding it could not save it, and its decline can be attributed to a lack of a coherent vision for the product. An obituary for the latest fad to join the tech graveyard. The Metaverse, the once-buzzy technology that promised to allow users to hang out awkwardly in a […]