NEW: Character.AI continues to host bots styled after prolific abusers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as roleplay "scenes" created to gamify Epstein's island. They aren't hidden. One roleplay is called "Epstein's Island Adventure." futurism.com/artificial-i...

This Weeks Onion Magazine: Still Supreme! Iran’s New Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei On Faith, Fitness, And Supremely Good Sex After 50

NEW: Grammarly has changed its mind on its "Expert Review" feature that's been blatantly impersonating writers without their sign-off futurism.com/artificial-i...

2026 and according to new reporting from CNN, CharacterAI has yet to fix its school shooter bots problem, which Futurism identified back in December 2024: www.cnn.com/2026/03/11/a... futurism.com/character-ai...

that's a pretty rough-looking scab futurism.com/health-medic...

Soon after we approached Temu for a comment on the dozens of peptide-ish products it had for sale, listings featuring glass vials and syringes started disappearing from the site. My latest👇

Made a video (!) about my story on chatbots reinforcing user fixations on other real people, and how that reinforcement can lead to real-world harm:

horrifying bathroom mirror demon aside, sloppy AI image editing in real estate has turned into such an openly deceitful practice. futurism.com/artificial-i...

it's definitely not simple to find a suitable illustration for the word 'Kafkaesque' (ask me how i know lol), but this definitely ain't it. futurism.com/artificial-i...

The complaint “argues that GPT-4o is a ‘defective’ and ‘inherently dangerous’ product, and that OpenAI failed to warn users of foreseeable risks to their emotional and psychological health.”

NEW: We're publishing an astonishing outburst the Dep of Health and Human Services left in our inbox. In an unsolicited email about our coverage of a horrific vaccine experiment, the HHS insisted the Africa CDC was an unreliable source for information, calling it "fake" and "powerless."

the kids are all right futurism.com/artificial-i...

truly these people do not have their shit together

i strongly encourage anybody to support the (real) band on their Bandcamp futurism.com/future-socie...

Actually somewhat terrifying -- Grok is providing random people's home and work addresses to would-be stalkers futurism.com/artificial-i...

Probably not great for the Hitler-admiring chatbot to also provide home addresses futurism.com/future-socie...

an excellent piece by @nickhunebrown.bsky.social, as captivating as it is depressing. a sad reality check on the current state of journalism thelocal.to/investigatin...

glad to see NASA getting caught up in public re/ 3I/ATLAS -- they just released a bunch of observations its spacecraft made of 3I/ATLAS during the shutdown futurism.com/space/nasa-r...

“Closeups show human faces distorted beyond recognition, sprouting extra appendages. The bodies of what appear to be dogs horrifically merge with human figures. Happy holidays indeed.”

toy company CEOs: "at long last, we have created the Sinister Talking Doll Factory from the acclaimed movie 'Don't Create the Sinister Talking Doll Factory'" futurism.com/artificial-i...

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

Look out!

beyond parody futurism.com/health-medic...

had an interesting run-in on my Spotify Release Radar this morning, wondering why Volcano Choir had released an incredibly cheap-sounding single 12 years into their hiatus futurism.com/future-socie...

we're truly in the age of AI-powered dehumanization, by @joeonhere.bsky.social futurism.com/job-applicat...

imo this is what the internet was made for futurism.com/no-mans-sky-...

they say we all float down here, and we float very strongly, and a lot of people are saying we float at levels that have never been seen before

Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it

A massive overcorrection, horrifying malicious compliance, or just an incredibly dumb bug? futurism.com/grok-clouds-...

so nick caved. come on, it was RIGHT there pitchfork.com/news/nick-ca...

wow this is pretty damning if Trump really did write it

elon will live to be 120 years old and be president like at least 17 times futurism.com/trump-calls-...

we all knew for a very long time this was gonna happen. still kinda wild to watch the chaos unfurl futurism.com/trump-shreds...

proactively imagining all the ways this is going to be a disaster futurism.com/washington-p...

If the CEO of a soda company declared that soda-making technology is getting so good it’s going to ruin the global economy, you’d be forgiven for thinking that person is either lying or fully detached from reality... www.cnn.com/2025/05/30/b...

losing attitude control during Flight 9 could be a sign of yet another major setback for SpaceX

look, i don't care what somebody gets off to, but this level of laziness and blatant attempts to rip off a well-established author just will not stand futurism.com/fantasy-nove...

the writer got caught red-handed and definitely went far beyond using AI "for background." just embarrassing really. new by @mharrisondupre.bsky.social futurism.com/chicago-news...

has anybody seen rfk jr lately www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/u...

truly, truly amazing things happening on x, the everything app futurism.com/elon-musk-gr...

utterly bizarre futurism.com/elon-musk-gr...

Team @futurism.com gets RESULTS! After @mharrisondupre.bsky.social was the first to report on Soundcloud's sketchy TOS change forcing users to condone AI, they've now reversed course, and changed their policies: futurism.com/soundcloud-a... Tldr, journalism still matters.

Seriously, what part of "explicitly agree that your Content may be used to inform, train, develop or serve as input to artificial intelligence" did SoundCloud not understand? new by @mharrisondupre.bsky.social futurism.com/soundcloud-a...

NEW: The newspaper giant Gannett is mass-publishing automated lottery content in local papers across the country. In some states, the AI articles pointedly direct readers toward a gambling site with which Gannett has a financial relationship. futurism.com/gannett-ai-g...

Absolutely insane story developing in real time right now: SoundCloud updated its TOS to allow AI to train on EVERYTHING ANYONE UPLOADS, and its users are just finding out now. futurism.com/soundcloud-a...

new pope who dis

NEW: No one under 18 should be using *any* social AI companions, including CharacterAI, researchers warn in a new risk assessment. Potential risks to kids include bots encouraging destructive behaviors and exacerbating mental health conditions, among others. futurism.com/stanford-no-...

I for real can’t stop thinking about “The unnamed insider also claimed that Perry ‘regrets sharing the daisy with the world.’” She showed us a daisy and we got mad at her and now her light is out SMH

sales are down because winter futurism.com/elon-musk-re...