Archive: May 2021

Getty / Futurism Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says he’s not sure whether his Claude AI chatbot is conscious — a rhetorical framing, of course, that pointedly leaves the door open to this sensational and still-unlikely possibility being true. Amodei mused over the topic during an interview on the New York Times’ “Interesting Times” podcast hosted by columnist Ross Douthat. Douthat broached the subject by bringing up Anthropic’s system card for its latest mode

Americans’ antipathy towards AI data centers has become as noisy and impossible for politicians to ignore as the sprawling, humming, resource-guzzling facilities themselves. But rather than conceding that communities are justified in their opposition to the power hubs of the AI boom, the Trump administration is now trying to quietly sweep it under the rug. Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the elimination of a decades-old feder

Published on March 19, 2026 at 08:30 Commenter 0 𝕏 Print © A Visionary Film Val Kilmer is cast in a new film, 'As Deep as the Grave'... in which he did not appear. The actor, suffering from throat cancer, died last year. It was his AI-generated double who took his place, with the family's consent. In 2020, Val Kilmer had accepted the role of a Catholic priest and Native American spiritualist in As Deep as the Grave, a film recounting the true story of arch

Everything about Google see more Everything about Artificial Intelligence see more Google is changing, starting from October 9, which AI models are available for Gemini users. The change will affect both users who utilize the service for free and subscribers of the Google AI Plus plan.According to information disclosed by 9to5Google based on an updated support document from Google, users without a subscription to an AI plan will lose access to the models G

Published on April 7, 2026 at 09:01 Updated on April 11, 2026 at 10:15 Comment 8 𝕏 Print © Berke Citak (Unsplash) This Frenchman wanted to « test AI surveillance », but he certainly didn't expect that. The statements directed at an AI quickly mobilized the FBI and crossed the Atlantic. The case ended with the RAID intervention at the home of the thirty-year-old man in Strasbourg. On Friday, April 3, 2026, a 37-year-old Strasbourg resident was apprehended b

close notice This article is also available in English. It was translated with technical assistance and editorially reviewed before publication. Don’t show this again. In the popular web server Apache2, there is a security vulnerability that could allow attackers to inject malicious code. The error is hidden in a function of the HTTP/2 module mod_http2, where a memory manipulation could lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE). As security experts note, an expl

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images A new survey from Epoch AI and Ipsos has found that one in five full-time American workers say AI has already taken over parts of their job, in the latest piece of data adding fuel to the burning debate over AI automation. The poll, which surveyed 2,000 US adults, found that about half of all respondents used AI in the past week for either personal or work reasons. Among full-time workers

Published on April 20, 2026 at 09:29 Commenter 0 𝕏 Print © 01net Within 24 hours, three senior executives of OpenAI have resigned. These simultaneous departures occur during an internal restructuring. OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, is experiencing a wave of departures. The generative AI giant has lost three senior executives within 24 hours. On the same day, Kevin Weil, Chief Product Officer, Bill Peebles, head of the Sora generator, and the Chief Tec

The principle of 'Deletion Tuning,' which selectively deletes weights below 0.05% of an AI model to achieve performance comparable to full fine-tuning (FFT). (Photo=arXiv) A research result has emerged showing that it is possible to significantly enhance mathematical reasoning and tool usage capabilities by selectively removing only a fraction of the weights in large language models (LLMs), less than 0.05% of the total. This is notable because it achieves

Josh Edelson / AFP via Getty Images; Futurism OpenAI CEO Sam Altman faced what sounds like a truly awful day on the stand this week during cross-examination in the ongoing Musk v. Altman court saga, as the opposing counsel hammered him with ruthless questions about his growing record of alleged dishonesty. Steven Molo, the lead attorney for plaintiff Elon Musk, attacked Altman with a series of questions about his rumored mendaciousness — or, as the former

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The U.S. economy is expected to see continued growth, although at a lower level than in recent years at 1.8%. But it could be buoyed by continued investments in artificial intelligence and the corresponding energy infrastructure supplying it, according to an economic forecast from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. "Investment in AI will likely be the dominant economic story of 2026," said Kyle Anderson, cl

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Shutterstock AI companies have long relied on armies of data labelers, whose job it is to annotate, tag and classify text, images and videos to train AI models. It’s not exactly a flashy occupation, with some saying they’re forced to watch privacy-invading footage. Others argue they’re being forced to dig their own graves by training models capable of doing their old jobs. Other job opportunities in t

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Shutterstock In a strongly-worded rebuke last month, Pope Leo called for AI to be “disarmed.” The criticism comes amid rapidly growing backlash to the tech, with countless workers becoming frustrated after being forced to use AI, even when the productivity benefits it offers are questionable. Now, a 34-year-old software engineer named Erin Maus, who works for a tech entertainment company in North Caro

Published on June 12, 2026 at 11:02 Comment 2 𝕏 Print © Black Forest Labs Martin Scorsese is promoting an AI tool on YouTube designed to preview scenes from a film. The director says it greatly simplifies the creative process, while some Hollywood unions accuse him of turning his back on artists in the industry. Martin Scorsese has officially partnered with the startup Black Forest Labs to promote an AI tool designed to preview scenes from a film. But this

LAS VEGAS—On a raised floor in a ballroom at the Paris Hotel, seven competitors stood silently. These combatants had fought since 9:00am, and nearly $4 million in prize money loomed over all the proceedings. Now some 10 hours later, their final rounds were being accompanied by all the play-by-play and color commentary you’d expect from an episode of American Ninja Warrior. Yet, no one in the competition showed signs of nerves. To observers, this all likely

@good59548(hiro Airtech)Problems in Programming Education Up to the PresentAIeducationschooleducational methods0Posted at 2026-11-12Following the introduction of compulsory programming education in elementary schools (from the 2020 school year), the mandatory status of the high school course “Information I,” and its inclusion in the Common Test for University Admissions (from 2025), programming education in Japan has reached a major turning point. As the s