Archive: August 2022

The November release of ChatGPT garnered unprecedented public and media attention. OpenAI’s conversational large language model (LLM) was widely applauded for its ability to answer complex queries, generate correct computer code and coherent long-form essays, and even solve math problems. But might that last claim have been premature? In the new paper Mathematical Capabilities of ChatGPT, a research team from the University of Oxford, TU Wein, University o

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Imagine if you could peer into the future of a machine—track its wear and tear, predict when it might fail, and fine-tune its performance—all without touching it. That's the promise of digital twin modeling: a virtual model that evolves and adapts with its real-world doppelganger. Unlike static simulations or 3D models, digital twins—developed using expert knowledge—are constantly updated by live data collected from the ph

Cybercriminals favor Microsoft over Apple and Google in brand phishing attacks Microsoft accounted for 33% of brand impersonation attempts tracked by Check Point Research in the third quarter of 2026, up from 23% in the previous quarter and roughly four times the share of any other brand. Top 10 most impersonated brands in phishing attacks (Source: Check Point) Apple and Google followed with 8% each. Dropbox and YouTube recorded the biggest climbs in the r

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Imags Just when you thought you’ve seen it all, Meta comes out and accuses a random man of hosting a trove of illegally torrented smut. The whole thing started with a July lawsuit by an adult film companies Strike 3 — which has been called the “most active copyright litigant in the United States” — and Counterlife Media. To make a long story short, the two rightsholders essentially accused Meta

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images Looking for someone? Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok is happy to help. Earlier this week, Futurism reported that xAI’s Grok appeared to accurately dox the address of Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy when asked by random X users. And it turns out that the foulmouthed bot isn’t just doxxing celebrities: a Futurism review found that the free web version of Grok will, with

Getty / Futurism Earlier this week, Futurism reported that Grok — the flagship chatbot created by the Elon Musk-owned AI venture xAI, perhaps best known for its frequent forays into unbridled antisemitism — was willing to find and compile extensive information about private people, which it gathered from murky databases and other sources from across the web. Since that capability immediately seemed like it could enable dangerous behavior by stalkers, we wa

Some of the worst freaks to walk planet Earth are using Elon Musk’s Grok to “unblur” the faces of women and children in the latest Epstein files, as documented by the research group Bellingcat. A simple search on X, Musk’s social media site where Grok responds to user requests, shows at least 20 different photos that users tried to unredact using the AI chatbot, the group found. Many of the photos depicted children and young women whose faces had been cove

Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Images In a Thursday tweet, Elon Musk said he was looking to rebuild his AI startup xAI “from the foundations up” after admitting it wasn’t “built right first time around.” The news comes amid a major exodus of cofounders, with a striking majority of them jumping ship over the last year. Amid the resulting leadership vacuum, the Financial Times reported on Friday that Musk had omitted a key detail in his latest missives on his

CPUID, the developer of the free software "CPU-Z" that can check PC configurations, has published hardware statistics as of November 2026. CPU-Z VALIDATOR - Statistics https://valid.cpuid.com/statistics/ PC's with 64GB of RAM plummet 18% as memory prices soar — CPU-Z install base data shows DDR4 making a surprise comeback | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/pcs-with-64gb-of-ram-plummet-18-percent-as-memory-prices-soar-cpu-z-inst

Getty / Futurism AI company Character.AI has long garnered a reputation for hosting some extremely dubious content. Though it built its early success off explosive popularity among teen users, it was repeatedly caught hosting wildly inappropriate bots — like ones modeled after real-world mass shooters or designed to encourage eating disorders. Outrage grew when a teen died by suicide after developing an intense emotional connection to a Character.AI chatbo

Getty / Futurism Yesterday, OpenAI published a balmy blog post on its “commitment to community safety.” Taking a reassuring tone, the post walks readers through a series of unobjectionable commitments. It declares that “mass shootings, threats against public officials, bombing attempts, and attacks on communities and individuals are an unacceptable and grave reality in today’s world,” which is true. It reflects on “how quickly violent intent can move from

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Jamie McCarthy / WireImage The surviving widow of a mass shooting victim is suing OpenAI for ChatGPT’s alleged role in stoking the killer’s deadly rampage — the latest in a string of lawsuits against the Silicon Valley AI firm claiming that its tech has enabled stalking, murder, and mass casualty events. The lawsuit was filed in Florida on Sunday by Vandana Joshi, whose spouse, Tiru Chabba, was shot a

Credit: Water Research (2026). DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2025.124623 A new study introduces an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven remote sensing framework designed to map the potential for forage cultivation across northern China's drylands, with a particular focus on the middle reaches of the Yellow River. The study, recently published in Water Research, identifies optimal forage-growing belts at the kilometer scale, delivering data and decision-ready tools

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Marek Antoni Iwanczuk / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images; Shutterstock As anger at the tech industry boils over, college students across the United States are using their graduation ceremonies as a forum to voice their discontent. At Stanford University’s commencement over the weekend, hundreds of students staged a walk-out ahead of a graduation speech by Google CEO Sundar Pichai. The walkou

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Shutterstock After giddy business executives, cops are emerging as some of the AI industry’s most devoted disciples. Police officers are increasingly using AI-integrated tools on the job, though not without courting significant controversy. The error-prone nature of large language models has left law enforcement operations in a scramble, resulting in hallucinated police reports, evidence fabricated wi

Published July 13, 2026 at 3:48 p.m. Comment 0 𝕏 Print © Thomas Estimbre / 01net.com OpenAI announces the return of ChatGPT on WhatsApp in the European Union, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The announcement follows an antitrust decision by the European Commission against Meta. OpenAI is announcing it as good news for European users. ChatGPT is once again available on WhatsApp across the entire European Union, as well as in Iceland, Liechte