Archive: November 2022

Agent capabilities increase in direct proportion to demandAs the AI agents grow, they obtain new capabilities, with rising demand from other users on Cronos zkEVM unlocking new features. As an agent reaches the fixed market cap of $127,100, it becomes capable of engaging in Telegram chats. It cultivates a liquidity pool on Cronos’ DEX, alleviating trading and discoverability in the ecosystem.Additional features are unlocked as agents attain milestone-based

Researchers Tim Jeffers (left) and Amari Hill (right) studying corn growing in the NYU Irene Rose Sohn Zegar Memorial Greenhouse. Credit: Tracey Friedman/NYU New York University scientists are using artificial intelligence to determine which genes collectively govern nitrogen use efficiency in plants such as corn, with the goal of helping farmers improve their crop yields and minimize the cost of nitrogen fertilizers. "By identifying genes-of-importance to

Screenshot of a Datavzrd report with annotated visual elements and controls. Credit: PLOS One (2025). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0323079 Tabular data is at the heart of scientific analysis—whether in medicine, the social sciences, or even archaeology. Making it comprehensible and usable is often a tedious task, especially when the data is extensive or complex. The Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (IKIM) at the University of Duisburg-Essen h

Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: September 2026 Presented here is a curated selection of noteworthy open-source cybersecurity solutions that have drawn recognition for their ability to enhance security postures across diverse settings. Open-source secrets scanning tool Sift hunts credentials in Microsoft 365, Slack, and Jira Sift is a free, open-source command line tool that searches for passwords, API keys, and other sensitive data ac

AI safety advocates have plenty of hypothetical disaster scenarios they can evoke in order to win support for their cause. But none of those have the raw emotional appeal of killer robots. For decades, we as a culture have been steeped in sci-fi depictions of intelligent machines going rogue and waging war against their human creators. Films like The Terminator and The Matrix come to mind, for example. A 2017 episode of the British TV series Black Mirror c

This week, Amazon finally debuted a device that we in the gadget-reporting community had already assumed had been tossed onto the junk heap of bad ideas. Now that the Amazon Ring Drone Cam is real, and you can buy it starting in January, we do wish it would have remained on the refuse pile. This is not the first time Amazon has showcased its home drone. We’ve seen it crop up at several showcases, most recently at CES 2023, but only in the form of a limited

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images The company behind ChatGPT, OpenAI, might be the world’s most valuable private company on paper — but in real life, it’s hemorrhaging money faster than it can ever hope to pay back, at least for now. According to Agence France-Presse, OpenAI is ordering hundreds of billions of dollars worth of AI semiconductor chips at a time when investor confidence is being stretched to

Getty / Futurism If you had all the money in the world at your disposal, would you still be using ChatGPT? As part of a recent report, first spotted by Inc. Magazine, financial holdings company JPMorgan asked 111 billionaire clients how they make use of artificial intelligence. Their answers range from down-to-earth to absolutely absurd, forcing us to wonder if some of the wealthiest individuals on the planet could be suffering from AI-induced delusions. G

Fortnite / Thready704 via Reddit As the game rolls out a major new update, fans are accusing Fortnite of now containing shoddy AI slop. The claims began over the weekend. On the r/FortNiteBR subreddit dedicated to the battle royale shooter, some gamers posted screenshots of in-game art that appeared to be the work of an AI model. A poster for a made-up movie called “Mile High Retreat,” for example, shows a yeti with five toes on one foot, and four toes on

You’ve probably seen the story by now. A school in Kentucky sent students home with a bound agenda that included absurd errors clearly made by AI. The periodic table was nonsense. The map of the U.S. lists the state of Illinois as “Vitoiis,” and Kentucky is listed as “Venecky.” There’s an extra planet called Marc, and Saturn is listed as “Sature,” among countless other gibberish errors. But our big question after looking at this story is one we haven’t dis

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images When you start a “bounty” board meant for AI agents during one of the worst job markets since the great recession, don’t be surprised when it becomes infested with humans. Last week, an AI entrepreneur made a splash when he introduced a bizarre job portal to the world. Called RentAHuman, the platform is meant to connect autonomous AI agents to real people in order to complete various task

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Attention, gamers: if you thought new titles on top of the endless cavalcade of sequels and remakes were derivative now, wait till you hear about what the game engine maker Unity has got in store. During a recent earnings call, the company’s CEO Matthew Bromberg teased a new version of its AI tool that he claims, while somehow maintaining a straight face, will eliminate the need for codin