When Netflix debuted its video streaming service back in 2011, it seemed like it would usher in the end of the television commercial. Fast-forward 14 years, and Netflix is now working on growing its own ad network and it thinks this is the future of the business. Well, that and AI. Netflix execs told investors […]
Elon Musk Leaves Trump and MAGA with a Bang And a Smile
The suspense is officially over. On Saturday, July 5, 2025, Elon Musk declared the formation of a new political party, the “America Party,” with the stated aim of dismantling the perceived “uniparty” system of both Republicans and Democrats. He dropped his political bombshell around 3:46 PM ET. “Today, the America party is formed to give […]
Joe Rogan’s Latest Episode Will Make You Question Everything About AI
Joe Rogan loves talking about artificial intelligence. Whether it’s with Elon Musk, academics, or UFC fighters, the podcast king often returns to the same question: What happens to us when machines start thinking for themselves? In the July 3 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan welcomed Dr. Roman Yampolskiy, a computer scientist and AI […]
The Rise of AI Is Making Life Even Harder for Real People in Gaza
Saeed Ismail is a real person. But no matter how much proof he posts online, people keep calling him fake. The 22-year-old has endured almost two years of war in Gaza, as Israel continues an assault that has killed at least 57,000 people and left the territory of 2 million on the brink of starvation. […]
CEOs Are Quietly Telling Us the Truth: AI Is Replacing You
The fear is real. In meetings, Slack chats, and after-work drinks, one question is quietly eating away at millions of employees: Will AI take my job? In public, CEOs like to sound reassuring. They say generative AI will “enhance productivity” or “streamline operations.” But when you actually read what they’re telling their own employees, or […]
Multiple Studies Now Suggest That AI Will Make Us Morons
For the second time in two weeks, a study has been published that suggests that people who use AI regularly may display significantly less cognitive ability than those who don’t rely on it. The studies have bolstered critics’ accusations that AI makes you stupid. The most recent study was conducted by the University of Pennsylvania’s […]
Elon Musk’s AI Called My Mother Abusive. I Never Said That
AI now exists on two speeds. There’s running in fifth gear, the speed of its creators. People like Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg, who are racing to build machines smarter than humans. Superintelligence. AGI. Maybe it’s a dream. Maybe it’s a tech bro delusion. Either way, it’s moving fast. Then, there’s running in […]
OpenAI and Microsoft Execs Reportedly Considering the ‘Nuclear Option’
OpenAI and Microsoft like to present themselves as the power couple of Silicon Valley, but behind closed doors, it’s looking increasingly like a distraught and loveless marriage. The two companies, which are bound together by cash flows and an entwined product base, have been undergoing a turbulent negotiation surrounding OpenAI’s desire for a shorter leash […]
I Asked AI to Write a Protest Chant. What I Got Back Was Surprisingly Subversive
[If you want to see how AI handled generating Pro-ICE chants, you can check it out here.] I wanted to know what kind of activist a chatbot could be. More than two years and a half after ChatGPT stunned the world and kicked off the current AI arms race, I posed a simple question to […]
I Asked AI to Create a Pro-ICE Chant. Google and Meta Did. ChatGPT Said No.
[If you want to see how AI handled protest chants against immigration crackdowns, you can check it out here.] In the lead-up to nationwide protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids this weekend, I decided to test a simple but revealing prompt on five major AI chatbots. The goal wasn’t to endorse ICE […]