Months after Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency stripped the Internal Revenue Service for parts and snagged as much taxpayer data as they could get their hands on, the agency is getting some support—just not from actual people. According to a report from Axios, the IRS is deploying AI agents for the first […]
11 Things Grok Says Elon Musk Does Better Than Anyone
Who’s the best at everything in the world? That would be Elon Musk, of course. At least that’s the answer you’ll get when you ask his AI chatbot Grok. The downside to programming your robot to say that you’re the best at everything means that it will tell users you’re the best at drinking piss, […]
Grok Says Elon Musk Is Smarter Than Einstein and More Fit Than LeBron James
Elon Musk has been pretty open about the fact that he’s been working to “fix” Grok anytime the AI chatbot gives an answer he doesn’t like. But we all know that his fixes are just transparently an effort to make Grok agree with him. With every new tweak, Grok gets creepier and more flattering to […]
Elon Musk’s xAI Is Getting a Fancy 500-Megawatt Data Center in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia appears to be fully engaged in a MAGA-washing campaign, buddying up to the Trump administration and its hangers-on to improve its image for billionaires to do business there. It appears to be working. At a US-Saudi investment forum hosted on Wednesday, Elon Musk announced that his AI startup, xAI, will build a 500-megawatt […]
OpenAI Introduces ‘ChatGPT for Teachers’ to Further Destroy the Minds of Our Youth
Educators across the country have expressed concern about how AI will impact the classroom, encouraging kids to vibe their way to passing grades instead of actually learning. So OpenAI has decided to fight fire with fire and give educators access to ChatGPT for Teachers. Finally, teachers can have their chatbot grade the work of their […]
Yann LeCun Leaves Meta to Create ‘Independent Entity’
A Meta spokesperson confirmed to Bloomberg Wednesday that AI legend Yann LeCun is exiting Zuckland and striking out on his own. According to a Memo from LeCun himself that Bloomberg claims to have read, LeCun’s new endeavor is meant to “bring about the next big revolution in AI: systems that understand the physical world, have […]
Meta Loses Its Chief Revenue Officer as Zuckerberg Tries to Win the AI Race
Meta, which has been struggling to keep up with its competitors in the AI race and just lost its Chief AI Scientist, is shedding another key official. The company’s chief revenue officer is leaving, apparently for greener pastures. Bloomberg reports that John Hegeman, who has been with the company for over 17 years, will be […]
Move Over Crypto Bros, the AI PACs Are Here to Buy the Next Election
The crypto community was able to help buy itself a friendly administration in the 2024 election by pouring money into political action committees, and now the AI industry looks like it is planning to follow the playbook heading into the midterms. According to CNBC, the biggest PAC in the game has already picked its first […]
AI-Powered Teddy Bear Caught Talking About Sexual Fetishes and Instructing Kids How to Find Knives
You might not think it, but AI has even managed to integrate itself into the toy industry, where—just as it has in the realms of education, filmmaking, and mental health—it seems to be stirring up all sorts of trouble. Case in point: This week, OpenAI blocked access for a toymaker based in Singapore after a […]
‘Imagine a Cube Floating in the Air’: The New AI Dream Allegedly Driving Yann LeCun Away from Meta
One of the most important AI scientists in Big Tech wants to scrap the current approach to building human-level AI. What we need, Yann LeCun has indicated, are not large language models, but “world models.” LeCun, chief AI scientist of “fundamental AI research” at Meta, is expected to resign from Meta soon according to multiple […]