Venture Capitalists Disgusted by Solar Power Because It's Generating Too Much Clean Electricity to Be Grossly Profitable A major surplus in solar power in Spain has caused the value of solar parks to plummet, with investors looking to jump ship. futurism.com futurism.com / feeds futurism-com / / #technology / / 7 days 7d Share
Elon Musk Is Crashing Out Badly Elon Musk did not take kindly to an award-winning journalist willing to cite the names of some of the people USAID cuts have killed. futurism.com futurism.com / feeds futurism-com / / #technology / / 7 days 7d Share
Elon Musk Confronted With List of People He's Killed, Including Children Elon Musk argued nobody knew the identities of the "millions" of people his cuts to USAID killed. A journalist took the time to refute him. futurism.com futurism.com / feeds futurism-com / / #technology / / 7 days 7d Share
You Are Entirely Unready to Learn the Name of the Company That Accidentally Filled the Reflecting Pool With Green Algae A company, which received a no-bid, $1.7 million contract to clean up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool for Trump, has the perfect name. futurism.com futurism.com / feeds futurism-com / / #technology / / 7 days 7d Share
Anthropic Hires Economist Who Says 33 Percent Chance of Human Extinction Is Acceptable Anthropic hired a Stanford economist who said that the economic growth AI will bring is worth a 33 percent chance of human extinction. futurism.com futurism.com / feeds futurism-com / / #technology / / 7 days 7d Share
Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering from AI Psychosis, Experts Argue AI companies have become obsessed with the idea of launching data centers into orbit. Experts are skeptical. futurism.com futurism.com / feeds futurism-com / / #technology / / 8 days 8d Share
Madonna Issues Explosive Take on AI Madonna dished on AI in a new interview, calling it antithetical to art itself because it stifles risk-taking. futurism.com futurism.com / feeds futurism-com / / #technology / / 8 days 8d Share
Grim New Prediction Market Lets Gamblers Bet on Raging Wildfires A new site aims to allow gamblers to bet on California wildfires, introducing a financial incentive for widespread arson. futurism.com futurism.com / feeds futurism-com / / #technology / / 8 days 8d Share
A24 Is Dealing With a Full-on Crisis Among Fans After Signing an AI Deal With Google An A24 and Google AI partnership has turned fans into an angry mob, with some going as far as to ostentatiously cancel their subscriptions. futurism.com futurism.com / feeds futurism-com / / #technology / / 8 days 8d Share
Bosses Are Becoming Obsessed With AI, Using It to Make Every Decision, Barraging Their Employees With Nonsensical ChatGPT Directives, and Even Asking AI-obsessed executives and managers are creating a distinct new type of toxic work environment for the slop era, workers told us. futurism.com futurism.com / feeds futurism-com / / #technology / / 8 days 8d Share