Future Frontier

All sizzle, no steak. Butchered Prospects It seems the lab-grown meat industry just hasn’t managed to serve up something people want to sink their teeth into. In a development that augurs ill for the burgeoning food sector, SFGate reports that a Bay Area-based startup called SCiFi Foods, which had dreams of bringing “hybrid” burge

Gangway! Crash Bandi-cop On Thursday, a driver behind the wheel of a Tesla slammed into a police cruiser that was parked at the scene of another collision, CBS News reports. And yep, you guessed it: the Tesla was reportedly in one of its self-driving modes at the time. The incident took place just minutes after […]

Nothing too serious, we hope. Fit Check Ever have a wardrobe malfunction so bad you wish you could skip work? Well, if you were a NASA astronaut, that’s a privilege you could take advantage of — if you are willing to put up with the arduous experience of living in orbit. Case in point: on […]

We’ve heard that one before. Money’s Worth You know how creatives frequently complain about cheapskate clients offering to pay them “in exposure” instead of actual money? Sounds like OpenAI knows exactly what that feels like. When Apple announced its partnership with OpenAI last week, it certainly sounded like it could have

“OpenAI may be downplaying rather than elevating our works.” Bum Deal When prompted to look for news that Business Insider broke as exclusive scoops, OpenAI’s ChatGPT apparently either ignored or hallucinated incorrect links to articles from the media outlet — even though OpenAI signed a licensing deal with Business Insider’

“This decision is rooted in our commitment to providing a trusted, secure and robust experience for all customers.” No-tal Recall After announcing a new AI feature that records and screenshots everything you do, Microsoft is now delaying its launch after widespread objections. The company broke the news in a blog post detailing its deci

“Heart in mouth moment.” Fire in the Hole In a terrifying video, a Boeing 777 jet appeared to catch fire during takeoff in yet another freaky safety incident involving the aerospace giant. As Fox Business reports, the Paris-bound jet had 389 passengers and 13 crew members on board when its engines started coughing flames, forcing to mak

Do they get points for ingenuity? Young Turks In Turkey, cheating on college entrance exams is an arrestable offense — and one enterprising youngster apparently tried to get away with it using an ingenious AI-powered scheme. As the Daily Mail and Reuters report, police in the country’s southwestern province of Isparta found that the unnamed s

“I thought we were better than this.” Redundancies Amid its ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI, the New York Times‘ union is claiming that the paper is firing human artists to replace them with artificial intelligence. In a memo obtained by The Wrap, the New York Times Guild said that firing nine out of the newspaper’s 16 artist

How much worse is it going to get for Boeing? Bottom of Everything Boeing’s sales have slumped in a huge way this year. In fact, for two months straight, nobody has purchased a single 737 Max. As the Associated Press reports, Boeing has not only failed to sell any of its latest-generation 737 over the past two […]