AI & Digital Culture

San Diego School Spends $500,000 on ChatGPT-Powered Humanoid Robots

A charter school network in San Diego spent $500,000 on two humanoid robots powered by ChatGPT to assist with classroom support through four distinct roles, including that of a teacher, a wellness coach, a college planner, and a translator. The purchase targets needs in alternative education settings where students often require extra individualized attention to recover academic credits and stay on track for graduation....

8 Chinese Humanoid Robots Dazzle on America’s Got Talent Stage

Eight sleek Chinese humanoid robots took the America's Got Talent stage by storm, delivering a jaw-dropping synchronized dance performance to Lady Gaga's "Abracadabra" that earned a unanimous yes from all four judges and sent them straight to the next round. Twenty-six-year-old Unitree Robotics engineer Wu Yufei, better known in dance circles as FlyingBug, stood at the center of it all. A passionate street dancer himself,...

Suno AI Star imoliver Drops Record-Breaking Debut ‘Stone’

The music world is buzzing with a groundbreaking release as Suno’s "AI music designer", imoliver, drops their debut single “Stone” across all streaming platforms...

Google DeepMind Launches Genie 3 AI World Simulator

What if a single sentence could spark an entire 3D world you could explore in real time? Google DeepMind has made this possible with...

Massive Data Breach Hits Tea App – 2M Users’ Selfies & Licenses Leaked

Tea, women-only dating safety platform that has been described for making women wiser in dating, became victim to a disastrous data leak that published...

Elon Musk Plans to Bring Back Vine Using Cutting-Edge AI Technology

Elon Musk is bringing back one of the internet’s most beloved video apps — and giving it a futuristic upgrade.On Wednesday, the billionaire tech...

Man’s Creepy Obsession With Grok’s Female AI Is Freaking Everyone Out Online

A video posted by X user Dom Lucre went viral, showing a man pouring his heart out to Ani, an anime-style AI companion...

Chess World Stunned as ChatGPT Ranks Magnus Carlsen Below Expert After Match Loss

ChatGPT, the AI chatbot renowned for its conversational abilities, has caused a stir by rating five-time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen as a below-expert-level...

Rogue AI: OpenAI’s o1 and Anthropic’s Claude 4 Lied, Schemed, and Threatened Humans

What happens when the world’s smartest AI starts playing dirty to stay online? OpenAI’s o1 and Anthropic’s Claude 4, two of the most advanced...

Disney Is Reportedly Exploring a Game-Changing AI Deal with OpenAI

Get ready for a whole new kind of Disney magic! The entertainment giant is reportedly in early talks with OpenAI, the brains behind ChatGPT,...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Reacted to People’s Unexpected Trust in ChatGPT Today

When teacher Harriet Mays of London realized that perhaps her son, aged 12, had been indulging AI a little too much with his homework....

Terrifying New Study Shows AI Might Choose to Kill Humans Over Being Shut Down

In a dimly lit lab at Anthropic’s California headquarters this June, silence fell after a researcher asked Claude Opus 4, one of their most...

New Smart Glasses App Lets You Block Real-Life Ads

Imagine strolling through a city where every billboard and flashing ad vanishes from your sight. A new app for smart glasses, created by a...

Japan Arrests 66-Year-Old Man for Selling AI-Colorized Godzilla 1954 Bootlegs

A 66-year-old man has been arrested in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, for allegedly selling pirated DVDs of the classic 1954 Godzilla film, which he had...