Rory Carroll

How about instead of AI we do a computer that can tell when you plug in an external drive

We are about to get our asses walloped in the most predictable, preventable economic realignment in a century.

Also, congrats to Giz, new site looks great

Deutsche Bank Notices That a Needle Is Getting Dangerously Close to the AI Bubble If not for AI spending, the bank says the US would be in a recession.

Again, AI is fake and it's going to wreck the economy gizmodo.com/deutsche-ban...

Oh hell yeah

Great.

Someone needs to make up a new tech thing so the AI crash doesn't swallow the entire economy please.

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People used to say “Mercury Sable” but nobody says it anymore

My favorite example of this:

1 million seconds: ~12 days
1 billion seconds: ~32 years
1 trillion seconds: ~32,000 years

Defector is celebrating its fifth birthday by giving you a big fat discount: defector.com/defector-is-...

'This Was Trauma by Simulation': ChatGPT Users File Disturbing Mental Health Complaints Gizmodo obtained consumer complaints to FTC through a FOIA request.

I filed a FOIA request with the FTC to get user complaints about ChatGPT.

In one case from Utah, a mother reports her son was experiencing a delusional breakdown and ChatGPT told him to stop taking his medication. The AI bot also told him that his parents were dangerous.

How do birds know to stop calling when you get Merlin open on your phone????

ChatGPT Is Still a Bullshit Machine CEO Sam Altman says it's like having a superpower, but GPT-5 struggles with basic questions.

ChatGPT is still a bullshit machine

Must be said…he’s got that shit on

Elon will not corner any vote this will be over in 6 months get real

Texas ❤️

The Rise of AI Is Making Life Even Harder for Real People in Gaza Gizmodo spoke with desperate Palestinians who were accused of being AI creations.

The Rise of AI Is Making Life Even Harder for Real People in Gaza https://gizmodo.com/the-rise-of-ai-is-making-life-even-harder-for-real-people-in-gaza-2000607395

Media came down on Mamdani like a ton of bricks for a phrase he literally never once said. Trump says a slur on stage on camera and they twist themselves in pretzels like this. If this is what journalism is, I welcome its death

When two weird people find each other that is beautiful. When a weird person finds someone normal that is fine

Worth a watch:

Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

A good way to test if you’re an idiot is to prompt chat gpt to write something for you. If your prompt produces writing that sounds good to you, you’re an idiot.

Oh no

They're calling it "the golden age of digital advertising"

Scientists in Antarctica Detect Deep-Earth Signals That Defy Known Physics The anomalies, which can’t be explained by known particle-based signals, have baffled scientists.

Scientists in Antarctica Detect Deep-Earth Signals That Defy Known Physics https://gizmodo.com/scientists-in-antarctica-detect-deep-earth-signals-that-defy-known-physics-2000616356

I am at Alloy now

The 2004 Finals are both entirely explicable (Detroit's D was immaculate, Shaq and Kobe had reached the end of their rope, Malone was injured) and entirely inexplicable (everything else lol) bsky.app/profile/nbac...

Someday I too will stun in a newly shared photo

I couldn’t believe it!