Victor Tangermann
@vtanger.bsky.social
Senior editor at Futurism.com
it's definitely not simple to find a suitable illustration for the word 'Kafkaesque' (ask me how i know lol), but this definitely ain't it.
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Newspaper Makes Brain-Melting Error in AI-Generated Graphic
The Economic Times picked the word "Kafkaesque" as its "Word of the Day" -- but spelled it "Kafkaesliue" in an AI-generated graphic.
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January 22, 2026 at 2:27 PM
it's definitely not simple to find a suitable illustration for the word 'Kafkaesque' (ask me how i know lol), but this definitely ain't it.
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The complaint “argues that GPT-4o is a ‘defective’ and ‘inherently dangerous’ product, and that OpenAI failed to warn users of foreseeable risks to their emotional and psychological health.”
Man Who Had Managed Mental Illness Effectively for Years Says ChatGPT Sent Him Into Hospitalization for Psychosis
John Jacquez successfully managed a mental illness for years, he says. Then ChatGPT reinforced delusions, spiraling him into "AI psychosis."
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January 21, 2026 at 8:38 PM
The complaint “argues that GPT-4o is a ‘defective’ and ‘inherently dangerous’ product, and that OpenAI failed to warn users of foreseeable risks to their emotional and psychological health.”
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NEW: We're publishing an astonishing outburst the Dep of Health and Human Services left in our inbox.
In an unsolicited email about our coverage of a horrific vaccine experiment, the HHS insisted the Africa CDC was an unreliable source for information, calling it "fake" and "powerless."
In an unsolicited email about our coverage of a horrific vaccine experiment, the HHS insisted the Africa CDC was an unreliable source for information, calling it "fake" and "powerless."
Trump's HHS Trashes Top African Health Organization as "Fake" and "Powerless"
The HHS is disparaging its colleagues at the Africa CDC in coarse terms, that are striking even by the standards of the Trump administration.
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January 20, 2026 at 7:19 PM
NEW: We're publishing an astonishing outburst the Dep of Health and Human Services left in our inbox.
In an unsolicited email about our coverage of a horrific vaccine experiment, the HHS insisted the Africa CDC was an unreliable source for information, calling it "fake" and "powerless."
In an unsolicited email about our coverage of a horrific vaccine experiment, the HHS insisted the Africa CDC was an unreliable source for information, calling it "fake" and "powerless."
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truly these people do not have their shit together
Safeguarding American Aerospace with Chinese tech.
There's Something So Embarrassing About Homeland Security's New Drone Video That We're Gonna Have to Sit Down for a Minute
The Department of Homeland Security released a new video featuring something striking: an officer operating a Chinese drone.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:42 AM
truly these people do not have their shit together
i strongly encourage anybody to support the (real) band on their Bandcamp
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King Gizzard Pulled Their Music From Spotify in Protest, and Now Spotify Is Hosting AI Knockoffs of Their Songs
An impersonator appears to be using generative AI to poorly clone rock band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's iconic sound on Spotify.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
i strongly encourage anybody to support the (real) band on their Bandcamp
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Actually somewhat terrifying -- Grok is providing random people's home and work addresses to would-be stalkers
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Elon Musk's Grok AI Is Doxxing Home Addresses of Everyday People
Elon Musk's Grox chatbot will happily cough up real, current residential addresses of everyday Americans, with little to no prompting.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Actually somewhat terrifying -- Grok is providing random people's home and work addresses to would-be stalkers
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Probably not great for the Hitler-admiring chatbot to also provide home addresses futurism.com/future-socie...
Grok Appears to Have Doxxed Dave Portnoy's Home Address
It really seems like Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, just posted Dave Portnoy's home address for millions to see.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Probably not great for the Hitler-admiring chatbot to also provide home addresses futurism.com/future-socie...
an excellent piece by @nickhunebrown.bsky.social, as captivating as it is depressing. a sad reality check on the current state of journalism
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Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
an excellent piece by @nickhunebrown.bsky.social, as captivating as it is depressing. a sad reality check on the current state of journalism
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glad to see NASA getting caught up in public re/ 3I/ATLAS -- they just released a bunch of observations its spacecraft made of 3I/ATLAS during the shutdown
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NASA Releases Long-Delayed Image of 3I/ATLAS
NASA finally released an early "peek" at the observations of its spacecraft of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS during a livestream today.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
glad to see NASA getting caught up in public re/ 3I/ATLAS -- they just released a bunch of observations its spacecraft made of 3I/ATLAS during the shutdown
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“Closeups show human faces distorted beyond recognition, sprouting extra appendages. The bodies of what appear to be dogs horrifically merge with human figures. Happy holidays indeed.”
Town's Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors
An enormous new mural near London, depicting a crowded Christmas scene, has drawn outrage and mockery from passersby.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
“Closeups show human faces distorted beyond recognition, sprouting extra appendages. The bodies of what appear to be dogs horrifically merge with human figures. Happy holidays indeed.”
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toy company CEOs: "at long last, we have created the Sinister Talking Doll Factory from the acclaimed movie 'Don't Create the Sinister Talking Doll Factory'"
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AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
toy company CEOs: "at long last, we have created the Sinister Talking Doll Factory from the acclaimed movie 'Don't Create the Sinister Talking Doll Factory'"
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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had an interesting run-in on my Spotify Release Radar this morning, wondering why Volcano Choir had released an incredibly cheap-sounding single 12 years into their hiatus
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Bon Iver Side Project's Spotify Page Features an AI Slop Song
A suspicious seemingly AI-generated track appeared on the Spotify page of Bon Iver's side project, Volcano Choir.
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September 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
had an interesting run-in on my Spotify Release Radar this morning, wondering why Volcano Choir had released an incredibly cheap-sounding single 12 years into their hiatus
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we're truly in the age of AI-powered dehumanization, by @joeonhere.bsky.social futurism.com/job-applicat...
Man Applies for Job, Sits for Interview, Then Realizes They're Trying to Peddle "Mock Interviews With an AI Interviewer"
A $2.8 million Y Combinator startup is using the power of frustrated job seekers to promote its generative AI interview bot.
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September 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
we're truly in the age of AI-powered dehumanization, by @joeonhere.bsky.social futurism.com/job-applicat...
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September 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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they say we all float down here, and we float very strongly, and a lot of people are saying we float at levels that have never been seen before
August 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
they say we all float down here, and we float very strongly, and a lot of people are saying we float at levels that have never been seen before
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Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
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August 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
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A massive overcorrection, horrifying malicious compliance, or just an incredibly dumb bug?
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Grok Is So Deeply Antisemitic That Showing It a Picture of Some Random Clouds in the Sky Prompts an Outrageously Offensive Answer
It's been just over a month since Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI's Grok chatbot had a mind-bogglingly antisemitic meltdown, celebrating itself as "MechaHitler" and targeting people wi...
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August 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A massive overcorrection, horrifying malicious compliance, or just an incredibly dumb bug?
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so nick caved. come on, it was RIGHT there
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Nick Cave, No Longer So Angry About AI, Shares New “Tupelo” Video Starring an AI Elvis
On the Bad Seeds classic’s 40th anniversary, the director Andrew Dominik has persuaded his longtime collaborator that not all artificial intelligence is “a grotesque mockery of what it is to be human”
pitchfork.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
so nick caved. come on, it was RIGHT there
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wow
this is pretty damning if Trump really did write it
this is pretty damning if Trump really did write it
July 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
wow
this is pretty damning if Trump really did write it
this is pretty damning if Trump really did write it
elon will live to be 120 years old and be president like at least 17 times
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"He Just Went CRAZY": Trump Threatens to Terminate Elon Musk's Government Contracts
President Donald Trump threatened to terminate billionaire Elon Musk's "Governmental Subsidies and Contracts," escalating their feud.
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June 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
elon will live to be 120 years old and be president like at least 17 times
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