Creepy

Robocalls are annoying enough, but the growth of generative artificial intelligence could make it much easier for phone-based scams to fool people. Now, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is hoping to head off this potential threat before it becomes an even bigger problem.FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, on Wednesday, proposed new rules that would make robocalls using AI-generated voices illegal.“AI-generated voice cloning and images are already sowing confusion by tricking consumers into thinking scams and…

Seabrook, WA. It is idyllic. Perfectly idyllic. Too much so. Strong Stepford Wives vibes. I read somewhere that it was inspired by the town in The Truman Show.checkitbec:My niece got married in Seabrook. I just kept thinking, this is where serial killers live. So damn creepy. lotsalotsacoffee , Joe Mabel Report Moscow, Idaho has an actual cult with thousands of followers. Their leader, a self-ordained pastor, has publicly stated he wants to take over the town and turn it into a theocracy. They…

Astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) are about to make a new cyborg friend in the form of two short mechanical arms that will do their bidding in the cold, dark vacuum of low Earth orbit. Taking out the Trash (in Space)California-based startup GITAI is launching its 4.9-foot-long (1.5-meters) autonomous dual robotic arm system, called S2, to the ISS as part of NASA’s 20th commercial resupply mission. S2 will ride on board SpaceX’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft, which will be carried atop a Falcon 9 rocket.…

The extravagant absurdity of this chiller from screenwriter Lorcan Reilly and director Alberto Corredor might conceivably get it an audience. There are some interesting touches, but horror fans might well feel that it’s just too similar to the recent and frankly superior Australian film Talk to Me – though it must be said that Talk to Me was made well after Reilly and Corredor’s original 2017 short, with the same high concept, on which this is based.Iris (Freya Allen) is a young woman, bitterly estranged from her widower…

Moving into a new place can be beyond exciting. Especially if it’s your first home. You get to pick the furniture, assign the rooms, and plan decorations. There’s a reason we say, “Home is where the heart is” – we want to love our home and for it to be a safe haven after a long and exhausting day.But what about the times you find some strange-looking items left by the previous tenants or owners? It can definitely sour the homemaking experience. From creepy dolls, clowns, ritualistic symbols, and a generally eerie…

As It Happens6:44AI used to create comedy special of dead comedian George CarlinA new comedy special starts with the quote, "I'm sorry it took me so long to come out with new material, but I do have a pretty good excuse. I was dead."The voice sounds like comedian George Carlin, but that would be impossible, as Carlin died in 2008. The voice in the special is actually generated by an artificial intelligence (AI). "This is not my father. It's so ghoulish. It's so creepy," Carlin's daughter, Kelly Carlin-McCall, told As It…

Let’s face it. Celebrities can be weird sometimes. As a result, we often brush off their creepy behavior as quirky or eccentric.But then, when a scandal breaks, we realize that maybe we should have been paying more attention. Those old videos weren’t weird – they were creepy and showed the tip of the iceberg of a disturbing secret life. In fact, many of the celebrities on this list have been accused of assault, either by the people in the interviews or by others in their social circles.Here are 16 examples of…

Jeeves, please fetch me a glass of port. Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/ZDNETWhen you think of ChatGPT, what comes to mind?The latest tech fad? A get-rich-quick moneymaker for some and a lose-your-job-quick worrymaker for others?Perhaps you've even experienced a tinge of mere general creepiness.Also: The best AI chatbots: ChatGPT and other noteworthy alternativesFor me, there are three distinct groups of humans reacting to generative AI -- the Fearful, the Experimenters, and the Capitulists. (Those last ones are…

Even though we often spend multiple hours of our days together, we tend not to know our coworkers that well. However, there are a select few individuals out there who seem to think that their weird and uncomfortable thoughts are universal and happily let the world know just how annoying they really are.A salesman decided to take action when a new hire revealed himself to be creepy, sexist, and downright unprofessional, all on his first day. This trainee did not seem to think that making lewd comments about every single…

When Vin Diesel Was Drooling Over A Female Interviewer – Watch (Picture Credit: Carol Moreira/Youtube) The wave of #MeToo has hit Hollywood again, and the latest allegations have been made against Vin Diesel. Her former assistant, Asta Jonasson, has accused him of sexual battery during the filming of Fast Five in 2010. Amid it all, an old video of the superstar flirting with a female interviewer and calling her “s*xy” is going viral on the internet. Scroll below for all the details! Severe allegations…