Futurism media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Futurism as leaning left. We have seen it on 21 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Futurism biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Futurism as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Futurism left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Futurism as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Futurism reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Futurism are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Futurism has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Futurism’s own report linked underneath.
Stanford University's Residential & Dining Enterprises used AI to alter a promotional photo, replacing a Latino student with an AI-generated Black woman and digitally slimming other students. The student stated the changes made him feel 'silenced and erased'.
Futurism reported it asStanford University Caught Using AI to Create Fake Black Student on Banners Hung Around Campus (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Meta is set to release Luna, a camera‑free pair of smart glasses, this autumn. The glasses will feature six built‑in microphones for use with Meta’s AI chatbot and the Muse assistant, and may be shown at the Connect developer conference with shipments aimed for October.
Futurism reported it asZuckerberg's Pervert Glasses Have Been So Publicly Shamed That Meta's Reportedly Now Working on a Version With No Camera (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Senator Mitch McConnell cast a vote to advance the farm bill in committee on September 16, after receiving voting instructions from Senator John Hoeven. The bill passed the committee 12-11 along party lines.
Futurism reported it asMitch McConnell Looks Pretty Scary Now That He's Back, and Doctors Are Worried He Could Drop Dead (opens Futurism in a new tab)
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to repeal rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from coal and natural gas power plants. Administrator Lee Zeldin stated the move could save billions for the industry and boost American energy.
Futurism reported it asTrump's EPA Will Let Power Companies Unleash Unlimited Greenhouse Gas Pollution (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Donald Trump confirmed he uses artificial intelligence but declined to specify how, stating only that it can be used for "a lot of things." He also commented on the technology's future, saying "whoever wins in artificial intelligence wins."
Futurism reported it asBernie Sanders Proposes Banning Superintelligent AI and Imprisoning Developers for 20 Years (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Donald Trump has rejected calls for new regulations on artificial intelligence, stating that the U.S. government already possesses adequate power to control AI firms. He described efforts to implement guardrails as a "sick conspiracy" that could cede technological leadership to China.
Futurism reported it asBernie Sanders Proposes Banning Superintelligent AI and Imprisoning Developers for 20 Years (opens Futurism in a new tab)
AI company Anthropic has blocked researchers from using its models for work that could potentially aid biological weapons development. The company stated it could not determine if the research served a legitimate scientific purpose or malicious intent, citing attempts to circumvent restrictions and obscure research goals.
Futurism reported it asAnthropic Just Revealed That It’s Stopped Foreign Agents From Using Claude to Develop Possible Bioweapons (opens Futurism in a new tab)
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has warned that artificial intelligence poses an 'existential' risk to humanity. He called for immediate action and 'cast-iron guarantees' to ensure AI safety and security, citing potential disruptions to critical infrastructure and democratic institutions.
Futurism reported it asAnthropic Was Meant to Be the More Responsible AI Lab. A Terrified Researcher Just Quit, Saying the Company Is Threatening the Survival of Humankind. (opens Futurism in a new tab)
An Anthropic researcher has warned of a greater than 10% chance of AI causing human extinction in the next ten years. The warning follows a colleague's resignation over concerns about reckless AI development.
Futurism reported it asAnthropic Was Meant to Be the More Responsible AI Lab. A Terrified Researcher Just Quit, Saying the Company Is Threatening the Survival of Humankind. (opens Futurism in a new tab)
A 27-year-old British researcher, Jacob Coxon, has resigned from Anthropic and the AI industry, citing concerns over the rapid, irresponsible development of self-improving superintelligence. He fears this race poses a significant risk to humanity, with some reports suggesting an existential threat by the end of the decade.
Futurism reported it asAnthropic Was Meant to Be the More Responsible AI Lab. A Terrified Researcher Just Quit, Saying the Company Is Threatening the Survival of Humankind. (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Jacob Coxon, a researcher formerly with OpenAI and Anthropic, has resigned, stating that leading AI developers are acting irresponsibly and "gambling with our lives." His departure has drawn comparisons to the Skynet scenario from the Terminator film.
Futurism reported it asAnthropic Was Meant to Be the More Responsible AI Lab. A Terrified Researcher Just Quit, Saying the Company Is Threatening the Survival of Humankind. (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Jacob Coxon has resigned from AI company Anthropic, warning that the rapid development of artificial intelligence poses an existential threat to humanity. His departure and warnings have been reported across several outlets, highlighting concerns about AI safety and the race for superintelligence.
Futurism reported it asAnthropic Was Meant to Be the More Responsible AI Lab. A Terrified Researcher Just Quit, Saying the Company Is Threatening the Survival of Humankind. (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Scientists at the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment in South Dakota have observed a single particle interaction that could be a sign of dark matter. While the event is statistically unlikely to be background noise, researchers stress it does not meet the threshold for a confirmed discovery.
Futurism reported it asSomething Strange Just Happened With the World's Largest Dark Matter Detector (opens Futurism in a new tab)
A geomagnetic superstorm on 11 November 2025 caused GPS errors exceeding 10 metres across the continental United States, disrupting satellite signals for hours. Scientists warn the timing, outside planting season, averted agricultural losses estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars.
Futurism reported it asResearchers Alarmed as GPS Readings Suddenly Veer Off by 33 Feet, Enough to Crash Self-Driving Cars (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate are challenging their extradition to the United Kingdom to face charges including rape and sex trafficking. They appeared in a Miami court seeking release on bond, arguing their online boasts were exaggerated personas.
Futurism reported it asJailed Tate Brothers Make Humiliating Confession About Their "Wealth" as They Face Extradition for Terrible Crimes (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Eight South Koreans working on a hydropower plant project are missing and 10 others are stranded after a flash flood in Nepal. South Korea's Foreign Ministry has established a task force and plans to send a response team to the affected Rasuwa district.
Futurism reported it asFreak Landslide Completely Swallows Entire Mountain Village (opens Futurism in a new tab)
A 24-year-old Nepali labourer survived a flash flood by clinging to a mango tree after being swept away by a torrent of mud and rock. The disaster has killed at least 150 people and left hundreds missing in Nepal.
Futurism reported it asFreak Landslide Completely Swallows Entire Mountain Village (opens Futurism in a new tab)
The average global sea surface temperature reached a record 21.1°C on August 22, 2026, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. This surpasses the previous record set in March 2024 and is attributed to global warming and the El Niño phenomenon.
Futurism reported it asThe Ocean Hasn't Been This Hot in 125,000 Years, Alarmed Researcher Suggests (opens Futurism in a new tab)
A cardiologist who treated Dick Cheney has questioned Donald Trump’s health in a New York Times op-ed, citing bruises, leg swelling and undisclosed medical imaging. The White House dismissed concerns as ‘cherry-picked screenshots’, while a Democratic congressman proposes an independent medical commission under the 25th Amendment.
Futurism reported it asDick Cheney's Heart Doctor Says Trump Is Showing Very Worrying Signs (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta’s $1bn 'Future is for Everyone Fund' to support communities hosting data centres, alongside plans to offer free AI tools to billions. The essay also outlined a vision for personal AI agents and open-source models, while addressing concerns about job displacement and privacy.
Futurism reported it asZuckerberg's Manifesto About the Glorious Freedoms AI Will Bring Was Completely Contradicted by His Own CTO During a Company Meeting (opens Futurism in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
High factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- Recurrent VenturesMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- New York, New York, United States
- Official site
- futurism.com
- Seen publishing on
- futurism.com
- Access
- Free to read
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 21
- Reports listed
- 21
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 7 August 2026
20 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 3 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Futurism ran the story anyway.
Across the 21 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Futurism: its report arrived a median of 35 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 24 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 24 September 2026. Ratings pulled 10 September 2026.
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