Futurama Season 14 Premieres on Hulu: Lab-Grown Meat and AI Scams Are No Longer Sci-Fi

Futurama’s Season 14 premiered on Hulu with two episodes that lean heavily on technologies already arriving in real life. In “Beef,” Professor Farnsworth grows cattle from ancient DNA to help Fry compete in a world hot dog contest; the episode ties into cultivated meat, de-extinction and synthetic biology. The article notes that regulatory approval for cultivated meat has expanded to three countries in 2026, and cites the Good Food Institute’s 2026 State of the Industry report saying seven companies worldwide have clearance. It also highlights Singapore (first in 2020), the United States and Australia as markets. “Catfish Hunter” features an AI-assisted romance scam. The piece says the FBI documented nearly $900 million in AI-augmented fraud losses for 2025.