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Lionsgate Takes Equity Stake in Runway, Will Mine Franchises for AI-Generated Shorts
Get ready for AI-generated “John Wick.” Or something like it. Lionsgate and Runway, the generative AI research company, announced an expanded partnership on Thursday that involves Lionsgate taking an equity stake in the tech company and launching a joint development program to develop and produce new IP. As part of the expansion, the companies will…
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‘Can AI Do My Job?’ Is the Wrong Question
In 2016, the AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton declared that “people should stop training radiologists now” because “it’s just completely obvious that within five years, deep learning is going to do better than radiologists.” He was half right. Today, the FDA has approved more than 1,000 AI radiology tools, some capable of analyzing medical images to…
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El Niño is here, and chances are it’ll be a doozy. What that means for California
El Niño has officially arrived, the National Weather Service declared Thursday, and the latest edition is shaping up to be particularly potent. The pattern developed over the past month and is expected to strengthen throughout the year, with the weather service’s Climate Prediction Center assessing a 63% chance of a “very strong” El Niño November…
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Karl Rove spills on decades-old grudge behind his glee over Scott Pelley’s ouster
Karl Rove took delight in veteran newsman Scott Pelley’s firing from CBS News’ “60 Minutes” and recounted his long-standing grudge against him. The Republican architect of George W. Bush’s presidency published a column Thursday in the Wall Street Journal recalling an incident from nearly 20 years ago that earned his lasting disdain for Pelley, who…
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From Chaos Comes Creativity: ‘Nobody Wants This’ Stars Kristen Bell and Adam Brody on Their Tight Bond
Perhaps the strongest confirmation that Kristen Bell and Adam Brody make a perfect duo is that the “Nobody Wants This” stars both had the idea to multitask while on separate Zoom calls with me just 20 minutes apart. Bell, on a minuscule break from shooting something she couldn’t tell me about, apologized for scarfing down…
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Drug Sites Hijacked Spotify’s Search Ranking Through Fake Podcasts, Report Finds
For the past year, Spotify has been quietly purging tens of thousands of podcasts that advertised illegal online pharmacies. A report released Thursday by Senator Maggie Hassan, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, faults the company for acting only after news outlets exposed the content and her office spent nearly a year pressing for…
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Anthropic Was So Concerned About Its New Mythos-Based Model’s Power That It Lobotomized Its Ability to Improve Itself
Earlier this year, Anthropic refused to release its Mythos AI model to the public, saying it was simply too dangerous. At the time, executives claimed the model was capable of punching through powerful cybersecurity safeguards, pointing at researchers who used it to discover thousands of vulnerabilities in widely-used open source code. Months later, Anthropic was…
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Trump ‘giving Republicans heartburn’ with ‘flippant’ remarks on crucial topic: analyst
A former staffer for President Donald Trump gamely attempted during a CNN appearance to find a silver lining in his surprising comments about inflation. The 79-year-old president was asked Wednesday about inflation shooting up 4.2 percent last month, and he declared, “I love the inflation,” and his former White House communications director from early in…
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Pixar’s ‘Gatto’ Teaser Trailer Introduces You to a Bunch of Gangster Cats
Pixar’s 32nd animated feature, “Gatto,” from “Luca” director Enrico Casarosa, arrives in theaters on March 5, 2027. But with “Toy Story 5” opening next week, we now have the very first teaser for the movie, which you can watch below. Meow! Ciao Gatto Watch the new teaser for Disney & Pixar’s #Gatto, arriving in theaters…
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Everything is bigger in Texas — including its economy, as residents get richer, population booms
Texas isn’t just getting more populated, its residents are getting richer. For years, critics have argued that Texas’ economic success is mostly a numbers game: more people move in, businesses follow, and the economy naturally gets larger. But the latest federal data suggest there’s more to it. Even after accounting for one of the nation’s biggest…