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Bill Gates’ Daughter Tells Him She’s Lost Friends Due to Covid Vaccine Microchip Conspiracy Theory Falsely Tied to Him
Her dad acknowledges hearing about the widespread baseless accusations, saying some of the stories “started getting crazy”
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YouTube CEO Teases Streaming Future After Winning the War for Living Room Viewership
Executives Neal Mohan, Mary Ellen Coe and Amjad Hanif discuss AI protections at Made on YouTube 2024
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Meet the Editor Who Turned Himself Into an AI News Anchor
Elihay Vidal’s AI avatar looks pretty darn human, and it will read you the latest news from a convincing synthetic media set. But why did he do it?
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Barry Diller: Netflix, Amazon, Apple Are ‘Really the Controllers’ of Hollywood
The difference in resources is “astronomical” between legacy studios and tech companies, the IAC chairman says
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Netflix’s Greg Peters Says ‘Super Hype Bump’ of AI Adoption Has Passed
“There’s a long road to go ahead of us before those things start to really take grip in a significant way,” the streamer’s co-chief executive says
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Lionsgate’s AI Partnership Is ‘Concerning’ for Artists, Says UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer
The United Talent Agency boss admits his clients are concerned about artificial intelligence ultimately replacing them
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WME Co-Chairs ‘Optimistic’ for Hollywood’s Future Despite AI, Media Consolidation Fears
“We have real confidence in the power of art. There’s real demand for it – that hasn’t changed,” Christian Muirhead says
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How Snapchat Plans to Turn It Around After a Brutal 88% Stock Drop | Analysis
CEO Evan Spiegel is betting on a streamlined app and new hardware to boost Snap’ s battered business
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TikTok Faces Class Action Lawsuit for ‘Repeatedly’ Violating Children’s Online Privacy Laws
It joins a similar suit from the Justice Department over ByteDance collecting personal information on users under 13
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Instagram Adds Privacy Restrictions for Teen Accounts to Give Parents ‘Peace of Mind’
Users under 18 will automatically have private accounts and cannot receive messages from strangers, as part of a new update
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Amazon CEO Ends Remote Work, Tells Staffers to Return to 5 Days In-Office
“We’ve decided that we’re going to return to being in the office the way we were before the onset of COVID,” Andy Jassy says
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Francis Ford Coppola’s Plans for Amazon’s Alexa to Let ‘Megalopolis’ Viewers Question Adam Driver Were Thwarted by Layoffs
The “Star Wars” actor came up with a solution that will play out at select theaters
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Texas Becomes Latest State to Weigh Guardrails for Generative AI
In the absence of federal legislation, state lawmakers have called on the entertainment industry and others to propose solutions
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The Russia-Funded YouTuber Story Will Only Get Bigger | Commentary
YouTube has removed Tenet Media, a political network allegedly funded by Russia. But who’s next?
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YouTube Adds New Tool to Detect AI-Generated Singing Content
The company is also developing technology that will detect and manage AI-generated content using real people’s faces