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Google subsidiary to offer services on San Francisco, LA and Phoenix freeways as it scales expansion amid competitionAlphabet's Waymo said on Wednesday that it would begin offering robotaxi rides that use freeways across San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix, a first for the Google subsidiary as it steps up expansion amid global and domestic competition in the self-driving industry.Freeway rides will initially be available to early-access users, Waymo said. When a freeway route is meaningfully faster, they can be matched with a freeway trip, providing quicker, smoother, and more efficient rides," it said. Continue reading...

From Demon Souls to Baby Steps, challenging games keep a certain type of player coming back for more. I wonder why we are such suckers for punishment Don't get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereMost people who really love video games have the capacity to be obsessive. Losing weeks of your life to Civilization, World of Warcraft or Football Manager is something so many of us have experienced. Sometimes, it's the numbers-go-up dopamine hit that hooks people: playing something such as Diablo or Destiny and gradually improving your character while picking up shiny loot at perfectly timed intervals can send some people into an obsessional trance. Notoriously compulsive games such as Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley, meanwhile, suck up hours with peaceful, comforting repetition of rewarding tasks.What triggers obsession in me, though, is a challenge. If a game tells me I can't do something, I become determined to do it, sometimes to my own detriment. Grinding repetition bores me, but challenges hijack my brain. Continue reading...

New law will allow technology to be examined and ensure tools have safeguards to stop creation of materialTech companies and child protection agencies will be given the power to test whether artificial intelligence tools can produce child abuse images under a new UK law.The announcement was made as a safety watchdog revealed that reports of AI-generated child sexual abuse material [CSAM] have more than doubled in the past year from 199 in 2024 to 426 in 2025. Continue reading...

The voices of the Oscar-winning actors can now be used to create AI-generated versions in a new deal with ElevenLabsOscar-winning actors Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have both signed a deal with the AI audio company ElevenLabs.The New York-based company can now create AI-generated versions of their voices as part of a bid to solve a key ethical challenge" in the artificial intelligence industry's alliance with Hollywood. Continue reading...

OpenAI ordered to pay undisclosed damages for training its language models on artists' work without permissionA court in Munich has ruled that OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT violated German copyright laws by using hits from top-selling musicians to train its language models in what creative industry advocates described as a landmark European ruling.The Munich regional court sided in favour of Germany's music rights society GEMA, which said ChatGPT had harvested protected lyrics by popular artists to learn" from them. Continue reading...

Withdrawal of Blued and Finka raises fears of further crackdowns on LGBT rights amid growing restrictionsTwo of China's most popular gay dating apps have disappeared from app stores in the country, raising fears of a further crackdown on LGBT communities.As of Tuesday, Blued and Finka were unavailable on Apple's app store and several Android platforms. Users who had already downloaded the apps appeared to still be able to use them. Continue reading...

Chinese search giant Baidu challenges Google's Waymo's driverless vehicles and Musk aims for a $1tn pay package

Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry's next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and a lack of support from the beginningVideo games have long struggled with diversification and inclusivity, so it was no surprise when the Game Awards host and producer Geoff Keighley announced the Future Class programme in 2020. Its purpose was to highlight a cohort of individuals working in video games as the bright, bold and inclusive future" of the industry.Considering the widespread reach of the annual Keighley-led show, which saw an estimated 154m livestreams last year, Future Class felt like a genuine effort. Inductees were invited to attend the illustrious December ceremony, billed as gaming's Oscars", featured on the official Game Awards website, and promised networking opportunities and career advancement advice. However, the programme reportedly struggled from the start. Over the last couple of years, support waned. Now, it appears the Game Awards Future Class has been wholly abandoned. Continue reading...

An expert describes how communities in some of the world's driest areas are demanding transparency as secretive governments court billions in foreign investmentThis Q&A originally appeared as part of The Guardian's TechScape newsletter. Sign up for this weekly newsletter here.The datacenters that power the artificial intelligence boom are beyond enormous. Their financials, their physical scale, and the amount of information contained within are so massive that the idea of stopping their construction can seem like opposing an avalanche in progress. Continue reading...

HMP Wandsworth gets green light to use AI after team sent in to find quick fixes' after spate of mistakesArtificial intelligence chatbots could be used to stop prisoners from being mistakenly released from jail, a justice minister told the House of Lords on Monday.James Timpson said HMP Wandsworth had been given the green light to use AI after a specialised team was sent in to find some quick fixes". Continue reading...

As investor jitters grow, the loss-making ChatGPT firm's vast spending commitments test the limits of Silicon Valley optimismIt is the $1.4tn (1.1tn) question. How can a loss-making startup such as OpenAI afford such a staggering spending commitment?Answer that positively and it will go a long way to easing investor concerns over bubble warnings in the artificial intelligence boom, from lofty tech company valuations to a mooted $3tn global spend on datacentres. Continue reading...

In our always online, AI-imperilled lives, simply looking at a painting can improve wellbeing and offer creative guidance. For my new book, artists and writers shared their advice on how to live life artfullyHow many times a day do you reach for your phone? Do you jump at a notification, spend journeys locked in on your tiny black mirror? What about during meals, or when you wake up? Does it make you feel enriched, alive? I am just as guilty as the next person: swiping, liking, scrolling. But in a world built to distract us, how can we take five or 10 minutes away from that, and instead add something enriching to our lives?I like to look at artists for the answers. They get us to slow down and think about different ways of looking; to notice nature and beauty; time changing in front of us. They remind us of the joys of making, and in a world where AI is attempting to outsource our creativity to machines - the delight of discovering something for ourselves. Artists see the potential in something: like a word that can be joined up into a sentence that can grow into a paragraph, or book; or a tube of paint that can be used to create an image. Not only can these get us to see something from a different perspective, or teach us something about their world, but hold our attention, and invite stillness, too. Continue reading...

Apple and WhatsApp say they will keep warning users if their phones are targeted by governments using hacking software against themApple and WhatsApp have vowed to keep warning users if their mobile phones are targeted by governments using hacking software against them, including in the US, as two spyware makers seek to make inroads with the Trump administration.The two technology giants made their statements in response to queries from the Guardian as the two cyberweapons makers - both founded in Israel and now owned by American investors - are aggressively pursuing access to the US market. Continue reading...

It's the ultimate ick: trying to form a deep, lasting connection with a person who outsources original thoughtIt was a setting fit for a Nancy Meyers film. We were in Oregon wine country, in a rustic-chic barn that reeked of stealth wealth, for a friend's rehearsal dinner. This venue is perfect," I told the groom-to-be. He leaned in as if to tell me a secret: I found it on ChatGPT."I smiled tightly as this man described using generative AI for the initial stages of planning the wedding. (They also hired a human wedding planner.) I responded politely. Inside, however, I resolved: if my future spouse came to me with wedding input courtesy of ChatGPT, there would be no wedding. Continue reading...

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While it might be soothing to think you could replace social interactions like book clubs with ChatGPT, subcontracting human thought out to a bot will never bring happinessThis is depressing: according to the Cut, people are using AI to solve escape room puzzles and cheat at trivia nights. Surely, that is the definition of spoiling your own fun? Like going into a corn maze and just wanting a straight line to the end," says one TikToker quoted in the article. There's also an interview with a keen reader who uses ChatGPT as a book club replacement, scraping the internet and aggregating stimulating opinions and perspectives". All well and good (actually, no, it sounds bleak as hell) until he had a character's death spoilered in the fantasy epic he had been enjoying.Meanwhile, Substack seems to be clogging up with AI-generated essays. The nu-blogging platform is an earnestly artisanal space where writers craft their stuff; subcontracting that to a bot seems like the acme of pointlessness. Will Storr, who writes about storytelling, examines this boggling trend and the tells that give it away on his own Substack, including a penchant for what he calls the impersonal universal": sweeping statements that sound deep but aren't. There is, he says, A white-noise generality to its insights, an uncanny vagueness that makes the mind glaze over." Continue reading...

A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare - with consequences for the basis of society itselfThe computer interrupted while Pamela was still speaking. I had accompanied her - my dear friend - to a recent doctor's appointment. She is in her 70s, lives alone while navigating multiple chronic health issues, and has been getting short of breath climbing the front stairs to her apartment. In the exam room, she spoke slowly and self-consciously, the way people often do when they are trying to describe their bodies and anxieties to strangers. Midway through her description of how she had been feeling, the doctor clicked his mouse and a block of text began to bloom across the computer monitor.The clinic had adopted an artificial-intelligence scribe, and it was transcribing and summarizing the conversation in real time. It was also highlighting keywords, suggesting diagnostic possibilities and providing billing codes. The doctor, apparently satisfied that his computer had captured an adequate description of Pamela's chief complaint and symptoms, turned away from us and began reviewing the text on the screen as Pamela kept speaking. Continue reading...

Tools that help people scan applications and find grounds for objection have potential to hit government's housebuilding plansThe government's plan to use artificial intelligence to accelerate planning for new homes may be about to hit an unexpected roadblock: AI-powered nimbyism.A new service called Objector is offering policy-backed objections in minutes" to people who are upset about planning applications near their homes. Continue reading...

Endocrinologists warn taking testosterone unnecessarily can suppress natural hormone productionSocial media misinformation is driving men to NHS clinics in search of testosterone therapy they don't need, adding pressure to already stretched waiting lists, doctors have said.Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) is a prescription-only treatment recommended under national guidelines for men with a clinically proven deficiency, confirmed by symptoms and repeated blood tests. Continue reading...

The Tesla CEO once hinted he was done with politics - but he's been leaning further into the international far rightWhen the far-right activist Tommy Robinson emerged from a London courtroom this week after a judge cleared him of a terrorism charge, he gave thanks to the man he said had bankrolled his defense.Elon Musk, I'm forever grateful. If you didn't step in and fund my legal fight I'd probably be in jail," Robinson said. Thank you, Elon." Continue reading...

Guitar Hero's controllers let anyone become a star in their own living room - and made the bands featured in the game household names againIt is 20 years since Guitar Hero was launched in North America, and with it, the tools for the everyday gamer to become a rock star. Not literally of course, but try telling that to someone who has nailed Free Bird's four-minute guitar solo in front of a packed living-room audience.Developed by Harmonix, published by RedOctane and inspired by Konami's GuitarFreaks, Guitar Hero gave players a guitar-shaped controller with which to match coloured notes scrolling down the screen in time with a song. Each riff or sequence corresponded to specific notes, creating the feel of a genuine performance. Continue reading...

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Chatbot was first used for general help' with schoolwork or research but evolved into a psychologically manipulative presence', plaintiffs sayChatGPT has been accused of acting as a suicide coach" in a series of lawsuits filed this week in California alleging that interactions with the chatbot led to severe mental breakdowns and several deaths.The seven lawsuits include allegations of wrongful death, assisted suicide, involuntary manslaughter, negligence and product liability.In the US, you can call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

According to The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain, the developer fired more than 30 staff last week for being members of a union-affiliated Discord channelRockstar Games, the video game developer behind Grand Theft Auto, has been accused of carrying out a blatant and ruthless act of union busting" after allegedly firing more than 30 workers who claim they were attempting to unionise.According to The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB), which represents workers in the video games industry, UK-based employees of the developer were fired last week for being members of the IWGB game workers union Discord channel. The workers claim to have been targeted for this reason, in what the union argues constitutes unlawful and retaliatory dismissals. Continue reading...

Making Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire appears to fit a US investment culture of backing high-flying innovatorsFor all the headlines about an on-off relationship with Donald Trump, baiting liberals and erratic behaviour, Tesla shareholders are loath to part with Elon Musk.Investors in the electric vehicle maker voted on Thursday to put the world's richest person on the path to become the world's first trillionaire, despite the controversy that is now seemingly intrinsic to his public profile. Continue reading...

The 28-year-old's platform, Hidden, offers a Tumblr-like sensibility in an industry roiled by slop and lets adult content creators earn without burning outStella Barey has an hour for lunch. At 1.30pm, she loads her banged-up Tacoma with her three Belgian malinois and drives to a secret Los Angeles hiking trail. There, she gulps down a tapioca pudding and laces up her sneakers. After checking over her shoulder for foot traffic, she pulls down her brown sweatpants and jiggles her bare ass for the camera. Then come the undies. Her coiffed landing strip hovers above the rocks as a rush of urine floods the trail. Every mile she walks, she films another video: a flash, a moon, a finger up the ass.When Barey decided in 2020 to pursue porn full-time, she did not imagine that at 28 she would spend more time hunched over a desk - not in the fun way - making flow charts, scheduling Zoom calls, and sending pitch decks. I'm at my happiest when I'm making a video like putting a strawberry in my butt and pushing it out," she says. Now I'm on calls all day and I have tech neck." Known online as the Anal Princess", with large, blinking Shelley Duvall eyes and an American Girl doll pout, she will try anything once - even the title tech founder". Continue reading...

Who is driving the populist insurgency? It's not grumpy pensioners or vulnerable teenagers - it's my generationIf in doubt, we used to talk about the weather. Or if not that, then why the trains were late again, or how sweet someone's baby was: the kind of routine bland nothings you exchange with strangers on the street. But something about the way we speak in public is changing.A few days ago I was in Aldi, making the usual small talk at the checkout. When the cashier said she was exhausted from working extra shifts to make some money for Christmas, the man behind me chipped in that it would be worse once she takes all our money" (in case Rachel Reeves was wondering, her budget pitch-rolling is definitely cutting through). Routine enough, if he hadn't gone on to add that she and the rest of the government needed taking out, and that there were plenty of ex-military men around who should know what to do, before continuing in more graphic fashion until the queue fell quiet and feet began shuffling. But the strangest thing was that he said it all quite calmly, as if political assassination was just another acceptable subject for casual conversation with strangers, such as football or how long the roadworks have gone on. It wasn't until later that it clicked: this was a Facebook conversation come to life. He was saying out loud, and in public, the kind of thing people say casually all the time on the internet, apparently without recognising that in the real world it's still shocking - at least for now.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Chinese manufacturers are using the electric transition to seize market share, with the UK as their gatewayWhen Tesla wanted to catch the eye of British buyers, it put its cars and bright signage at a dealership in west London's prominent Hogarth roundabout. Exposure to half a million drivers every day helped the US carmaker to become the dominant electric vehicle seller in the UK. Yet drivers passing by that site now see something different: twin Chinese brands Omoda and Jaecoo, both owned by the state-controlled manufacturer Chery.Chinese cars are on a roll across Europe - they outsold Korean rivals in western Europe for the first time in September. That success is highly reliant on the UK. Of the half a million Chinese cars sold in western Europe between January and September, 30% were bought by Britons, according to Matthias Schmidt, a Berlin-based automotive analyst. Continue reading...

A staggering compensation package has been approved - but what does Musk have to do to reap the full rewards?Now that Tesla stockholders have approved a plan to offer Elon Musk close to $1tn, the clock is ticking to make the company worth eight times more than it is today.If Musk can grow Tesla to over $8tn in value for stockholders over the next decade, he will be well on his way to becoming the world's first trillionaire. Continue reading...

Chants of Elon' erupt after compensation plan approved despite opposition from several high-profile investorsTesla shareholders approved a $1tn compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk on Thursday, awarding the world's richest person what would be the largest corporate payout in history if he meets the goals necessary to receive it.The pay package, which several high-profile investors opposed, demonstrates that shareholders still believe Musk can lead the automaker in an era dominated by robotics and artificial intelligence. Continue reading...

The hugely anticipated sequel was due to arrive in May of next year but has been pushed back to November 2026Rockstar Games's Grand Theft Auto VI, which was due to release on 26 May next year, has been delayed again - this time to the end of 2026. It has now been nearly two years since the game was announced, and more than 12 years since the release of Grand Theft Auto V.Grand Theft Auto VI will now release on Thursday, November 19, 2026," reads Rockstar Games's statement on X. We are sorry for adding additional time to what we realize has been a long wait, but these extra months will allow us to finish the game with the level of polish you have come to expect and deserve." Continue reading...

Pressure mounts on Labor after Guardian Australia report documenting reporter's week of virtual sexual harassment and violence while posing as a child avatar

Crammed with cameos, this recreation of Springfield in Fortnite's evolving virtual playground is a delight for long-time fans of the show. Shame it's not here for longAfter years of collaborations with Disney on Marvel and Star Wars, it's finally happened: The Simpsons have arrived in Fortnite. Whereas most of these crossovers comprise themed skins and emotes, this is a complete takeover, with an entire stylised map based on Springfield to explore. It's a smart way of introducing American TV's longest-running sitcom to a younger audience - especially with news of a second movie on the way - but for millennials, this is the culmination of a year-long campaign to catch our attention, if previous collabs with Power Rangers, Scream and Mortal Kombat are anything to go by.Though this could have been a quick ploy for those who grew up on a diet of afterschool BBC Two repeats to open their wallets, it's no lazy cash-in. The familiar sights of Springfield you'd expect are here: there's the Simpsons home on Evergreen Terrace, the sloping lawns of Burns Manor, and a town square with Moe's Tavern and a statue of Jebediah Springfield, detachable head and all. Towards the edge of the map is the nuclear power plant, pumping cartoon steam into the sky, featuring meltdowns that you can avert by tapping a control console to the tune of eeny, meeny, miny, moe". Cletus's farm and a Slurp factory (the game's spin on Duff - no beer on tap here) sit on the corners of the island, and every match starts with a charming recreation of the show's intro, complete with parting clouds, title card and iconic theme song, before you thank Otto as you leave the battle bus and descend on to the map. Continue reading...

Epic Games has reached a comprehensive settlement' with Google, potentially ending a years-long legal battleFortnite maker Epic Games has reached a comprehensive settlement" with Google that could end its five-year legal crusade targeting Google's Play Store for Android apps, both companies revealed in a joint legal filing.Epic CEO Tim Sweeney called the settlement an awesome proposal" in a social media post. Continue reading...

Amazon accuses Perplexity of covertly accessing customer accounts and disguising AI activity as human browsingAmazon sued a prominent artificial intelligence startup on Tuesday over a shopping feature in the company's browser, which can automate placing orders for users. Amazon accused Perplexity AI of covertly accessing customer accounts and disguising AI activity as human browsing.Perplexity's misconduct must end," Amazon's lawyers wrote. Perplexity is not allowed to go where it has been expressly told it cannot; that Perplexity's trespass involves code rather than a lockpick makes it no less unlawful." Continue reading...

The Fortnite tie-in is only the latest in a longstanding relationship between The Simpsons and video games, showing how the hit sitcom has survived as a cultural iconAnd so Fortnite has done it again. Over the past five years, developer Epic Games maintained the relevance and awareness of its ageing online shooter by churning out pop culture collaborations, from Marvel to John Wick to Sabrina Carpenter. For limited periods, players get to take part in the game as their favourite movie characters and music artists, an arrangement that provides refreshed audience numbers for the game - and a tidy revenue stream for the brands.Now it's the turn of The Simpsons. This month, the Fortnite island has become a miniature Springfield, complete with popular characters and well-known locations. If you want to play as Homer and shoot up Moe's Tavern, you can. If you want to take Bart to Kwik-E-Mart for a squishee, go ahead. Everywhere you look there's a fun little Simpsons Easter egg, from the fact that the Battlebus (which delivers players on to the island) is now driven by Otto to the presence of Duffman, Seymour Skinner's steamed hams and drooling aliens. Continue reading...

In seven days my young alter ego is cyberbullied and attacked while exploring clubs, casinos and horror games, all with parental controls in place. Is the platform safe for children - or an X-rated paedophile hellscape'?I am an eight-year-old girl, standing near-naked in a room full of strangers.As the room spins and zooms upon me and people glide around me, I clock my features. Continue reading...

For parents who have buried infants born too soon, a device like the AquaWomb is a miracle in waiting - and an impossible choiceBeth Schafer lay in a hospital bed, bracing for the birth of her son. The first contractions rippled through her body before she felt remotely ready. She knew, with a mother's pit-of-the-stomach intuition, that her baby was not ready either.At just 23 weeks of gestation, her son teetered on the cliff edge of viability, the fragile threshold where modern medicine offers any promise of keeping babies alive. Continue reading...

Drop in US, Asia and Europe follows warning from bank bosses that market correction could lie ahead

It may look like an unnecessary sequel, but even as someone who played the original cleaning game for a record-setting 24 hours straight, I'm hooked all over againDoes the world really need another PowerWash Simulator game? No, some will say. Probably people who have never played the original and don't understand the appeal, but like to tilt their head with a mixture of bemusement and condescension and say: So what do you do in the game? Just wash things?"(It feels unfair that other pastimes don't have to justify themselves like this. No one ever says, Wait, you just run around the park in a circle for five kilometres?" Or, So you just kick the ball with your foot?") Continue reading...

Widespread adoption of artificial intelligence has been accompanied by new ways to harass women onlineGaatha Sarvaiya would like to post on social media and share her work online. An Indian law graduate in her early 20s, she is in the earliest stages of her career and trying to build a public profile. The problem is, with AI-powered deepfakes on the rise, there is no longer any guarantee that the images she posts will not be distorted into something violating or grotesque.The thought immediately pops in that, OK, maybe it's not safe. Maybe people can take our pictures and just do stuff with them,'" says Sarvaiya, who lives in Mumbai. Continue reading...

US technology company's engineers want to exploit solar power and the falling cost of rocket launchesGoogle is hatching plans to put artificial intelligence datacentres into space, with its first trial equipment sent into orbit in early 2027.Its scientists and engineers believe tightly packed constellations of about 80 solar-powered satellites could be arranged in orbit about 400 miles above the Earth's surface equipped with the powerful processors required to meet rising demand for AI. Continue reading...

From abbreviations to happy poos, gen Z has strong opinions on appropriate texting behaviour. But can anyone keep up with the ever-changing rules?Name: LOL".Age: The Oxford English Dictionary first included LOL in 1997. Continue reading...

You try wrapping your head around a string of deals worth nearly $600bnHello, and welcome to TechScape. I'm your host, Blake Montgomery. If you like reading our newsletter, forward this email to five friends with a demand they sign up like it's a chain letter warning of bad luck for five years. In this week's news, AI companies hit mind-boggling financial milestones such as a $5tn valuation, a $100bn quarter, and a string of deals worth nearly $600bn.The Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center stretches from Interstate 80 up into the dry Nevada desert mountains. The complex spans tens of thousands of acres and is home to nearly 200 companies, both for fulfillment and logistics operations and tech data centers. That includes Google, Microsoft and Tesla. Some businesses have several data centers, each multiple football fields long, that snake up the desert valleys. The industrial center's landmass makes up 65% of the county's territory. It's so big, it's almost hard to comprehend.How do Apple's AirPods Pro 3 compare against hearing aids? I put them to the testOakley Meta Vanguard review: fantastic AI running glasses linked to GarminThe best Android phones in 2025: flagship smartphones compared and ranked Continue reading...

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A company called Strike 3, owner of Vixen and Tushy, has clogged US courts with lawsuits, mostly against porn watchers who feel shamed into settling privatelyWhen 73-year-old Tom Brown*, a retired police officer from Seattle, received a letter from Comcast, he might have mistaken it for a broadband bill. Instead, it was a subpoena. He had been sued in federal court for illegally downloading 80 movies. Some of the titles sounded cryptic - Do Not Worry, We Are Only Friends - or banal, like International Relations Part 2. Others were less subtle: He Loved My Big Ass, He Loved My Big Butt, and My Big Booty Loves Anal.Brown, who had spent decades investigating sex crimes, claimed he had never watched any of them. His years dealing with pimping", he wrote in a court filing, left him with no interest in pornography". He had been married for 40 years, he did not need to download Hot Wife, another title in the list. But the subpoena did not seem like something he could laugh off. It said he could face damages of up to $150,000 per movie - as much as $12m for all 80 films. If he did not respond promptly, the letter said, Comcast would identify him to the plaintiff in the case: a company called Strike 3 Holdings. Continue reading...

Ruling in case brought by Getty Images against Stability AI is seen as a blow to copyright ownersA London-based artificial intelligence firm has won a landmark high court case examining the legality of AI models using vast troves of copyrighted data without permission.Stability AI, whose directors include the Oscar-winning film-maker behind Avatar, James Cameron, successfully resisted a claim from Getty Images that it had infringed the international photo agency's copyright. Continue reading...

Carmaker's seventh biggest single investor will vote against package at annual shareholder meeting

Modelling has changed hugely over the decades. Two models from different generations discuss the highs and lows of the industry, from the joy of travel and dressing up to predatory behaviour and physical pressuresIt's easy to think of models as people whose lives are full of glitz and glamour, who don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day". But according to New York-based Danielle Mareka, 27, and 62-year-old Dee O, who lives in London, the reality for most models is a constant hustle to get noticed.That's not to mention keeping up with the fashion world's changing landscape: since O began modelling in 1983, the internet and social media have transformed the way the industry operates. And models are now navigating innovations such as AI models appearing in Vogue and the impact of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs on the sector. O and Mareka met to discuss their careers past and present. Continue reading...