Day: May 19, 2023

Cannes (France) (AFP) – Artificial intelligence may have been used to make Harrison Ford decades younger in parts of his final film as Indiana Jones, but the 80-year-old actor said Friday he loves being older and has no plans to slow down. Ford, whose “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” premiered in Cannes the previous night, has vowed this will be his last outing as the swashbuckling archaeologist after more than four decades in the role. And Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm which also owns the Star Wars franchise, gave a resounding “no” at a press conference when asked if AI woul… Read More “‘I love being older’, says Harrison Ford as he retires Indiana Jones”

By TOBIAS SCHWARZ / AFP British musician Sting warned against songs written by artificial intelligence in an interview with the BBC published Thursday, urging caution about the technology. British musician Sting warned against songs written by artificial intelligence in an interview with the BBC published Thursday, urging caution about the technology. The 71-year-old former frontman of The Police said, “The building blocks of music belong to us, to human beings.” “That’s going to be a battle we all have to fight in the next couple of years: Defending our human capital against AI,” he said. The… Read More “De do do don’t: Sting warns against AI songs”

By Luc Olinga It’s the new rivalry in the American tech World. That’s the battle between Elon Musk and software giant Microsoft against the backdrop of who will dominate the artificial-intelligence revolution, or AI. The broader AI arms race sees all the Big Tech groups and startups compete to play leading roles in this innovation, which in the coming years will shake up all industries. Everyone in Silicon Valley wants a slice of the pie. The Redmond, Wash., company has invested more than $10 billion in OpenAI, valuing the company at more than $29 billion. This investment made Microsoft the la… Read More “Elon Musk Sends a Warning to Microsoft”

CANNES (Reuters) – Actor Sean Penn said on Friday he supported striking Hollywood writers and called studios’ rejection of their demand to restrict the use of artificial intelligence in writing scripts a “human obscenity”. “There are a lot of new concepts that are being tossed about, you know, including the use of AI,” Penn said at a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival. “And this just strikes me as a kind of human obscenity, for there to be any pushback on that from the producers.” The dispute over AI is one of several issues that led Hollywood’s film and TV writers to go on strike ea… Read More “Sean Penn: Studios’ AI stance in Hollywood writers strike a ‘human obscenity’”

CANNES (Reuters) – Actor Sean Penn said on Friday he supported striking Hollywood writers and called studios’ rejection of their demand to restrict the use of artificial intelligence in writing scripts a “human obscenity”. “There are a lot of new concepts that are being tossed about, you know, including the use of AI,” Penn said at a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival. “And this just strikes me as a kind of human obscenity, for there to be any pushback on that from the producers.” The dispute over AI is one of several issues that led Hollywood’s film and TV writers to go on strike ea… Read More “Sean Penn: Studios’ AI stance in Hollywood writers strike a ‘human obscenity’”

MyPillow Chief Executive Officer and prominent election denier Mike Lindell was ordered in April to pay $5 million to the cyber security expert who debunked his 2020 election fraud claims — but the CEO has yet to make the payment, CNN reports. The conspiracy theorist previously “vowed to award a multimillion-dollar prize to any cyber security expert who could disprove his claims,” and when software developer Robert Zeidman did just that, an arbitration panel awarded him a whopping $5 million. Zeidman is asking a federal court to “force” the CEO to pay him, according to CNN. READ MORE: ‘I need … Read More “‘Put up or shut up’: Cyber expert ordered to get $5 million from Mike Lindell asks court to demand payment”

By Elena Siniscalco World leaders’ meetings like the G7, taking place in Japan right now, are not only about cringy photo ops and bilateral diplomatic statements. They’re also an opportunity for politicians to set out strategies and deliver messages to their foreign counterparts and their own domestic audience. Rishi Sunak has proven a sleek player on the foreign stage so far, contrary to what many expected when he became prime minister. He knows how these things work. So it’s not a coincidence that he chose the G7 to suggest his approach to AI regulation will be tilting a bit more towards con… Read More “Explainer: How Rishi Sunak is trying to strike a balance on AI regulation”