How India's film industry is embracing AI, as studios use the tech to cut production time and costs, while union rules constrain its use in Hollywood (Munsif Vengattil/Reuters)

How India's film industry is embracing AI, as studios use the tech to cut production time and costs, while union rules constrain its use in Hollywood (Munsif Vengattil/Reuters)

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How India's film industry is embracing AI, as studios use the tech to cut production time and costs, while union rules constrain its use in Hollywood  —  India's studios are transforming filmmaking by using AI to slash production time, cut costs and dub movies into numerous languages.



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Research across 1,372 participants and 9K+ trials details "cognitive surrender", where most subjects had minimal AI skepticism and accepted faulty AI reasoning (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

Research across 1,372 participants and 9K+ trials details "cognitive surrender", where most subjects had minimal AI skepticism and accepted faulty AI reasoning (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:
Research across 1,372 participants and 9K+ trials details “cognitive surrender”, where most subjects had minimal AI skepticism and accepted faulty AI reasoning  —  When it comes to large language model-powered tools, there are generally two broad categories of users.



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VCs are covering expenses like rent for young college dropouts founding AI startups; Antler: average AI unicorn founder age fell from 40 in 2020 to 29 in 2024 (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)

VCs are covering expenses like rent for young college dropouts founding AI startups; Antler: average AI unicorn founder age fell from 40 in 2020 to 29 in 2024 (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)

Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal:
VCs are covering expenses like rent for young college dropouts founding AI startups; Antler: average AI unicorn founder age fell from 40 in 2020 to 29 in 2024  —  Venture capitalists are stepping in to cover expenses like rent while dropouts from Harvard to Stanford chase their startup dreams



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The CFTC sues Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois over their actions against prediction markets, saying it has the "exclusive" authority to regulate such markets (Alex Harring/CNBC)

The CFTC sues Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois over their actions against prediction markets, saying it has the "exclusive" authority to regulate such markets (Alex Harring/CNBC)

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The CFTC sues Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois over their actions against prediction markets, saying it has the “exclusive” authority to regulate such markets  —  A federal commission on Wednesday announced lawsuits against three states over its ability to exclusively regulate prediction markets.



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OpenAI acquires popular tech news show TBPN; the show will stay the same and will continue to air live at 11am PT weekdays (John Coogan/@johncoogan)

OpenAI acquires popular tech news show TBPN; the show will stay the same and will continue to air live at 11am PT weekdays (John Coogan/@johncoogan)

John Coogan / @johncoogan:
OpenAI acquires popular tech news show TBPN; the show will stay the same and will continue to air live at 11am PT weekdays  —  TBPN has been acquired by OpenAI! The show is staying the same and we'll continue to go live at 11am pacific every weekday. This is a full circle moment for me as I've worked with @sama for well over a decade. He funded my first company in 2013. Then helped us fix a serious



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