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Here Are the Top AI Stories You Missed This Week
If you’re behind on what’s happening with the robot uprising, have no fear. Here’s a quick look at some of the weirdest and wildest artificial intelligence news from the past week. Also, don’t forget to check out our weekly AI write-up, which will go into more detail on this same topic.Read more... #press
AMPTP Grabs New Crisis PR Firm for Strike Damage Control
During the months-long Hollywood strikes, both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA have managed to win the court of public opinion fairly easily. Studio heads like David Zaslav and Bob Iger made headlines for sticking their feet in their mouths pretty early on, and studios at large have made moves that don’t paint them in the best…Read more... #press
https://gizmodo.com/amptp-levinson-group-pr-firm-hollywood-strikes-1850777569?utm_source=press.coop
One Piece's Japanese Cast Bring Nostalgic Joy for Remake's Dub Trailer
The live-action remake of One Piece is releasing next week, after what’s been a fairly consistent stream of trailers and previews for the show. Beyond adapting one of the hottest shonen stories out right now, a big draw for the remake is that it’s bringing in the anime’s Japanese cast to do the Japanese dub for the…Read more... #press
https://gizmodo.com/one-piece-japanese-cast-dub-trailer-1850777044?utm_source=press.coop
How a Well-Regarded Mac App Became a Trojan Horse
In the early days of macOS Mojave in 2018, Apple hadn’t offered users a way to automatically switch to dark and light mode at different times of the day. As usual, there were third-party developers eager to pick up the slack. One of the more well-regarded night mode apps to fix this issue was NightOwl, first released…Read more... #press
https://gizmodo.com/how-nightowl-for-mac-added-a-botnet-1850740785?utm_source=press.coop
AI This Week: Cruise Veers Off Course
In a big win for human artists, a Washington D.C. judge has ruled that AI-generated art lacks copyright protections.Read more... #press
The Muppets Take Manhattan Commands the Spotlight in 4K Ultra HD
Few did the timeworn Hollywood plot of “hey, guys, let’s put on a show!” better than the Muppets, and their ultimate realization of that underdog scenario is probably 1984's Broadway fantasy The Muppets Take Manhattan—the third feature they starred in after The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and the latest…Read... #press
https://gizmodo.com/muppets-take-manhattan-4k-ultra-hd-frank-oz-1850772104?utm_source=press.coop
Tempur Unveils ‘NASA Punk’ Starfield Cockpit, but You Can't Buy It...Yet
It doesn’t matter how old you get. Planting your butt into a faux NASA cockpit is bound to excite the senses and imagination of any who once put a checkmark next to “astronaut” when asked what they want to be when they grow up. Now, Xbox and Tempur have their own fake cockpit setup that’s giving select players... #press
https://gizmodo.com/tempur-unveils-starfield-cockpit-microsoft-game-1850767032?utm_source=press.coop
Take a Look at a New Book About The Nightmare Before Christmas
What’s this? A new book about the making and impact of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, just in time for spooky season.Read more... #press
Baldur's Gate 3 Characters Sheets for D&D Let You Put Your D&D in Your D&D While You D&D
Been playing a lot of Baldur’s Gate 3 and found yourself thinking “god, I love all of these Dungeons & Dragons characters in this Dungeons & Dragons video game. What if I simply played them in Dungeons & Dragons?” Well, the good news is that Wizards of the Coast and Larian have... #press
Godfather NFTs Weren’t Enough to Prevent Recur From Sleeping With the Fishes
Even with the inclusion of collectibles from the Nickelodeon, Paramount, and Hello Kitty back catalogs, the NFT platform Recur is calling it quits after several years of pumping the internet full of monetized images of The Godfather’s similarly ineffective Fredo. Read more... #press
https://gizmodo.com/recur-nft-platform-1850759400?utm_source=press.coop
Montana Compares TikTok to 'Cancer-Causing Radio' in Defense of State's Ban
Montana’s lawsuit-hungry attorney general Austin Knudsen wants US courts to think of TikTok less like a light-hearted home for viral trends and more akin to the harbinger of a life-threatening disease. In recent court filings defending his state’s unprecedented ban on the short-form video app, Knudsen compared... #press
https://gizmodo.com/montana-tiktok-ban-compare-cancer-causing-radio-1850758733?utm_source=press.coop
Gizmodo Back to School 2023 Guide
The back-to-school season has a different feel now than in the pre-pandemic days. Today, hybrid learning is a given for many students, and having a reliable computer is table stakes for even grade schoolers, not just high school and college students.Read more... #press
https://gizmodo.com/gizmodo-back-to-school-2023-guide-1850701216?utm_source=press.coop
The State of the Star Wars Galaxy Coming Into Ahsoka
When Ahsoka begins next week, we’re getting even further insight into a Star Wars galaxy at a crossroads moment in time—arguably the first major crisis of a nascent New Republic, and a galaxy still picking itself up after the fall of the Galactic Empire. But what do we actually know has happened in the run-up to the…Read more... #press
Apple TV+'s Monsterverse Series Has a Title and a Hello From Godzilla
Something big, furious, and ready to fight is coming to Apple TV+, and with any luck, it’ll be bringing like-minded friends along. The streamer has just lifted the lid on its 10-episode series continuing the story of Legendary’s Monsterverse, revealing the title—Monarch: Legacy of Monsters—and some first... #press
AP Shares Guidelines Prohibiting Staff From Using AI to Write Publishable Content
The Associated Press is putting its foot down on journalists using any kind of AI program to write articles, though that isn’t stopping the company itself from making a quick buck in exchange for training generative AI on older AP content.Read more... #press
Unique Triassic Reptile Had Slenderman Claws and a Beak
Paleontologists have found a fossilized pterosaur precursor with gnarly, scimitar-like claws and a beak, indicating that the reptilian group it belongs to was more diverse than previously thought.Read more... #press
Two Women Accuse Tile of Advertising Its Devices as Stalking Aids
Two alleged stalking victims filed a class-action lawsuit against Tile and its parent company Life360 Monday accusing the companies of failing to implement useful safety features and of mounting advertising campaigns that encouraged stalking. They also accuse the company of tanking the case against their alleged…Read more... #press
https://gizmodo.com/tile-stalking-lawsuit-advertising-amazon-1850743154?utm_source=press.coop
Genetic Analysis of ‘Ötzi the Iceman’ Reveals Ancient Mummy’s Ancestry
Ötzi made international headlines when he was found by a pair of climbers, sticking out of an ice patch high in the Italian alps. When he was found, Ötzi had already been dead for about 5,300 years, but his remarkably preserved remains have since given scientists a unique window into Copper Age Europe.Read... #press
Death Toll of Maui Wildfires Rises to 106 People
After days of devastating fires that have displaced thousands of people, and have burned down important historical sites throughout Maui, the official death count has risen to 106 according to officials. Read more... #press
ND Stevenson Wants to Embrace the Messiness
ND Stevenson is still processing. About two weeks after the release of Nimona, the animated feature based on the webcomic he wrote in college, Stevenson and I were able to chat about the journey that Nimona has been on for nearly a decade. Not just going from page to screen, but going from studio to studio, and how…Read more... #press
