Netflix paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup

In A new regulatory filingNetflix revealed that it $587 million paid in cash For Interpositive, a startup co-founded by actor and director Ben Affleck. streaming company Acquisition announced in MarchA statement from Affleck said he wanted to “protect the power of human creativity.” According to Affleck, Interpublic’s AI tools help filmmakers improve their footage in…

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Waymo appears to pause San Francisco service amidst power outage

Waymo said it is making “temporary adjustments” to its robotaxi service in San Francisco amid the power outages. Nearly 7,000 PG&E customers affected In the city. According to a screenshot Posted on social mediaWaymo is telling SF customers that service is “temporarily paused” and “freeway routes are unavailable.” When TechCrunch contacted the Alphabet-owned company for…

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The Zoom hack that says, ‘Don’t record me’

According to a new, VC Jeremy Levin has a strange solution to the thing that regularly bothers him Wall Street Journal article On the rise of AI transcription apps. On Zoom, he is no longer “Jeremy Levin” but “Jeremy Levin” I do not consent to transcribing or recording. This may seem small or grand depending…

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