AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars

Organization behind the Academy Awards New Oscar rules released on Friday, including several addressing the use of generative artificial intelligence. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences stated that only “performances credited in the legal billing of the film and performed by human beings with their consent” would be eligible for Academy Awards. Similarly,…

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Farewell, Jeeves: Ask.com shuts down

ask.comThe search engine and question-answer service formerly known as Ask Jeeves has shut down. Ask Jeeves was first launched in 1996 and focused on answering conversational questions asked in natural language. A precursor to today’s AI-powered chatbots. However, for most of its 30-year history, it has been overshadowed by other search products, especially Google. Holding…

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Powell and Warsh set to clash

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, and Federal Reserve Nominee, Kevin Warsh. Reuters When the Federal Open Market Committee gathers again in mid-June, it will mark the first time in nearly 80 years that a sitting and former chair conduct business together, a historic overlap that comes at a sensitive time for the central bank. While…

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