Media & Entertainment

NBC is bringing back Jim Fagan (the iconic voice of NBA on NBC). Literally. With the blessing of his family, NBC Sports will use an AI-generated version of Fagan’s voice to narrate promos and title sequences when the network resumes NBA coverage this fall. Continue Reading →

You’re already sick of the words Agent and Agentic, but you know they are the new new thing. You may not have heard the initialism MCP, but you’re going to start hearing about it now. A lot. Continue Reading →

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released updated rules for the 98th Oscars, and the takeaway is simple: when it comes to generative AI, the Academy chooses not to choose. Continue Reading →

Greetings from Las Vegas. Google ended its Leaders Circle with a spectacular event at the Sphere—we were treated to a preview of a "making of" video for the upcoming release of The Wizard of Oz, reimagined by Sphere Studios in partnership with Google Cloud, Google DeepMind, Magnopus, and Warner Bros. It was truly awesome. Continue Reading →

Skylight, a decentralized short-form video app built on the AT Protocol, is now live on iOS, with an Android beta available on Google Play. Backed by Mark Cuban and the Graham & Walker Venture Fund, the app offers familiar TikTok-style features — editing tools, likes, comments, shares, and user profiles — but with a key difference: interoperability. Continue Reading →

Last week, Google and OpenAI asked the White House for permission to train AI on copyrighted content, arguing that restrictive laws will cripple U.S. innovation while China advances unchecked. Their case: AI doesn’t copy; it learns patterns and creates something new. That’s fair use, they claim—the same principle that powers search engines and chatbots. Continue Reading →

The Los Angeles Times has introduced an AI-driven labeling system to flag articles that take a stance or are written from a personal perspective. Announced in a letter from billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, the “Voices” label applies not only to opinion pieces but also to news commentary, criticism, and reviews. Some articles will also include AI-generated “Insights,” which summarize key points and present alternative viewpoints. Continue Reading →

Google’s Veo 2, the AI video generator unveiled in December, has a price tag that’s turning heads: 50 cents per second. That’s $30 a minute, $1,800 an hour. It sounds steep—until you stack it up against the cost of actual video production. Continue Reading →

Technology is meaningless unless it changes the way we behave. Shortly after it launched, YouTube changed the way we consumed video. It grew powerful in tandem with the evolution of smartphones as it redefined our video viewing experiences. Now, YouTube has transcended its original form factors to officially become a television-first platform. CEO Neal Mohan revealed that viewers now watch more than 1 billion hours of content on their TVs every day, surpassing mobile viewing. For the past two years, YouTube has been the most-watched streaming service in the U.S., according to Nielsen. Continue Reading →

A new study from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University suggests that over-reliance on generative AI may erode critical thinking skills. In other words: if you don’t use it, you lose it. Continue Reading →