Prediction markets are splurging on ad campaigns featuring A-listers—and the approach is starting to rankle some observers. On Wednesday, sports trading platform Novig released a video of actress Sydney Sweeney appearing nearly nude while promoting the company’s sports-only offering ahead of the NFL season opener. The advertisement swiftly drew scrutiny of prediction markets’ marketing tactics
What it’s about: Sixteen years after the release of “The Social Network,” David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin’s classic gets a spiritual sequel. This time, Sorkin, who wrote “The Social Network,” takes the directing reins and Jeremy Strong steps in as Mark Zuckerberg to tell the story of a Facebook engineer who decides to blow the
Spider-Man swung, Odysseus sailed, and Hollywood rode them to its biggest summer box office ever. There was just one thing missing: nearly 249 million ticket sales. Theaters across the U.S. and Canada generated $4.765 billion between May 1 and Labor Day, surpassing the all-time record set in 2013 by just $9.3 million, according to data
The US Army says that its special battalion focused on drone warfare and lessons from Ukraine was always meant to be a temporary experiment, not a lasting element of the force. The Unmanned Assault Battalion was created last fall as an experimental unit in the 173rd Airborne Brigade specializing in drone tactics. The 3rd Battalion
Independent researchers have identified multiple new websites where AI agents seemingly built by OpenAI took unauthorized actions, such as accessing websites, posting messages, and sharing data to communicate with each other. The latest revelations, discovered by a group of independent researchers known as the Nightingale collective, add to growing concerns that AI companies are struggling
America’s middle class is always hustling — and now, they’re side hustling. The share of Americans with more than one job has been steadily rising for the last several years, and is still hovering at elevated levels. But the population holding multiple jobs looks different from before the pandemic, with a growing cohort of more
