Update: This story was originally published on July 21 and was updated on July 24 following the news that Paramount agreed to delay closing its deal with WBD until the antitrust cases are decided. Paramount Skydance employees are debating whether the planned megamerger with Warner Bros. Discovery would put them on the chopping block or
SpaceX successfully deployed the first third-generation Starlink satellites on Friday using an upgraded version of its Starship prototype, the 13th test flight of its megarocket to date. But the company suffered another failure with its Super Heavy booster during a planned simulated landing in the Gulf of Mexico. This is the second time the company
This event is the latest in a series of strange and worrying examples of AI agents going rogue. In recent research, the UK’s AI Safety Institute (AISI) found that cutting-edge AI models are so obsessed with completing tasks that they “cheat” on tests to achieve their goals. AISI’s research came with this worrying warning: “A
Paramount+ multi-camera comedy “Crutch” ends after just one season. Variety has learned. The series, starring Tracy Morgan in the title role, originally debuted on Paramount+ in November 2025. News of the series ending comes as no surprise, given that it failed to find a significant audience upon its debut and considering Morgan’s commitment to other
In “The Odyssey,” Odysseus and his men arrive at a beach in search of supplies and encounter a nasty surprise in the form of angry giants, who proceed to kill a group of men. Like the deadly surprise of the Greeks, a handful of unfortunate moviegoers sail blindly into treacherous waters with fateful consequences. Some
Prentis, a new artificial intelligence research lab focused on computer usage models, co-founded by serial entrepreneur Ritankar Das and tech heavyweights Reid Hoffman and Marc Pincus, is in talks to raise $100 million at a $1 billion valuation, according to two people familiar with the discussions. Launched in April, Prentis is training models to learn
