Mark Chen became chief research officer at OpenAI in San Francisco, California, last year.Credit: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty The artificial-intelligence company, based in San Francisco, California, has been at the centre of a series of media storms. First, in July, the firm announced that its models had hacked the AI hub Hugging Face, a collaborative platform where
One international group that’s played a big role is the Aliph Foundation, which was set up in Geneva in 2017 to protect and repair cultural heritage. Alexandra Fiebig, a project manager with Aliph, says that her group provided millions of dollars in funds to Ukrainian museums scrambling to move their most valuable items to safety.
French President Emmanuel Macron said the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, which he co-chaired with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday, was deliberately held at a moment of dramatic upheaval for the entertainment business, from the growing dominance of YouTube and TikTok to AI and media consolidation. Speaking to Variety at the event, he
As horror fans eagerly await the next chapter in Pennywise’s (Bill Skarsgård) horrifying reign of terror, “It: Welcome to Derry” co-creator Andy Muschietti has shared some details on the current status of Season 2. “We’re very excited, we’re in the writers’ room right now,” Muschietti confirms to Variety. The new season will take place in
Laura Jackson will return as host of CNN’s global cultural program “Seasons” in four new episodes. The British entrepreneur and TV host, who joined the show last year for its second installment, will once again explore the changing trends shaping global culture in fashion, travel, food, technology, design and art. Jackson previously hosted an episode
