Lawrence Rothman has a lot of nerve, starting an album with a song called “The Meaning,” and then daring to ask some of the questions inherent in the big picture created by those two words — like, if not what is the meaning of life, then what is the meaning of music? (Of course, for
“The Jennifer Hudson Show” received the Variety Changemaker Award, presented by Waymo, at Variety’s L.A. Power of Women event on Wednesday in Beverly Hills. The award was presented by Waymo’s chief marketing officer Suzanne Philion, honoring the show’s cultural impact. In her introduction, Philion shared that the EGOT winner’s talk show is an example of
A new AI platform can connect robotic arms and other equipment into a seamless system. Credit: Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Sina Barazandeh watched in amazement as a robotic arm glided back and forth across his team’s lab. The arm loaded a multi-well plate into an instrument that filled the wells with liquid, then carried the
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. In this edition: Anthropic and OpenAI both release new, cheaper AI models. U.S. President Donald Trump creates an “AI Force.” China and the U.S. agree to discuss an AI incident hotline. Microsoft executive called OpenAI training on publishers’ copyrighted works “the largest theft of labor in history.” AI
The US has proposed a direct channel with China to notify both governments of major AI-related national security incidents even as their AI rivalry intensifies. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the proposal was made during talks in New York on Sunday with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. Their discussion came ahead of President Donald Trump’s
Netflix and the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) are bringing back Creative Asia for a third consecutive year, with the program set for Oct. 10 at Dongseo University’s Centum Campus. BIFF, the Asian Film Commissions Network (AFCNet) and the Motion Picture Association (MPA) all helped shape this year’s lineup. Creative Asia is Netflix’s flagship initiative
