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Film world must not resist rise of artificial intelligence, says Demi Moore
US actor says working with the technology is better than fighting a losing battle against itDemi Moore has urged her peers not to resist the rise of artificial intelligence, saying “to fight it is a battle we will lose”.The actor, who is a member of the Cannes film festival jury, was asked during a press
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AI has cut my pay as a memoir writer in half | Letter
Using a large language model instead of me to write and then getting me to edit the result is a cynical way for my employer to cut my fee in half, says a freelance writerIn response to your article (‘Being human helps’: despite rise of AI is there still hope for Europe’s translators?, 8 May),
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Stephen Colbert on Trump’s 22ft gold statue at his golf club: ‘recreational idolatry’
The host reacted to the president’s ‘very simple’ Iran peace plan, his AI Mother’s Day images and the US transport secretary’s new reality showOn Monday night, Stephen Colbert gathered his “best television friends” Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and John Oliver on the couch after a monologue which focused on war in the Middle
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Chasing Utopia review – renegade Google exec Mo Gawdat searches for ethical AI in alarming insider warning
Delivering much information about the scale of what’s coming, documentary also follows Gawdat’s campaign to get the programs with empathyAnother day, another warning about AI; vis-a-vis the reality we all know, this has roughly the same reassuring effect as a plane fuselage ripping off mid-flight. Starting off with familiar criticisms, such as putting the world
Cannes 2026 rolls out red carpet amid AI spat, absence of major US studios
The 2026 Cannes Film Festival opens Tuesday with 22 films vying for the prestigious Palme d’Or. The off-screen discourse this year is dominated by a dispute over AI, with festival director Thierry Frémaux and thousands of French actors and filmmakers warning about its effects on the industry. Despite the absence of Hollywood studio giants such as
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Molière Ex Machina: AI used to create ‘new work’ by beloved French playwright
Comedy debuts at Versailles featuring dialogue, music, costumes and scenery created with help of AI tool Le ChatEurope live – latest updatesMolière is to the French, what Shakespeare is to the English; the last word in historical literature, drama, wit and satire.Now, more than 350 years after his death, the 17th century dramatist has been
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AI will make language barriers disappear – and diminish our understanding of other cultures
Machines may soon translate every conversation flawlessly. But language is more than information – it is curiosity, intimacy and cultural discoveryOne of my earliest assignments as a young interpreter was to provide simultaneous interpretation for the proceedings of an ecumenical council that brought together all Christian denominations. As my homework, I dutifully read scripture, the
From Smashing Pumpkins to Ferris Bueller: new Australian indie video game Mixtape is a blast of nostalgia
In the game by Melbourne-based Beethoven and Dinosaur, you play as a teenage girl the night before moving to New York – drinking, skateboarding and getting into trouble, all soundtracked by 80s and 90s classicsWhen Johnny Galvatron was 14, his cousin gave him a copy of the Smashing Pumpkins’ seminal 1995 album, Mellon Collie and
White House calls Mark Hamill ‘sick’ for posting AI image of Trump in a grave
Star Wars actor later deleted post and apologized, saying president should live ‘long enough to be held accountable’US politics live – latest updatesThe White House has branded Star Wars actor Mark Hamill “a sick individual” after an AI-generated image showing Donald Trump in a shallow grave, with the words “If Only” as an overlay was
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