As he prepared to receive the San Francisco International Film Festival’s Mel Novikoff Award, Gary Meyer reflects on the importance of the theatrical experience of cinema. Loureen Ayyoub reports. (4-26-24)
Celebrities have descended on the south of France in style.
Clark returned after rolling her ankle in the first half, but remains in search of her first WNBA victory.
OpenAI is removing one of the voices used by ChatGPT. Users found that it sounded similar to Scarlett Johansson, the company announced on Monday, and Johansson herself released a statement saying she hired legal council to inquire about the Sky voice and get exact details about how it was developed. "We believe that AI voices should not deliberately mimic a celebrity's distinctive voice—Sky’s voice is not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson but belongs to a different professional actress using her own natural speaking voice," the company wrote in a blog post.
DeVante Parker struck a deal to join the Eagles earlier this offseason.
Microsoft wants to bring generative AI to the forefront of Windows — and the PCs running it. At a keynote ahead of its annual Build developer conference this week, the company unveiled a new lineup of Windows machines it's calling Copilot+ PCs, plus generative AI-powered features like Recall, which helps users find apps, files and other content they've viewed in the past. Copilot, Microsoft's brand of generative AI, will soon be far more deeply integrated into the Windows 11 experience.
Actor Scarlett Johansson has accused OpenAI of copying her voice for one of the voice assisstants in ChatGPT despite denying the company permission to do so.
While many climate investors focus their efforts on breakthrough, deep-tech solutions, Patrick Sheehan at ETF Partners has other ideas. “I’ve actually got nothing against carbon capture and storage, apart from the fact it’s probably going to be commercialized too late,” he told TechCrunch. Instead, Sheehan and his colleagues are diving into more software-centric companies that promise to still move the needle.
Craig Kuligowski, who was facing a sexual harassment complaint at Toledo, said he was fired due to his age and his race. He’s a 55-year-old white man.
Vincent Goodwill connects with Boston Globe's national NBA writer Gary Washburn to recap the wild weekend of playoff basketball and look ahead to the conference finals.
FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg said Monday that he is prepared to step down, a shake-up that could have implications for an aggressive campaign to impose tougher regulations on US banks.
