Can computers be godlike? ChatGPT weighs in
If divinity exists, for example, is machine intelligence capable of perceiving it? Is it equipped to handle moral questions?
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Hollywood Video Promotional Disc Preservation Project
I Found My Hollywood Video Promotional DVDs and Here’s What They Had on Them When I worked at Hollywood Video and later Blockbuster one of the things I HATED doing was destroying DVDs. Every once in a while we’d get a list with movies and the number of copies to destroy. That meant ripping the…
Devious New AI Tool “Clones” Software So That the Original Creator Doesn’t Hold a Copyright Over the New Version
The advent of generative AI continues to undermine the very concept of copyright, from entire books shamelessly ripping off authors to tasteless AI slop depicting beloved characters going viral on social media. The sin is foundational: all today’s popular AI tools were built by pillaging copyrighted material without permission. Even software isn’t safe. As 404…
It’s finally sunny in Wrexham: Hollywood stars revive a Welsh soccer town
In 2021, Hollywood A-Listers Ryan Reynolds (the Marvel superhero character “Deadpool”) and Rob “Mac” McElhenney (the long-running comedy series “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) went all-in on a very different kind of franchise, when they bought a failing football club in the northern Welsh city of Wrexham. Surprise and skepticism gave way to success, as…
US Air Force AI tool cuts flight test planning from days to minutes
Sign up for our newsletter and get our latest content in your inbox. Subscribe In modern air warfare, advantage is no longer defined only by the aircraft that fly, but by how quickly they can be tested, validated and fielded. The US Air Force is now targeting that gap, using artificial intelligence to compress one…
Acclaimed downtown Las Vegas barbecue spot opens at Planet Hollywood – CDC Gaming
Sunday, April 26, 2026 8:55 AM Johnathan L. Wright, Las Vegas Review-Journal Email, LinkedIn, and more A lauded barbecue restaurant, a stalwart of downtown Las Vegas dining grit and cool, is bringing the smoke to the Strip. SoulBelly BBQ, opened by chef-owner and “Chopped” champion Bruce Kalman in 2021, launched Friday in the Miracle Mile…
Devious New AI Tool “Clones” Software So That the Original Creator Doesn’t Hold a Copyright Over the New Version
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech The advent of generative AI continues to undermine the very concept of copyright, from entire books shamelessly ripping off authors to tasteless AI slop depicting beloved characters going viral on social media. The sin is foundational: all today’s…
An AWS-backed Hollywood startup deploys AI for speed and cost-cutting
At a time when Hollywood is torn between fear of artificial intelligence stealing jobs and the pressure to cut costs, a new kind of hybrid production studio is launching with the latest AI tools. Innovative Dreams is a new production services company, backed by Amazon Web Services and Luma, a generative AI startup, that combines…
Madonna Playfully Spanks Nightclub Owner in Front of Addison Rae
Madonna made an epic surprise appearance Saturday night at West Hollywood LGBTQ bar and nightclub The Abbey. The invite-only event was billed as “Club Confessions Los Angeles” with DJs Stuart Price (producer of both of Madonna’s “Confessions” albums), Romy and Mez Monty. The festivities also served as a birthday party for The Abbey’s owner Tristan…
UB and Roswell Park develop AI tool to assess lung cancer surgery complication risk
Researchers at the University at Buffalo and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed an artificial intelligence tool designed to help surgeons better predict which lung cancer patients are at