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OpenAI’s Sora used to make deepfake AI videos of dead celebrities, outraging their families
Family members of dead celebrities including Robin Willians and George Carlin are calling foul over AI-generated videos of their loved…
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Brazil Bets on High-Production Value True Crime With Prime Video’s Buzzy ‘Tremembé’ About Infamous ‘Prison of Celebrities’
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – One of the most eagerly anticipated series of recent years in Brazil, Prime Video’s “Tremembé” had a buzzy world…
Fashion
Those hyperrealistic videos you're seeing could be fake news — because they're actually AI ads
In a short-form video post, an influencer gets worked up about a television news story from California. The images broadcast behind her…
Business
The Download: OpenAI’s caste bias problem, and how AI videos are made
Caste bias is rampant in OpenAI’s products, including ChatGPT, according to an MIT Technology Review investigation. Though CEO Sam Altman…
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Pokémon and Theo Von both featured in DHS videos without permission
The official U.S. Department of Homeland Security X account has been testing out a new social media strategy that no one asked for—as a…
Culture
Jesse Williams Gets His Olivia Pope on in Prime Video’s Adequate Action Drama ‘Hotel Costiera’: TV Review
Set on Italy’s picturesque Amalfi Coast, Prime Video‘s “Hotel Costiera,” created by Elena Bucaccio, Matthew Parkhill and Francesco…
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Theo Von Demands Dept. of Homeland Security Remove Clip That Features Him: ‘Keep Me Out of Your ‘Banger’ Deportation Videos’
Theo Von, comedian and host of popular podcast “This Past Weekend,” objected to a video posted by the Trump administration’s Department of…
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How do AI models generate videos?
But you don’t want any image—you want the image you specified, typically with a text prompt. And so the diffusion model is paired with a…
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Graphic videos of Charlie Kirk’s killing reach the feeds of unwitting social media users with auto-play
On the afternoon of September 10, shortly after right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated in front of a crowd at Utah…
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Chicago Man Solicited Sexual Torture Videos from 13-Year-Old British Girl Who Died of Asphyxiation During Video Chat with Him
A suburban Chicago man has been charged with soliciting pornographic videos from a 13-year-old British girl who was found by her mother in…
Business
Google is training its AI tools on YouTube videos. These creators aren't happy
Santa Ana-based entrepreneur Charlie Chang spent years posting finance videos on YouTube before he made a profit. Today, Chang’s media…
Culture
‘Together’ Director Michael Shanks on Putting His Own Relationship ‘Dirty Laundry’ in the Movie and Sending Dave Franco Videos of His Panic Attacks as Inspiration
To say that Neon’s horror movie “Together,” starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie, made a splash at this year’s Sundance Film Festival…
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Cuomo’s revamped campaign launch proves Mamdani-style videos don’t work without Mamdani
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Zohran Mamdani should feel extremely flattered. Andrew Cuomo, who lost to Mamdani in New…
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Racist AI-generated videos are all over TikTok, thanks in part to Google’s Veo 3 tool
Racist AI-generated videos are going viral on TikTok, according to a new report from Media Matters for America, a progressive watchdog.…
Culture
Elizabeth Banks Gives a Career-Best Performance in Prime Video's Must-Watch Summer Thriller
Summer is in full swing, which means steamy murder mysteries are also all the rage. Every streaming service is firing at full-speed with…
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Are TikTok’s viral 5-to-9 videos creating burnout?
When I open TikTok as a twentysomething-year-old working a nine-to-five, there’s a good chance I’ll find “5 to 9” videos showing…
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‘Your dad’s being used in these videos’: Scammers are turning to AI and TikTok to fake animal rescue videos
As you scroll through your FYP, a sweet elderly man or woman appears, asking for a moment of your attention to help save their struggling…
Fashion
Jonathan Anderson Teases Dior Debut With Kylian Mbappé Videos
ALL TIED UP: Jonathan Anderson has been teasing his debut menswear collection for Dior with images of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Lee…
Culture
Trans Community ‘Wants to Be Seen Correctly,’ Say Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti and Ayesha Sood on Prime Video’s ‘In Transit’: ‘Not Manipulating the Narrative’
Tiger Baby, the Indian production company behind acclaimed series “Made in Heaven,” is expanding their storytelling reach with “In…
Business
YouTube relaxes rules about what creators can and can’t say in videos
YouTube is reportedly giving creators more leeway about what they say in videos, easing up on some of the rules it has set in the past.…
Culture
Warped Ways of Seeing “P.O.V.”
You open your short-form online video platform of choice and see: A woman dancing in pointe shoes with London’s Tower Bridge in the…
Culture
‘Something Beautiful with Miley Cyrus’ Review: The Star Co-Directs an Album’s Worth of Her Music Videos, Celebrating Her Sexuality…and Herself
It’s the rare pop star who doesn’t use his or her sexuality in some way. But the current moment, typified by stars like Chappell Roan,…
Culture
Jesse Williams Set to Tease Prime Video’s Italian Original ‘Hotel Costiera’ at Taormina Film Festival
Prime Video will unveil first footage of its new Italian original series “Hotel Costiera” at the upcoming Taormina Film Festival with the…
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Duolingo deletes all its TikTok videos after AI backlash—and then returns with a strange message
In any language, silence sounds just about the same. It carries a thunderous kick, though, when it comes from Duolingo, the world’s most…