What CAA’s Big Bet On Creators Means For Talent Contracts

The CAA launched a new creator-led initiative to scale business opportunities for influencers. Now, the creator economy is transforming into an ownership economy.

xAI dismisses its Apple claims, with no terms disclosed and the OpenAI case still live
xAI dismisses its Apple claims, with no terms disclosed and the OpenAI case still live

xAI and X Corp asked a Texas judge to dismiss their antitrust claims against Apple over the integration of ChatGPT into the iPhone, while keeping their monopolisation claims against OpenAI. The Digital Markets Act lists virtual assistants as a core pla…

Microsoft’s new AI rulebook rejects the research its $5bn partner is doing
Microsoft’s new AI rulebook rejects the research its $5bn partner is doing

Microsoft published an AI code of conduct for its own models on Monday. One passage rejects the idea that a model could deserve welfare or hold rights. Anthropic runs a research programme on that exact question. The two companies are business partners,…

Oracle told staff on Monday that Monday was their last working day
Oracle told staff on Monday that Monday was their last working day

Oracle began another fresh round of layoffs on Monday. Three affected employees and a copy of the notification email described the round to Business Insider, which reported that staff were told their role had been eliminated “as part of a broader organ…

Hugging Face volunteers to audit the AI labs, and Nvidia is buying it
Hugging Face volunteers to audit the AI labs, and Nvidia is buying it

Hugging Face has asked to become one of the outside auditors of the AI labs. Clement Delangue announced the Open Alignment Initiative on X on Saturday. He posted it four hours after Dario Amodei said Anthropic would let third-party evaluators inside. A…

‘Slow Horses’ Season 6 Sets A Rotten Tomatoes Score Record

‘Slow Horses’ season 6 is out this week, and with its arrival comes an impressive Rotten Tomatoes score record not just for Apple, but all of TV.

Disappointing News About The ‘House Of The Dragon’ Season 4 Release Date

When is the ‘House of the Dragon’ season 4 release date? Well, a new update has some not great news on that front.

UVeye Partners With Dealer Group For First Statewide Inspection Network

Vehicle drive-through inspection station company UVeye partners with Michigan’s biggest dealership group to form statewide network.

Critics Score Zack Snyder’s New Movie Worse Than ‘Rebel Moon’

‘Rebel Moon’ was a low point in director Zack Snyder’s career. Well, until now that is, judging by the recent screening of ‘The Last Photograph.’

Automattic says Mullenweg is CEO again, three days after removing him
Automattic says Mullenweg is CEO again, three days after removing him

Automattic has confirmed that Matt Mullenweg is its chairman and chief executive. The confirmation came three days after its own board put him on paid leave and installed someone else in the job. A company spokesperson gave the confirmation to Sarah Pe…