The notion of authenticity in the movies has moved a step beyond the merely realistic. More and more, expensive and time-consuming fixes to minor issues of screen realism have become the work of statistical data renderings—the visual or aural products of generative artificial intelligence. Deployed for effects that actors used to have to create themselves, with their own faces, bodies, and voices, filmmakers now deem these fixes necessary because they are more authentic than what actors can
OpenAI released a new base model on Thursday called GPT-4.5, which the company said is its best and smartest model for chat yet. It’s not a reasoning model like OpenAI’s o1 and o3 models, but it can be used to train other models to be reasoning models. Notably, GPT-4.5 was trained using 10 times the computing power (scores of GPUs in data centers) than its predecessor, GPT-4o.
The result is a model whose outputs feel more
Stripe on Thursday announced a tender offer for employees and shareholders that valued the company at $91.5 billion, nearly 41% higher than its valuation a year ago, potentially delaying the fintech firm’s ambitions of going public.
The deal signals the strong recovery of the global venture capital sector, as central banks have sta
Unwanted phone calls are out of control. Whether it’s a robocall trying to sell you something or spam calls from scammers trying to rip you off, it’s enough to make you want to
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California Democrat Rep. Sam Liccardo, a freshman congressman who represents Silicon Valley, said he’s surprised the first piece of legislation he’s sponsoring takes aim at President Donald Trump’s meme coin.
“That wasn’t my plan when I ran for office, I can assure you,” said Liccardo, the former mayor of San Jose.
But the
President Donald Trump vowed to fight government abuse and introduce more transparency, a stance that might align him with a little-known agency charged with watching over the U.S.’s powerful spying programs. Lately it’s investigated and critiqued the intelligence community’s secret terrorist watchlist, its fight against domestic extremism, and its warrantless searching of Americans’ emails. The agency, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, is also central to a hard-won agree
For some time, meme coins have occupied a peculiar space in online culture. While there are people who have struck it rich trading these joke-based cryptocurrencies, the landscape is riddled with scams, “rug pulls,” and market manipulation. Beneath the fun, there are systemic issues that demand attention.
Crypto coins are often cons. And now they’re a matter of life and death.
Yope is the latest photo-sharing app vying to take on Instagram and TikTok.
The pitch? A hybrid of a private Instagram and a group chat. While WhatsApp and Snapchat allow for group messaging and Instagram offers private accounts, Yope blends the best of both—creating a space where users can share photos exclusively with their chosen circles.
Launched in September 2024, Yope has grown exponentially over the past six months, now boasting