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Former Tubi Production Chief Ashla Soter Joins Post House Digital Sword
Post-production house Digital Sword has hired Ashla Soter, former production chief at streamer Tubi, as Executive Producer and SVP of Production. She joins a month after leaving Tubi and will oversee production across the company’s entire slate, working with studios, brands and agencies alongside its global editorial, colour, VFX and finishing teams, while also continuing…
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Uproar as Australian Teachers Mutual Bank tells workers: We have installed tracking devices in your cars, they can’t be turned off and will follow you wherever you go, even on the weekend
Australian Teachers Mutual Bank has scrapped a new policy requiring staff to fit GPS tracking devices in their company cars, after unions found it breached New South Wales workplace surveillance laws. The bank introduced the devices in July for fleet administration and reporting purposes, but the Finance Sector Union raised concerns that the trackers could…
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Canada’s Precious Metal Productions & Black Fawn Distribution Strike Genre Slate Deal – TIFF
Precious Metal Productions and Black Fawn Distribution, two Canadian independent film companies, have agreed a three-picture genre film slate together. The deal, announced at TIFF, is a significant milestone for Precious Metal Productions, which was only launched in January 2026 by producer Christopher Giroux and actress-producer Ann Pirvu, and pairs it with an established distributor…
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Microsoft publishes AI code of conduct prioritising human oversight
Microsoft has published a 37-page “humanist AI code of conduct” setting out how it intends to build artificial intelligence, in response to mounting industry concern that AI capabilities are advancing faster than the ability to safely control them. The document insists “people matter more than AI”, states that models must remain “subordinate to humanity” under…
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Africa’s richest man aiming to make $23bn from continent’s biggest-ever IPO
Aliko Dangote, already Africa’s richest person, saw his fortune poised to swell by roughly two-thirds to almost $60bn following the stock market listing of his Nigerian oil refinery, in what was billed as the continent’s biggest-ever initial public offering. The flotation of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals on the Nigerian exchange, which Dangote pitched as…
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Former DeepMind researcher warns governments on dangers of self-improving AI
Alex Turner, a former Google DeepMind researcher, argues that warnings from AI lab CEOs about the dangers of rapid AI development are well-founded and calls for governments to intervene before companies allow AI systems to self-improve beyond human control. Drawing on his own research into AI “power-seeking” and his resignation from DeepMind over the company’s…
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China criticises idea it is in ‘malicious competition’ over AI
China has pushed back against what it calls “threat narratives” around artificial intelligence, warning against “confrontation and malicious competition” after Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei called for AI development to slow down without letting China overtake the US. The exchange highlights deepening strain between the world’s two leading AI powers, coming amid a week of…
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Viddo image to video Review For Theatre Posters
This article is a promotional guide to using Viddo’s “image to video” AI tool for creating animated theatre posters, aimed at programme desks and marketing teams at venues. It stresses that any motion added to a cleared poster image must preserve the exact cast and details already approved on the venue’s official night sheet, warning…
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What happens after a town de-Flocks
Local governments across the United States, from Florida to Washington state, are cancelling contracts with Flock Safety, the company behind AI-enabled licence plate readers, following mounting public pressure over privacy and surveillance concerns. However, ending a contract does not necessarily mean the cameras come down immediately or that previously collected data is deleted, leaving significant…
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The Route to Cappyness review – capybara boosterism is an ode to the internet’s favourite rodent
The Route to Cappyness is a homespun documentary by Midlands film-maker Sharon Walia that explores the global surge of enthusiasm for capybaras, the large, sociable rodents native to Latin America that have become social media favourites. The film follows Walia, accompanied by a basic camera, a drone and her five-year-old son, as she visits capybara-centric…