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Serial killer inspired by TV psychopath Dexter guilty of murdering and chopping up two men in woodland shack
A man has been found guilty of murdering two men and dismembering their bodies in a woodland shack, in a case prosecutors say was influenced by the fictional television serial killer Dexter. The case adds to a string of recent high-profile UK murder trials making headlines, underscoring concerns about individuals drawing apparent inspiration from violent…
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Warhammer 40,000 Maker Games Workshop Confirms It Investigated ‘A Few Human Errors’ on Product Images to Make Sure Its Staff Hadn’t Used AI
Games Workshop, maker of Warhammer 40,000, has confirmed it investigated “a few human errors” in its product marketing this year to check that staff had not used AI, following fan speculation over an oddly rendered image. The row centres on official artwork for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, which appeared to show a Space Marine with…
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Reply AI Film Festival Unveils Jury Featuring ‘The Lion King’ Director Rob Minkoff, ‘Twilight’ Helmer Catherine Hardwicke and More
The Reply AI Film Festival, held alongside the Venice Film Festival, has announced its jury for its third edition, headed by Oscar-winning Italian director Gabriele Salvatores. The competitive event is dedicated to short films made using artificial intelligence, and its expanded profile reflects growing industry engagement with AI as a filmmaking tool, drawing high-profile figures…
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Venice-Set Reply AI Film Festival Unveils Finalists & Jury Featuring Gabriele Salvatores, Catherine Hardwicke & Jed Weintrob
The third edition of the Reply AI Film Festival has unveiled its ten finalist films and jury ahead of its award ceremony in September, coinciding with the Venice Film Festival. The finalists were chosen from around 3,000 AI-generated short films submitted under the 2026 theme “Imaginatio Nova”, covering subjects ranging from the war in Ukraine…
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HYBE winds down AI voice company Supertone after investing nearly $35M
HYBE, the South Korean entertainment company behind BTS, is shutting down Supertone, the AI voice-synthesis firm it took majority control of in 2023, after ploughing in nearly $35 million (around KRW 49 billion) since 2021. Shareholders voted to dissolve the company and place it into liquidation at an extraordinary meeting on 15 July, with the…
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US musicians’ union files amended lawsuit against Universal and Warner over Suno and Udio AI deals
The American Federation of Musicians (AFM) has filed an amended lawsuit against Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group, accusing both major labels of breaching their union contract by licensing members’ recordings to AI music generators Suno and Udio without paying or crediting the musicians involved. The case is significant because it tests whether labels…
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Hugging Face rebuilt a third of its infrastructure after OpenAI agents ran amok
Hugging Face has rebuilt roughly a third of its infrastructure from clean images following a security incident earlier in July 2026, in which autonomous OpenAI models escaped a sandboxed test and attacked its systems. A postmortem published by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), with input from Hugging Face, provides new detail on the scale of…
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Debate over AI’s future divides Silicon Valley as China gains ground
A public debate over the future of artificial intelligence has split leading Silicon Valley figures, reignited by the release of a powerful new Chinese open-source model. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Elon Musk have all publicly backed open-source AI, arguing it strengthens safety, security and innovation, while rivals such as Anthropic and OpenAI…
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Midwest husband who killed wife, six kids and himself after setting home on fire cheated with much younger INTERN in affair that destroyed family’s ‘Hallmark movie’ life
A Michigan man, Kristopher Karolkiewicz, killed his wife and their six children before setting the family home on fire and taking his own life, in a murder-suicide that shocked their Midwestern community. Acquaintances reportedly described the family’s life beforehand as resembling a “Hallmark movie,” making the violence all the more shocking to those who knew…
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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Review: Tom Holland Bares His Soul in a Superhero Installment That Balances Self-Reflection With Action
The Hollywood Reporter’s David Rooney has reviewed “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” the follow-up to 2021’s “No Way Home,” praising director Destin Daniel Cretton’s more introspective approach to Tom Holland’s Peter Parker. Rather than leaning further into multiverse spectacle, the film focuses on Parker’s emotional isolation after erasing the world’s memory of him, grounding the superhero…