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Nolan’s Odyssey smashes box office records amid ticket-scalping surge
Christopher Nolan’s big-screen adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey opened to spectacular business, ultimately taking a reported $264 million (about £208 million) worldwide and defying expectations that an R-rated historical epic would struggle to draw mass audiences. The film, starring Matt Damon, followed Nolan’s Oscar-sweeping Oppenheimer and cemented his reputation as a director able to pull blockbuster-sized…
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Sony Escalates Legal Fight Against Udio Over 30,000 Copyrighted Songs as Label Rift Widens
Sony Music Entertainment has filed a new copyright lawsuit against AI music generator Udio, alleging infringement on more than 30,000 songs including works by Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Johnny Cash, and Harry Styles in a N
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Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned
Chris Fall, director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), has resigned after just three months in the role, making him the second person to leave the position in quick succession. His predecessor, Collin Burns, lasted less than a week in April before reportedly being pushed out over past ties to Anthropic, and…
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Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator over
Sony Music Entertainment has filed a new lawsuit against AI music generator Udio, accusing it of infringing copyright on more than 30,000 songs, including tracks by Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Johnny Cash and Harry Styles. The filing, lodged in a New York court, follows Sony’s original 2024 lawsuit against Udio and rival AI firm Suno, brought…
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What the AI Odyssey Film Is Really About
An AI filmmaker, Ash Koosha, has revealed he is producing his own 135-minute adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, titled “Odysseus: The Fall,” timed closely to the release of Christopher Nolan’s $250 million big-budget version of the same story. Made for a few thousand dollars with no actors, using generative AI tools, the project has sparked controversy…
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Google is working on a new AI chip designed to make Gemini more efficient
Alphabet is reportedly developing a new in-house server chip, internally named “Frozen v2,” intended to make its Gemini AI models run more efficiently. The chip, expected to launch in 2028, forms part of a wider industry push by AI firms to design their own hardware, both to boost efficiency and to reduce reliance on Nvidia,…
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AI’s most important protocol is getting a little bit easier to use
The Model Context Protocol (MCP), a widely used standard that lets AI models securely connect to external data sources and tools, is set to receive a significant technical update. The change, due next week, alters how the protocol manages session IDs, the tokens servers use to track ongoing conversations, making it easier for MCP servers…
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Music Industry Escalates Fight Against AI Training as Sony Sues Udio Over Thousands of Unauthorised Recordings
The music industry faces mounting pressure as artists and producers increasingly voice concerns about generative AI tools trained on their work without authorisation. Industry professionals argue that these AI models und
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Have Artists Reached Their Breaking Point With AI?
Musicians and producers are increasingly speaking out against the unchecked spread of AI tools in the music industry, arguing that generative models are being trained on artists’ work without consent and threaten to undermine genuine craftsmanship. Producer-songwriter Mike Sabath, who has worked with Raye, Jade, Niall Horan and Sabrina Carpenter among others, told Rolling Stone…
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Everything We Know About ‘Percy Jackson And The Olympians’ Season 3 So Far
Disney’s television adaptation of Rick Riordan’s “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” has been renewed for a third season, which will adapt the third book in the series, “The Titan’s Curse.” The renewal came early, in March 2025, and production on the new season has already wrapped, with Riordan confirming it will air later this year.…