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Julie Andrews Won’t Be Returning For ‘The Princess Diaries 3’: “I Think The Story Has To Continue In Princess Mia”
Julie Andrews has confirmed she will not reprise her role as Queen Clarisse Renaldi in the upcoming third instalment of The Princess Diaries, telling interviewers the story now belongs to Anne Hathaway’s character, Princess Mia. Speaking to Today.com, Andrews said it was “too late” for her to take part and that the narrative “has to…
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Give Palantir up to $244m through 2028, says internal Defense Department memo
Draft memo taps AI data analysis biz for help with military production efficiency
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Lionsgate Stock Slips After Report of Activist Investor Pushing Sale
Shares in Lionsgate fluctuated sharply on Tuesday after reports emerged that activist investor Anson Funds had privately urged the studio’s board to either pivot decisively towards artificial intelligence or consider putting itself up for sale. Semafor first reported the letter, written by Anson’s Sagar Gupta, which warned that Lionsgate risks becoming an “AI casualty” rather…
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Babylon Bee sues New Mexico officials over law requiring AI disclaimers on political satire
The Babylon Bee, a satirical news website, has filed a lawsuit against New Mexico officials over a new state law, HB 182, which requires disclaimers on political content generated with artificial intelligence, arguing that it unconstitutionally restricts satire and parody. The site is represented by the conservative legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, which contends the…
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Saber Interactive “replaced me with ChatGPT midway through development” but AI use is not disclosed on Steam, claims former lead writer
A former lead writer at Saber Interactive has claimed they were replaced by ChatGPT partway through a game’s development, alleging that the studio’s use of artificial intelligence has not been disclosed on the game’s Steam store page. The claim raises fresh questions about transparency in the games industry, where Steam requires publishers to declare the…
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux
OpenAI has released a dedicated ChatGPT desktop app for Linux, filling a gap that open-source developers had long been requesting. The preview app brings ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work and Codex to the platform for the first time, meaning OpenAI’s tools are now available across every major desktop operating system. The app launched worldwide on Tuesday and…
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Together AI embraces the competition with $240M IBM Cloud deal
Deal to fund ‘large’ deployment of Nvidia’s last-gen HGX B300 systems launching in Q1 2027
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Gemini app reaches one billion monthly users
Google has confirmed that its Gemini app has surpassed one billion monthly active users, becoming the 14th Google product to reach that milestone and matching OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which crossed the same threshold in June 2026. Chief executive Sundar Pichai announced the figure via X, calling Gemini one of Google’s fastest-growing products, underlining how the contest…
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Authors face backlash for participation in 2022 Google AI study
Thirteen professional authors, including science-fiction writers Ken Liu and Robin Sloan, are facing online backlash after their participation in a 2022 Google research study resurfaced on social media. The Wordcraft Writers Workshop, run by Google’s DeepMind division, asked the writers to trial an AI-assisted editing tool built on the LaMDA language model, the predecessor to…