President Joe Biden on Thursday evening strongly disputed new claims by Department of Justice special counsel Robert Hur that he “willfully retained and disclosed classified materials” as a private citizen, and that he had exhibited poor memory during an interview about that material. “My memory has not gotten worse,” Biden told reporters in a nationally … Read more
President Joe Biden “willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency,” according to a final report released Thursday by a Department of Justice special counsel. But special counsel Robert Hur said he was declining to prosecute Biden over his handling of that material, which by law should have been given back to the … Read more
Emma Stone is stepping out for a special screening of Poor Things! The screening was held on Thursday (February 1) at Odeon West End in London. Emma and director Yorgos Lanthimos were present, as they posed for some photos together and participated in a Q&A session. If you didn’t know, Poor Things is the second-most … Read more
We’re not even a full month into 2024, and we’ve already gotten so much new music! We’ve been diving into new bops and bangers, but we’ve also been celebrating special anniversaries for some of our favorite hits from yesteryear. For example, Ariana Grande‘s “7 rings” turns 5, Taylor Swift‘s “Shake It Off” debuted 10 years … Read more
A court-appointed monitor in Trump’s fraud case said his company filed disclosures with “errors.” Tucked in a footnote is also an indication he may have committed tax fraud, per The Daily Beast. The letter indicates Trump may have lied about the existence of a $48 million loan. Tucked into a footnote in a letter written … Read more
George Carlin’s estate is getting the law involved over the AI special, “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead” … suing the creators for the “bastardization of Carlin’s real work and legacy.” The copyright infringement lawsuit, filed Thursday in a California federal court, is accusing media company Dudesy of condensing 5 decades worth of the influential … Read more
The estate of late comedian George Carlin is suing the creators of a comedy “special” that used AI to recreate his persona. Posted on YouTube in early January, the AI-generated George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead was scripted and presented by comedy AI Dudesy, steered by humans Will Sasso and Chad Kultgen. The hour-long video … Read more
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George Carlin’s estate has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Dudesy, the media company that used generative artificial intelligence to produce a fake hour-long comedy special that imitates the deceased star’s voice and comedic style. The complaint filed in Los Angeles federal court on Thursday alleges that Carlin’s copyrighted materials and likeness were used without … Read more
Someday we’ll move past the point where you can spend half an hour pumping out an AI video and generate headlines. Sadly, we’re not there yet. The latest piece of refuse from the AI hype machine comes in the form of an unauthorized, “AI-generated” George Carlin comedy special—one that practically no one, not even people … Read more
Think of a kamikaze pilot and the image that comes to mind is probably a screaming face obscured by goggles embarking on a death plunge. Or perhaps no face at all and just a fighter plane plowing into a warship. It’s probably not a teenager weeping in a dank, half-underground bunker with his bedsheets pulled … Read more