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DeepMind, Google’s AI research lab, announced the release of Genie 3, a new AI system capable of generating interactive virtual environments in real-time—and bringing us one step closer to the Holodeck. Google says in a DeepMind update that with a simple text prompt, Genie 3 can create dynamic, navigable scenes that run at 24 frames-per-second in 720p resolution. Granted, Genie 3 can be …

Skydance Takes Over Paramount, and a New Era Begins  The New York Times A Message From Our Chairman and CEO  paramount.com Paramount Skydance Merger Finally Closes  Deadline Skydance Closes $8 Billion Paramount Acquisition: ‘Today Marks Day One of a New Paramount,’ David Ellison Says  Variety David Ellison’s High Wire Act  The Hollywood Reporter Source link

CHICAGO — Less than 24 hours after the only starting pitcher he acquired at the trade deadline exited with an injury, Cubs team president Jed Hoyer stood by the acquisition of Michael Soroka. “We make bets on human beings,” Hoyer told reporters Tuesday afternoon at Wrigley Field. “Sometimes they work out. I haven’t gotten the full report yet, but obviously …

Instagram is rolling out Instagram Map, a new feature that lets users share their most recent active location with others and discover location-based content. The Meta-owned social network is also launching reposts, and making its “Friends” tab in Reels available globally. With its new map feature, Instagram is copying yet another popular feature from Snapchat, after cloning the app’s core …

South Park is not done taking shots at the Donald Trump administration, and its latest target is Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The official social media accounts for the animated series shared photos of this week’s episode titled “Got a Nut,” in which an animated version of Noem appears fully stylized and fully glammed, posing with a gun in front …

Former X CEO Yaccarino takes helm at GLP-1 focused telehealth firm eMed  Reuters Linda Yaccarino, who just left Elon Musk’s X, has a new job  CNN Linda Yaccarino Lands at Health Company eMed Weeks After Leaving Musk’s X  The Wall Street Journal eMed® Population Health Announces Appointment of Former X (Twitter) CEO Linda Yaccarino as new Chief Executive Officer  PR Newswire Linda Yaccarino appointed …

During his first college football season as a member of the media, Nick Saban absolutely nailed last year’s SEC Championship picks when he predicted Georgia and Texas would ultimately battle it out for league supremacy, a battle the Bulldogs won 22-19 in overtime last December. Now, ahead of what will be Saban’s second season as part of the ESPN College …

Exclusive: Anthropic’s Claude AI model takes on (and beats) human hackers  Axios Security Flaw in Claude Lets Attackers Abuse AI to Run Unauthorized Commands  Cyber Press Claude Vulnerabilities Let Attackers Execute Unauthorized Commands With its Own Help  CyberSecurityNews Claude AI Flaws Let Attackers Execute Unauthorized Commands Using the Model Itself  gbhackers.com Source link

A Maryland woman with a long history of severe mental illness has been rearrested and charged with killing two of her children, who disappeared in 2014 as toddlers and have never been found. The new indictment marks the latest twist in a case that began with the children’s disappearance and subsequent revelations about their mother’s mental state, which resulted in …

Texas holds the top spot in the USA Today preseason coaches football poll released on Monday. The Longhorns received 28 of the 67 first-place votes. Defending national champion Ohio State is No. 2 after receiving 20 first-place votes and the Buckeyes are followed by No. 3 Penn State, No. 4 Georgia and No. 5 Notre Dame. Texas leads nine Southeastern …