Buying Warner Bros. Gives Netflix What It's Always Needed: An Identity The $83 billion deal gives the streamer a century's worth of prestige television and movies, from Batman movies to . It also ends the streaming wars. In a deal to acquire Warner Bros. announced Friday, Netflix will be scooping up HBO's many titles, including Courtesy of HBO Close your eyes, think for a minute, and tell me: What is a Netflix Movie? OK, try again: What is a Netflix Show? Sure, it's easy to rattle off some killer titles--, --but Netflix has never really had a brand identity.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman scrambles to boost ChatGPT's quality and first lady Melania Trump rolls out an AI-powered Spanish translation of her memoir.

An investigation found that real video of medical professionals is being manipulated using AI. An investigation found that real video of medical professionals is being manipulated using AI. TikTok and other social media platforms are hosting AI-generated deepfake videos of doctors whose words have been manipulated to help sell supplements and spread health misinformation. The factchecking organisation Full Fact has uncovered hundreds of such videos featuring impersonated versions of doctors and influencers directing viewers to Wellness Nest, a US-based supplements firm. All the deepfakes involve real footage of a health expert taken from the internet.

The FBI warns holiday shoppers about cybercriminals targeting Gmail and Outlook inboxes with scams that cost Americans over $785 million annually.

A facial recognition system deployed by the Metropolitan police at Oxford Circus on 13 May in London. A facial recognition system deployed by the Metropolitan police at Oxford Circus on 13 May in London. 'Urgent clarity' sought over racial bias in UK police facial recognition technology The UK's data protection watchdog has asked the Home Office for "urgent clarity" over racial bias in police facial recognition technology before considering its next steps. The Home Office has admitted that the technology was "more likely to incorrectly include some demographic groups in its search results", after testing by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) of its application within the police national database. The report revealed that the technology, which is intended to be used to catch serious offenders, is more likely to incorrectly match black and Asian people than their white counterparts.

New York Times newspaper office building is seen in Manhattan on 26 October 2022. New York Times newspaper office building is seen in Manhattan on 26 October 2022. The New York Times sued an embattled artificial intelligence startup on Friday, accusing the firm of illegally copying millions of articles. The newspaper alleged Perplexity AI had distributed and displayed journalists' work without permission en masse. The Times said that Perplexity AI was also violating its trademarks under the Lanham Act, claiming the startup's generative AI products create fabricated content, or "hallucinations", and falsely attribute them to the newspaper by displaying them alongside its registered trademarks.

The interstellar object is still soaring through our solar system. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. It's understandable why every space agency and astronomy enthusiast around the world is trying to catch a glimpse of 3I/ATLAS . Not only is it the third-known interstellar object to pass through our solar system,it's also the fastest comet ever recorded . But even as it races at 130,00 miles per hour towards its closest distance from Earth, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope recently caught another stunning glimpse of the icy rock.

An Garda Síochána (Irish police force) has launched an investigation after drones were detected in Irish skies on the night the Ukrainian president arrived in Ireland. Volodymyr Zelensky flew into Dublin late on Monday night for a one-day official visit with his wife, First Lady Olena Zelenska. Senior Irish government figures, including Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Micheál Martin, have been briefed on the issue. Martin confirmed it would be discussed at a National Security Council meeting later this month. In a statement, gardaí said its Special Detective Unit (SDU) is investigating the matter and will be liaising with the Defence Forces and international security partners.

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'I don't want to be part of this war machine': Young Germans protest against military service plans Young people have taken to the streets of Berlin to protest against the German parliament's decision to introduce voluntary military service to boost national defences after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The change means that all 18-year-olds in Germany will be sent a questionnaire from January 2026 asking if they are interested and willing to join the armed forces. While the plan is for voluntary service, if the security situation worsens or if too few volunteers came forward, a form of compulsory military service could be considered. I don't want to be part of this war machine, one of the protesters said. Another person said, we as a youth do not want to die in wars because of Germany.