China-backed AI tool behind fake Brad Pitt fight making Hollywood inroads

China-backed AI tool behind fake Brad Pitt fight making Hollywood inroads

Earlier this year, a widely circulated 15-second AI-generated video of Brad Pitt fighting Tom Cruise on a rooftop sparked outrage across Hollywood. One screenwriter called the cinematic clip “terrifying.” The Motion Picture Assn. demanded the company behind the artificial intelligence tool — Chinese tech giant ByteDance — halt its “infringing activity.” Despite the uproar, the…

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Inside Margot Robbie and Husband Tom Ackerley’s Epic Love Story

“It’s a common theme, isn’t it?” Robbie noted. “I hate—hate—being alone.” Close quarters don’t bother her, either. After Barbie wrapped in 2022, she and Ackerley took the British Pullman from London and then overnighted on the Orient Express from Paris to Venice. Then, on a trip to Japan, they rode the seven-car Seven Stars across the island of…

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As Trump reports $2.2 billion in 2025 income, ethics experts raise alarms

As Trump reports .2 billion in 2025 income, ethics experts raise alarms

Ethics experts sounded the alarm Wednesday after new financial disclosure reports revealed that President Trump’s income ballooned to $2.2 billion in 2025, with $1.4 billion coming from various new cryptocurrency-related businesses. “It’s bribery. It’s graft. It’s exploitation of public power for private financial gain,” said Kathleen Clark, a law professor at Washington University and an…

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