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Walt Disney Co. is investing $1 billion in OpenAI under a new commercial partnership with the ChatGPT and Sora developer. The three-year licensing agreement will allow users of Sora, OpenAI’s artificial intelligence video tool, to create AI videos using more than 200 characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars, the entertainment giantΒ announced Thursday.Β Disney…
JULIS, Israel Β βΒ Nestled in a quiet corner of a quaint village in Israelβs north, the building appears, at the outset, to house an elegant meeting salon with giant chandeliers, ornate but uncomfortable chairs and trays of sweets. But past an improvised divider made of plywood and a stern attendant who places stickers over smartphone cameras,…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Clipper Kris Dunn grabs Laker Maxi Kleber βs jersey in front of a ref Saturday at the Intuit Dome. (Ronald Martinez / Getty Images) The Lakers have been assessed five technical fouls in the last two games because of conduct with officials as frustration over inconsistent calls is starting to boil over. After…
Elon Musk has just gotten even closer to being the first-ever trillionaire after a court reinstated his Tesla stock options worth billions. According to Forbes’s billionaires index, the Tesla chief executive’s net worth climbed to $749bn (Β£559bn) on Friday, making Musk the first person to surpass the $700bn milestone. He is already the world’s richest…
Just a little over a year after an all-time performance as βSaturday Night Liveβ host (one of the best of that season, truth be told), Ariana Grande returned again to show off some of her talents: mimicry and comic timing, dance moves, and, of course, a spectacular singing voice. But she also showed a lot…
The chair of the Labour Party has insisted that Sir Keir Starmer will “absolutely” still be prime minister next Christmas, despite the party’s dire position in the polls. Speaking to Sky’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips, Anna Turley acknowledged that “things are still hard” for Britons, but struck an optimistic tone about the year ahead….
Time magazine is spotlighting key players in the artificial intelligence revolutionΒ for its 2025 Person of the Year, the magazine announced Thursday. “The architects of AI” are the latest recipients of the designation, which for more than a century has been given out on an annual basis to an influential person, group of people or, occasionally,…
For the record: 2:49 p.m. Dec. 20, 2025An earlier version of this story included a photo caption that identified journalist Sander Vanocur as Lou Cannon. Journalist and author Lou Cannon, who was widely considered the nationβs leading authority on the life and career of President Reagan, died Friday in a Santa Barbara hospice. He was…
CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Saturday’s games.
The Christmas period is upon us, and goods are flying off the shelves, but for some reason, the tills are not ringing as loudly as they should be. Across the country, the five-finger discount is being used with such frequency that retailers are taking action into their own hands. With concerns about the police response…
