The Scoop The Senate’s bipartisan college sports bill is getting more air support as it faces resistance from the Congressional Black Caucus. Saving College Sports, a group founded by wealthy businessman and Texas Tech University Board of Regents Chair Cody Campbell, is launching a seven-figure ad buy supporting the legislation, ...
Pushing the limits of infinityPushing the limits of infinity
by Heather Lenz. The 2018 documentary follows the late Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who died this month at the age of 97, from her conservative upbringing in Nagano, through her emergence as one of the mid-20th century’s leading artists, to her startling 1977 decision to live out the rest of ...
Blackstone President and COO Jon Gray on AI, private credit, and big betsBlackstone President and COO Jon Gray on AI, private credit, and big bets
Jon Gray, chief operating officer of the $1.3 trillion asset manager Blackstone, says one of the firm’s distinguishing habits is to “go big” when it finds a theme it believes in. But he also says successful convictions need to be challenged, particularly as Blackstone invests heavily around artificial intelligence. “You ...
The Gulf faces uneven rebound from war downturnThe Gulf faces uneven rebound from war downturn
As diplomats, schoolchildren, and business executives trickle back into the region, inbound flight data for August paints a picture of uneven recovery. Abu Dhabi is whole again: Arrivals into Zayed International were within 18 flights of last August, according to data provided to Semafor by Cirium. Dubai, which relies much ...
PIF pulls the plug on LIV GolfPIF pulls the plug on LIV Golf
LIV Golf is laying off the majority of its workforce while it tries to secure funding to keep the breakaway competition alive, after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund said it wouldn’t provide any more cash. Affected employees will leave in the first week of September as work continues to raise ...
How the deadly Nepal and Tibet flash flood unfolded – a visual guideHow the deadly Nepal and Tibet flash flood unfolded – a visual guide
US Geological Survey says massive glacial collapse caused catastrophic flash floods in the Himalayan border region of Nepal and Tibet Follow latest updates live Tell us: have you been affected by the flash floods? At 8.37am on Wednesday, an enormous section of a glacier in the Himalayas sheared free and ...
‘One with the dust’: how I survived Burning Man when everything went wrong‘One with the dust’: how I survived Burning Man when everything went wrong
I was thrilled to finally experience the Nevada festival. But I underestimated how hardcore it was – and the life lessons it would bring I was naked in our tent at Burning Man last year when all hell broke loose. The 100km/h (62mph) gust wrenched our tent stakes from the ...
‘He could arch both eyebrows and curl his lips in every direction all at once’: Tim Curry’s five best screen roles‘He could arch both eyebrows and curl his lips in every direction all at once’: Tim Curry’s five best screen roles
The actor fully embraced his physical talents and outsized personality with a line in theatrical baddies teetering deliciously on the edge of serious and silly • Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80• Tim Curry on sexuality, surviving a stroke – ...
The Tragedy and Ecstasy of AI Companions (with Bridget Todd)The Tragedy and Ecstasy of AI Companions (with Bridget Todd)
Tech companies want you to believe that the chatbots they profit from are the always ready, never judgmental, constantly affirming friend in our pockets. But are the people using them as companions under some kind of deep self-delusion? Or are they seeking something else? In this week’s interview episode, I ...
Cocomelon’s Studio Tells Its Artists to Start Experimenting With AICocomelon’s Studio Tells Its Artists to Start Experimenting With AI
Moonbug Entertainment, the children’s entertainment studio that makes the hugely popular shows Cocomelon, Little Baby Bum, Blippi, and Mia’s Magic Playground has asked its animators to start using artificial intelligence while making its shows, 404 Media has learned. Moonbug’s Generative AI policy and its “Studio AI Bible,” a guide to ...