NFTs aren’t gone yet. Disney will launch an ‘all-new socially driven collectible experience’ called Disney Pinnacle later this year, turning characters from Pixar, Star Wars, and its classic animated films into tradable digital pins. While announcing Pinnacle, Disney and its partner Dapper Labs won’t even say the word “NFT.” Dapper Read more…
Studios will have to provide informed consent for the creation of any kind of digital replica of a performer or background actor, with a specific description of the intended use, the union officials said. Compensation for the replica will vary. Notably, the contract also protects background performers from any use Read more…
More than 50 years after the Beatles broke up, John, Paul, George and Ringo are back together, reunited for one final track that was released Thursday, officially closing the final chapter in the band’s musical output and legacy. The song, titled “Now and Then,” was played on BBC radio just Read more…
The creator economy is probably bigger than you think. The Washington Post reports it’s “now a global industry valued at $250 billion, with tens of millions of workers, hundreds of millions of customers and its own trade association and work-credentialing programs.” Millions have ditched traditional career paths to work as Read more…
In 2013, Spike Jonze’s Her imagined a world where humans form deep emotional connections with AI, challenging perceptions of love and loneliness. Ten years later, thanks to ChatGPT’s recently added voice features, people are playing out a small slice of Her in reality, having hours-long discussions with the AI assistant Read more…
U2’s inaugural performance at the opening of Las Vegas’s Sphere included a generative AI video collage projected hundreds of feet into the air — showing hundreds of surreal renderings of Elvis Presley. The video collage is the creation of the artist Marco Brambilla, the director of Demolition Man and Kanye Read more…
