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How expensive is “Avatar: The Way of Water”? Early reports have claimed the production budget alone was in the $250 million range, but director James Cameron isn’t willing to give a hard number just yet. The only answer Cameron would give about the sequel’s budget when asked by GQ magazine Read more…
Netflix’s new anthology series “Kaleidoscope” will give viewers their own unique experience watching a team of skillful thieves attempt to pull off a robbery they’ve been planning for over 20 years. In a sneak peek clip, the cast and crew share the intricacies of the series and how it’s making Read more…
When it comes to getting into the groove on the dancefloor, it really is all about the bass, researchers have found. Scientists say when very low frequency (VLF) sound was introduced during a live electronic music event, gig-goers moved more even though they could not hear the frequencies. “This is Read more…
In late October, a Swedish software engineer named Linus Akesson unveiled a playable accordion — called “The Commodordion” — he crafted out of two vintage Commodore 64 computers connected with a bellows made of floppy disks taped together. A demo of the hack debuted in an 11-minute YouTube video where Read more…
Google’s text-to-image AI system, Imagen, is being added to the company’s AI Test Kitchen app as a way to collect early feedback on the technology. AI Test Kitchen was launched earlier this year as a way for Google to beta test various AI systems. Currently, the app offers a few Read more…
A new art exhibition in San Francisco showcases some of the unique ways that artists have begun to incorporate Dall-E 2, GPT-3 and other AI systems into their work — efforts that go well beyond just typing some text and seeing what pops out. The exhibit, “Artificial Imagination,” comes amid Read more…