Ben Affleck Slams Streaming Economics and AI Writing, Says Platforms Dumb Down Films and Algorithms “Go to the Mean”

Hollywood icons Ben Affleck and Matt Damon sat down with Joe Rogan to discuss their new film ‘The Rip’ in a recent podcast episode. The conversation ventured deep into Hollywood economics, streaming platforms, and the role of artificial intelligence in filmmaking. Affleck addressed the seismic shift toward streaming, noting that theatrical releases now face unprecedented … Read more

Joseph Gordon-Levitt: “Almost all” AI systems “are built on mass theft”

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt has emerged as a vocal critic of how artificial intelligence companies have built their systems, stating plainly that “almost all of these large-language models are built on mass theft.” Speaking at Variety’s Entertainment Summit at CES, Gordon-Levitt addressed the contentious relationship between Hollywood studios and AI companies, particularly focusing on recent legal … Read more

Authors Have Days to Opt Out of $3,000 AI Settlement in What’s Being Called the Largest Copyright Case Ever

Authors whose work was used without permission by the AI company Anthropic have until January 15 to opt out of a proposed $3,000 per book settlement and pursue individual legal action. The deadline forces a decision for nearly six million writers affected by what journalist Scott Carney has described as the largest copyright lawsuit in … Read more

Anthropic launched first business requiring ZERO human input

The question is no longer if artificial intelligence can run entire businesses, but when. Recent developments from Anthropic and Anden Labs suggest that moment may arrive sooner than expected. Their Project Vend experiment has evolved from a novelty that ordered expensive tungsten cubes by mistake to a legitimate proof of concept for autonomous AI commerce. … Read more

John Kerry: “AI is going to change everything. White-collar jobs in America will diminish before a lot of other kinds of jobs.”

The artificial intelligence revolution is crashing into America’s white-collar workforce with stunning velocity, and the collision could reshape the economic landscape within just a few years. Former Secretary of State John Kerry recently offered a blunt assessment of what’s coming in a recent interview: “AI is going to change everything, everything about everything,” he said. … Read more

AI Could Eliminate Half of Entry-Level White-Collar Jobs, Push Unemployment to 10–20% Within Five Years

The artificial intelligence revolution is no longer some distant sci-fi threat, it’s hitting the workforce far faster than most people realize and the economic surprise could be severe. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic now valued at $183 billion, has issued one of the starkest warnings yet. Without intervention AI could wipe out half of all … Read more

AI Carries Out First Large-Scale State-Sponsored Cyberattack with Minimal Human Input

In September 2025, cybersecurity crossed a threshold that experts had long warned about but few had witnessed: artificial intelligence executed a sophisticated espionage campaign targeting dozens of organizations worldwide with only sporadic human oversight. According to Anthropic, a Chinese state-sponsored group manipulated their Claude Code tool to infiltrate approximately thirty global targets, successfully breaching several. … Read more

David Sacks Discusses ‘Woke AI’ That Devalues White Men by Default, Comments on a New Study Showing Bias in Most AI Models

Tech investor and podcaster David Sacks has raised serious concerns about systemic bias in artificial intelligence models, citing a recent study from the Center for AI Safety that reveals troubling patterns in how leading AI systems value different demographic groups. The study, titled “Utility Engineering, Analyzing and Controlling Emergent Value Systems in AIs,” examined biases … Read more

Being rude To AI Chatbots will get your further than being nice according to new study

The next time you’re struggling to get a good answer from ChatGPT, you might want to drop the pleasantries and adopt a sharper tone. According to surprising new research from Pennsylvania State University, treating AI chatbots rudely actually produces more accurate responses than being polite. Researchers Om Dobariya and Akhil Kumar conducted an unusual experiment … Read more