artificial intelligence

OpenAI backs first AI-generated animated feature film

OpenAI has officially backed "Critterz," an animated feature film that will be created primarily using artificial intelligence technology, marking the company's most significant venture into Hollywood entertainment. The project, initially conceived as a groundbreaking short film in 2023, is now…

Disney’s ‘Tron: Ares’ features first real lightcycles

Disney's "Tron: Ares" is set to revolutionize the franchise when it debuts in theaters on October 10, 2025, featuring the first real lightcycles ever built for a Tron film and a star-studded cast led by Jared Leto. The third installment…

AI to restore Orson Welles’ lost ‘Magnificent Ambersons’

Amazon-backed artificial intelligence company Showrunner announced a project to reconstruct the missing 43 minutes of Orson Welles' acclaimed 1942 film "The Magnificent Ambersons," marking a notable attempt to use AI technology to restore cinema's most legendary lost footage. The announcement,…

Visual designer becomes first AI music creator to sign record deal

Oliver McCann, a 37-year-old British visual designer with no traditional musical background, has become the first AI music creator to secure a record deal with a major label. McCann, who performs under the stage name imoliver, signed with independent record…

AI imposter dupes major news outlets with fake articles

Major publications including Wired WBD and Business Insider have removed articles after discovering they were duped by an entirely fictional AI-generated freelancer operating under the name "Margaux Blanchard." The sophisticated scam highlights the growing challenges artificial intelligence poses to journalism's…

Lost Woody Guthrie recordings restored with AI technology

Previously unheard home recordings by folk legend Woody Guthrie from 1951-52 have been restored using artificial intelligence audio technology and are being released as "Woody at Home: Volumes 1 & 2" on August 14. The collection's most significant track—Guthrie's only…

Vogue faces backlash over first AI-generated model in ad

Vogue Magazine faces mounting criticism after featuring its first AI-generated model in a paid advertisement for Guess clothing brand in its August 2025 issue. The two-page spread, created by London-based marketing agency Seraphinne Vallora, shows a blonde model in summer…

Johns Hopkins becomes latest academic press to license books for AI training

Johns Hopkins University Press has announced it will license its extensive book catalog to train artificial intelligence models, becoming the latest academic publisher to enter the contentious AI copyright debate amid financial pressures in higher education. Authors were given until…

AI restores lost Roman writings, transforming digital archaeology

Google DeepMind has unveiled an artificial intelligence model called Aeneas that can decode and restore ancient Latin inscriptions from the Roman Empire with remarkable precision, according to research published in Nature this week. Named after the mythical Trojan hero, the…

DeepMind’s Aeneas AI tool deciphers hidden patterns in ancient Roman texts

Google DeepMind researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system that can decipher, restore, and provide new historical insights about ancient Roman inscriptions, according to a study published today in Nature. The AI model, called Aeneas, analyzed one of Rome's most…

AI artwork celebrating famed Lionel Messi goal scores $1.87M at Christie’s auction

"Living Memory: Messi - A Goal in Life," a groundbreaking AI-powered digital artwork capturing Lionel Messi's favorite career goal, has sold for $1.87 million at Christie's online auction, with all proceeds benefiting educational initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean…

Microsoft to create digital twin of Notre-Dame Cathedral

Microsoft announced Monday it is partnering with the French government to create a digital replica of Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral, preserving every architectural detail of the 862-year-old Gothic landmark in what the company calls an "enormously valuable digital record". The project…

Judge allows authors to form class action in Anthropic book piracy lawsuit

U.S. District Judge William Alsup has certified a class action lawsuit that allows authors nationwide to collectively sue AI company Anthropic for allegedly downloading up to 7 million books from pirate websites to train its Claude AI assistant, potentially exposing…

AI will transcribe 20,000 hours of WWI and WWII stories

According to a landmark announcement from Imperial War Museums (IWM), Capgemini, and Google Cloud, a groundbreaking AI-powered project has successfully transcribed and translated more than 20,000 hours from IWM's oral history collection, making invaluable firsthand accounts of 20th-century conflicts accessible…

People are using AI chatbots as ‘trip sitters’ for psychedelics

When Peter, a master's student in Alberta, consumed eight grams of magic mushrooms in 2023 and felt panic setting in, he didn't call a friend or seek human help. Instead, he turned to ChatGPT, typing "I took too much." The…

3,000-year-old Hymn to Babylon rediscovered with help from AI

Researchers from Ludwig Maximilian University and the University of Baghdad have rediscovered a 3,000-year-old hymn to Babylon that had been lost for a millennium, offering rare insights into the ancient city's architecture, natural surroundings, and daily life during its cultural…