Hollywood is grappling with the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, with ByteDance facing backlash over its AI video tool, Seedance 2.0, while the industry mourns the loss of a screen legend, Robert Duvall. Meanwhile, cybersecurity threats and the evolution of communication technologies continue to shape the tech landscape.
ByteDance, the Chinese company behind the AI video tool Seedance 2.0, is rushing to implement safeguards after receiving cease-and-desist letters from Disney and Paramount Skydance. The studios alleged widespread copyright infringement, citing users sharing AI-generated videos featuring characters like Spider-Man, Darth Vader, and SpongeBob SquarePants. According to a letter from Disney, the infringement was "widescale and immediate."
In other news, the film industry mourns the loss of Robert Duvall, a distinguished actor with a career spanning seven decades. Duvall, known for his "brooding intensity and grizzled authority," received seven Academy Award nominations, winning Best Actor in 1983 for his role in "Tender Mercies." His iconic roles included the mafia consigliere in "The Godfather" and the bombastic army officer in "Apocalypse Now," according to BBC World.
The tech world is also navigating new challenges. Cybersecurity researcher Allison Nixon, chief research officer at Unit 221B, became the target of death threats in April 2024 from anonymous individuals using the online handles Waifu and Judische. Nixon's work tracking cybercriminals made her a target, according to MIT Technology Review.
The evolution of communication technologies is also underway. The pandemic accelerated innovation in audio and video collaboration, with companies like Shure and Zoom leveraging artificial intelligence and new acoustic technologies. "Audio and video just working is a baseline for collaboration," said Brendan Ittelson, chief ecosystem officer at Zoom, according to MIT Technology Review.
Finally, the potential of AI continues to inspire innovation. One developer built a custom task switcher, FastTab, to improve performance on the Plasma desktop environment, using AI to overcome performance limitations. "I would have never built this without AI," the developer stated, according to Hacker News.
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