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Walt Disney Co has laid off Marvel Entertainment Chairman Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter as part of a cost-cutting campaign, a source confirmed Wednesday. Perlmutter had supported activist shareholder Nelson Peltz's unsuccessful bid to obtain a seat on Disney's corporate board. The executive was informed Wednesday that Marvel Entertainment, a consumer products…

This week and next, I'll be serializing my Large Libel Models? Liability for AI Output draft. For some earlier posts on this (including § 230, disclaimers, publication, and more), see here; in particular, the two key posts are Why ChatGPT Output Could Be Libelous and An AI Company's Noting That…

The pair have previously clashed over the COVID pandemic, space travel and climate change.

Apple's AR/VR headset has been a long time comin', and according to rumors, it's set to be announced soon, but chances are high that it will be a big flop

Apple's big idea for its VR headset is reportedly 3D FaceTime, but a simple pitch could be the thing that makes its hardware stand out from the competition.

Some commenters on my Large Libel Model posts have argued that the reason I got false output from my prompts is that I had "primed" the model to suggest that I was looking for something negative. It's true that my prompts asked what various people were accused or convicted of,…

The Apple VR/AR headset has been demonstrated to the company's most senior members in a big showcase, but anonymous insiders claim not all's well with the new product.

Executives at Twitter leading the hunt for the perpetrator fear the leak could bring down the entire platform.

The scientific community is all at sea over a study claiming a rare goblin shark washed ashore on a beach in Greece. Shark experts and internet sleuths have come together to investigate the discovery, suggesting that the specimen might, in fact, be a child's toy.