Disney and Universal are suing artificial intelligence (AI) firm Midjourney over its image generator, which the Hollywood giants allege is a “bottomless pit of plagiarism”. The two studios claim Midjourney’s tool makes “innumerable” copies of characters including Darth Vader from Star Wars, Frozen’s Elsa, and the Minions from Despicable Me. It is part of the…
This post is co-written by Amar Goel, co-founder and CEO of Bito. Meticulous code review is a critical step in the software development process, one that helps delivery high-quality code that’s ready for enterprise use. However, it can be a time-consuming process at scale, when experts must review thousands of lines of code, looking for…
A model of Kosmos 482, which was originally set to go to Venus Wikimedia Commons More than 50 years after its launch, a Soviet spacecraft called Kosmos 482 is about to come crashing back to Earth. It was originally intended to land on the surface of Venus, but it started to fall apart in low…
The best golfers in the world begin play in the 125th U.S. Open Championship tomorrow at Oakmont Country Club with two major challenges facing them. The first is a brute of a golf course which is about to host its tenth U.S. Open Championship, and that many describe as the toughest test in all of…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Most Democrats disapprove of how their party’s lawmakers in Congress are handling their jobs, according to a new national poll. Fifty-three percent of Democrats questioned in a Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday gave their party’s congressional members a thumbs-down, while 41% approved of their performance. According to…
ESPN staffJun 11, 2025, 06:59 PM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions Stars arrived accordingly for a key Game 3 of the 2025 NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers on Wednesday. Editor’s Picks As the series shifts to Indianapolis, Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton rocked a black suit embellished with white buttons…
Solar power is growing by leaps and bounds in the United States, propelled by climate mitigation policies and carbon-free energy goals — and California is leading the way as the nation’s top producer of solar electricity. A new study in Energy Strategy Reviews has revealed a dark side to the state’s breakneck pace for solar…
It’s hard to assess how sycophantic AI models are because sycophancy comes in many forms. Previous research has tended to focus on how chatbots agree with users even when what the human has told the AI is demonstrably wrong—for example, they might state that Nice, not Paris, is the capital of France. While this approach…
The tiny frog still packs a colourful punch Alexander Tamanini Mônico Resplendent with its blue stripes and golden legs, this newly described poison dart frog may look imposing, but it is only about the size of a thumbnail, measuring just 14 to 17 millimetres from the tip of its snout to its derrière, or cloaca….
Former basketball player and sportscaster Bill Walton, who passed away last year, gestures after … More throwing the first pitch at a San Diego Padres game in 2019. The Walton family is auctioning his possessions and donating a portion of the funds to the UC San Diego Health Center. (AP Photo/Orlando Ramirez, File) Copyright 2019…
