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Thesis 2027 conference announces a free livestream featuring 27 sessions on media, technology, and art, with organizers praised for their tireless preparation work.

The New York Times is rolling out additional AI features to its Cooking app, but users have responded negatively to the changes.

Jason Koebler 评论称，由于大型科技平台缺乏人工客服，许多用户转向 ChatGPT 求助，而 ChatGPT 常误称用户发现了值得报道的新闻并推荐联系 404 Media。

A Wired feature explores how Wikipedia biographies of living people are routinely flagged and deleted for lack of notability, examining the emotional toll on subjects and the community's focus on verifiability over truth.

Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue criticizes Netflix's documentary "AI Gone Rogue" about the OpenAI agent hack on his company, saying it exaggerates and anthropomorphizes AI agents for dramatic effect rather than accurately describing the technical incident.

Netflix在其2026年第三季度财报中强调将把变现作为重点，以应对观看时长下滑，同时报告了12%的营收增长并计划扩大广告支持套餐。

JustWatch, known for its streaming guide that aggregates fragmented streaming content, has launched its own streaming service called JustWatch TV with 30 content partners, aiming to bolster its advertising business and reach 100 million monthly users.

WIRED reflects on how it was the first magazine to cover Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes, examining the warning signs that were missed as the tech press amplified the blood-testing startup's fraudulent claims.

Swyx claims the Latent Space YouTube channel now operates the highest-volume A/B testing operation in tech YouTube, publishing 2-10 technical videos daily while seeking ideas on next-level tooling and strategy.

Dan Shipper of Every argues that persistent AI agents (like Grok and Slack-based assistants) will kill the traditional newsletter, since owning an email address no longer guarantees a direct relationship with readers. He says publishers will instead need to integrate into users' agent stacks via MCP and build their own AI-powered platforms.

Swedish broadcaster TV4 was forced to postpone a show after an AI agent accidentally erased edited material, highlighting the operational risks of deploying autonomous AI tools in production workflows.

Discovery+ subscription prices rose by up to 20 percent, with ad-free plans moving from $10 to $12 per month, shortly after Paramount Skydance completed its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.

Getty Images 将申请破产并私有化，在与 Shutterstock 的 37 亿美元合并失败后，获得 Getty 家族和 Koch Equity Development 最高 5.33 亿美元投资以削减债务。生成式 AI 的竞争压力被认为是其财务困境的重要原因之一。

Alex Gibney's new documentary ‘Musk’ explores Elon Musk's life and mythology, featuring interviews with associates like Errol Musk and using a simulated AI avatar of Musk since he declined to participate.

A Nature Machine Intelligence piece argues that AI systems used by newsrooms to emotionally optimize content require proper behavioural evaluation to assess their impact on users.

A review of Alex Gibney's new four-hour documentary 'Musk' argues the film is a poorly made hit piece that inadvertently makes Elon Musk's case, including its use of an animated AI Elon Musk as an interview stand-in.

CZ (@cz_binance) 表示他从未授权某个关于他的影视项目，并称从目前看到的内容判断，这大概率会是对他的负面刻画。

USA Today and several of its local newspapers sued OpenAI, seeking over $250 million in damages, alleging the company copied hundreds of thousands of articles without permission to train its AI models.

Ars Technica is promoting its ArsPro subscription, highlighting long-standing subscriber perks like PDF versions of every article and full-text RSS feeds for reading outside the browser.

Kevin Roose discusses his new book 'The AGI Chronicles', chronicling a decade of generative AI history across OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, as well as the launch of his new media company Machine Gods Media with Casey Newton and an NPR podcast distribution deal.