Hulu Shows Jarring Anti-Hamas Ad Likely Generated With AI

Hulu ran an anti-Hamas ad that appears to be made using artificial intelligence to show an idealized version of Gaza—claiming this paradise destination could exist if not for Hamas. The 30-second spot, opening like a tourism ad, shows palm trees and coastlines. There are five-star hotels and children playing. People dance, eat, and laugh, while … Read more

Meta’s retreat from news accelerated in 2023, leaving media scrambling

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, testifies remotely as Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., watches during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing “Breaking the News: Censorship, Suppression, and the 2020 Election,” in Washington, Nov. 17, 2020. Bill Clark | Reuters Mother Jones CEO Monika Bauerlein has had a front-row seat in recent years to watch Facebook upend the … Read more

The Murky Campaign to Discredit Lab-Grown Meat

Alamy said that the suggestion that ingesting immortalized cells could be linked to cancer in humans was “so ludicrous as to be laughable.” “So few people have had cultivated meat or have access to it that it feels like these things that are being raised are more fearmongering than anything else,” she says. “It feels … Read more

We own six of the Magnificent Seven. Here is Jim Cramer’s take on each

The Magnificent Seven — a term I coined earlier this year to track the market’s biggest tech winners — has certainly lived up to its vaunted name. Those seven mega-cap tech names are Apple, Google-parent Alphabet, Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia and Tesla. The first six are Club names. Call them … Read more