Darren Aronofsky turns to AI to reimagine the future of film

Director Darren Aronofsky partners with Google DeepMind to explore AI’s role in future filmmaking through experimental short films. [...]

'This project is a glimpse at what thoughtful, creative, artist-led use of AI can look like' — George Washington meets Google DeepMind, as Darren Aronofsky’s AI history series hits YouTube

Time is releasing Darren Aronofsky's On This Day… 1776, a YouTube series that dramatizes key Revolutionary War moments using AI-generated visuals [...]

Engadget Podcast: Ancestra director Eliza McNitt defends AI as a creative tool

Eliza McNitt is no stranger to new media. Her 2017 project, Fistful of Stars, was a fascinating look at stellar birth in virtual reality, while her follow-up Spheres explored black holes and the deat [...]

Darren Aronofsky, Your AI Slop Is Ruining American History in 'On This Day…1776'

Commentary: The high-profile Hollywood director created a studio dedicated to creating a "new cinematic grammar" built around AI. This is not a good start. [...]

The Crackpot AI Patriotism of Darren Aronofsky's 'On This Day...1776' YouTube Project

Commentary: As generative AI creeps deeper into creative endeavors, what are we to make of this bonkers period piece? [...]

Engadget Podcast: iPhone 16e review and Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+

The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, [...]

Google brings historical Street View to Google Earth

Google Earth is celebrating its 20th birthday, and to mark the occasion, Google is bringing historical Street View imagery to the service. In a blog post, Google said the anniversary update allows us [...]

A 0.12% parameter add-on gives AI agents the working memory RAG can't

AI agents forget. Every time a coding assistant loses track of a debugging thread, or a data analysis agent re-ingests the same context it already processed, the team pays in latency, token costs, and [...]

AI models that simulate internal debate dramatically improve accuracy on complex tasks

A new study by Google suggests that advanced reasoning models achieve high performance by simulating multi-agent-like debates involving diverse perspectives, personality traits, and domain expertise.T [...]