Apple builds a ChatGPT-like app to help test the revamped Siri

Apple builds a ChatGPT-like app to help test the revamped Siri

The software, code-named Veritas, Latin for “truth”, is meant for internal use, at least for now [LOS ANGELES] Apple has developed a ChatGPT-like iPhone app to help test and prepare for a long-anticipated overhaul of Siri coming next year, according to sources familiar with the matter. The company’s artificial intelligence (AI) division is using the…

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Mark Duplass Defends “Need To Support” Trans Voices After Launching Film Fund

Mark Duplass Defends “Need To Support” Trans Voices After Launching Film Fund

As Duplass Brothers Productions and the Transgender Film Center team up for a trailblazing production grant, Mark Duplass is standing firm in his support. The Golden Globe nominee recently defended the Found Footage Feature Fund after the $25,000 grant was announced on Wednesday at Fantastic Fest, supporting trans filmmakers developing indie features. “For those of…

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Charlotte Tilbury’s Holiday 2025 Collection Is Here — and It’s Made for Stocking-Stuffer Season

Charlotte Tilbury’s Holiday 2025 Collection Is Here — and It’s Made for Stocking-Stuffer Season

Charlotte Tilbury’s Holiday 2025 Collection is here, and it’s full of must-have minis that are perfect for holiday stocking stuffers and upcoming travel glam. The pro MUA is known for her universally flattering Pillow Talk lippies and eye palettes, along with complexion-perfecting skincare. Her latest drop features limited-edition treasures and trinkets that include iconic best-sellers…

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Spotify says it removed millions of ‘spammy’ AI-generated music tracks

Spotify says it removed millions of ‘spammy’ AI-generated music tracks

Spotify has removed more than 75 million AI-generated “spammy” music tracks from its platform over the past 12 months, the company said Thursday, stepping up its crackdown on unauthorized AI-generated use of artists’ voices. The Swedish audio company said it would improve its enforcement of impersonation violations, launch a new spam filtering system and work…

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Billionaire Xiaomi founder Lei Jun debuts a US$630 answer to iPhone 17

Billionaire Xiaomi founder Lei Jun debuts a US0 answer to iPhone 17

Lei challenges Apple directly, shifting Xiaomi’s branding and timing to rival the US company’s best [BEIJING] Xiaomi’s billionaire co-founder unveiled a US$630 smartphone designed to take on the just-released iPhone 17, underscoring the Chinese company’s broader ambitions to take on US rivals from Apple to Tesla Inc. The Xiaomi 17, which will be offered in…

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Jimmy Kimmel Predicts Trump Will “Try To Sue” ABC After Rant About Talk Show Return: “He Does Know Bad Ratings”

Jimmy Kimmel Predicts Trump Will “Try To Sue” ABC After Rant About Talk Show Return: “He Does Know Bad Ratings”

As Jimmy Kimmel gets back into the swing of things, his regularly scheduled jokes about President Donald Trump have resumed. On Wednesday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, following a major viewership boost for ABC, the comedian predicted Trump will “try to sue” the network after he posted about the episode “moments after we taped our…

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Henry Jaglom Dies: Iconoclastic Director, Writer & Actor Was 87

Henry Jaglom Dies: Iconoclastic Director, Writer & Actor Was 87

Henry Jaglom, the independent filmmaker whose work foregrounded the stories of women, focused on the inner workings of the Industry and often paralleled his own life experiences, has died at age 87. His daughter Sabrina confirmed the news. “My father passed at home on Monday with my brother Simon and I and Victoria Foyt by…

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‘South Park’ Puts Brendan Carr In Hospital: “I’m Afraid He May Lose His Freedom Of Speech”

‘South Park’ Puts Brendan Carr In Hospital: “I’m Afraid He May Lose His Freedom Of Speech”

Following a turbulent few weeks in the United States, South Park returned Wednesday with some fresh jabs at current events. In the Season 27 episode ‘Conflict of Interest’, President Donald Trump accidentally puts the FCC‘s Brendan Carr through torture while trying to terminate Satan’s pregnancy after knocking up the fallen angel, as VP JD Vance…

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