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☆ Brothers-in-law Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard always put family first, at home and on set
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard might be part of the same sprawling showbiz family, but their on-set etiquette is quite different from the dynamic they share as family around the dinner table. But when the cameras are off, according to Gyllenhaal, they both agree that family always comes first. (From left) Jake Gyllenhaal and Renate Reinsve in 'Presumed Innocent.' Apple TV+The Gyllenhaal siblings previously costarred in the beloved 2001 psychological thriller “Donnie Darko,” among other projects, and Sarsgaard starred in “The Lost Daughter” in 2021, which his wife directed. The group will continue to keep things all in the family when Gyllenhaal and Sarsgaard will reunite on Maggie Gyllenhaal’s next directorial endeavor “The Bride!” in 2025, according to Collider.

Persons: Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Gyllenhaal, Sarsgaard, Maggie Gyllenhaal –, “ Peter, ” Gyllenhaal, ” Sarsgaard, it’s, ” “, Scott Turow, Harrison Ford, Rusty Sabich, –, “, ”, Renate Reinsve, Donnie Darko, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s, Innocent Organizations: CNN, Apple, Collider Locations: Chicago

☆ Opinion | The Geopolitics of a Czech-Polish Potato Salad Competition
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Piotr Jasiński | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Earlier that year, the Czech government filed a lawsuit against Poland, detailing how the mine was negatively affecting the surrounding environment and draining groundwater. News of signs like the one at the pub in Bogatynia spread quickly across Czech and Polish media, drawing more public attention to the dispute. I went to Bogatynia to investigate how the political conflict was affecting relationships between the communities at the border. Local people claim they go to the Czech Republic to grab beers, and Czechs go to Poland to shop. One resident said that Poles live even closer to the mine and have never noticed any damage to the environment.

Persons: ”, I’d, Big Organizations: Justice Locations: Bogatynia, Poland, Czech Republic, Czech, Polish

☆ 36 Authors Times ‘Fourteen Days’ Adds Up to a Mixed Literary Experiment
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Alexandra Jacobs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

FOURTEEN DAYS, edited by Margaret Atwood and Douglas PrestonNew Yorkers generally don’t talk to their neighbors. This is to preserve psychological boundaries while living stacked on top of one another like ice cubes in trays. A new novellus about Lower East Side neighbors called “Fourteen Days” seeps creepy, in this fine tradition, through most of its 350-plus pages. “Novellus” is Latin for new, but the “us” sounds extra-right here because this is collaborative fiction, by 36 authors of various ages, ethnicities, genres and degrees of fame (John Grisham and Scott Turow are among the higher-flying contributors). Why would anyone organize such an experiment, with its air of an overbooked open-mic night with a few surprise guest stars and peanuts scattered on the sticky floors?

Persons: Margaret Atwood, Douglas Preston, —, Seinfeld, Ira Levin, “, John Grisham, Scott Turow Locations: Lower East

☆ An innocent-looking Instagram trend could be a gift to hackers, according to a cyber-security expert
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-03 | by ( Sirena Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Remove all proof of it from the internet," she said, adding that she felt "we're inching" closer to sharing social security numbers online. Comments accused her of "reaching" and wrote that it was a big step from sharing a favorite color to a social security number. A huge number of viewers also disputed her premise, saying the questions in the template did not coincide with typical security questions. Posting personal information online is always a riskExperts tend to agree that listing personal information online isn't advisable. It's a high price to pay for a social media trend, even if it doesn't feel likely to happen to you.

Persons: —, TikTok, Shiloh, Lisa Plaggemier, Plaggemier, Tessian, It's, Joseph Turow, Eliana Shiloh Organizations: Service, Deloitte, National Cybersecurity Alliance, DOJ, University of Pennsylvania Locations: Chicago

A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed OpenAI logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. In addition to Microsoft-backed (MSFT.O) OpenAI, similar lawsuits are pending against Meta Platforms and Stability AI over the data used to train their AI systems. Other authors involved in the latest lawsuit include "The Lincoln Lawyer" writer Michael Connelly and lawyer-novelists David Baldacci and Scott Turow. The complaint said ChatGPT generated accurate summaries of the authors' books when prompted, indicating that their text is included in its database. It also cited growing concerns that authors could be replaced by systems like ChatGPT that "generate low-quality ebooks, impersonating authors and displacing human-authored books."

Persons: Dado Ruvic, OpenAI, John Grisham, Jonathan Franzen, George Saunders, Jodi Picault, George R.R, Martin, Michael Connelly, David Baldacci, Scott Turow ., Mary Rasenberger, Blake Brittain, David Bario, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, Microsoft, Authors, Meta, Lincoln, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, Washington

☆ Inside the AI talent wars: Tech companies are ransacking university AI programs at Stanford, MIT, and Cornell in search of engineers
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Stephanie Palazzolo | Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Driven by the recent AI boom, companies are raiding top college campuses for rare technical talent. She's currently on leave from her Stanford AI Ph.D. program to focus on Moonhub. In 2011, new AI Ph.D. graduates took jobs in the tech industry and academia in about equal measure. But since then, the majority of new grads have headed to the AI industry, with nearly double the percentage of AI Ph.D. grads taking industry jobs versus academic roles in 2021, according to Stanford's Institute for Human-Centered AI's 2023 AI Index Report. "All AI companies have roles for people with Ph.D.s and without," said Attaluri, the soon-to-be researcher at DeepMind.

☆ Exclusive: AI startup LangChain taps Sequoia to lead funding round at a valuation of at least $200 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Stephanie Palazzolo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AI startup LangChain is raising between $20 and $25 million from Sequoia, Insider has learned. The latest round scored the hot upstart a valuation of at least $200 million, according to sources. Just a week after announcing a $10 million seed investment from Benchmark, AI darling LangChain has scored even more capital from yet another top-tier VC. As an open-source project, LangChain is especially known for its strong community — one that Chase is personally involved in. Chase's dedication to openness and collaboration is a major differentiator for the founder's community, and therefore, his startup, Turow said.

☆ Inside the AI talent wars: Tech companies are ransacking university AI programs at Stanford, MIT, and Cornell in search of rare talent
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Stephanie Palazzolo | Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

☆ Psychologist shares the nightly routine she uses to make new habits stick: ‘It really helps me keep going’
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

When Rachel Turow gets ready for bed, she flosses differently than most other people: She talks to herself while doing it. The overly excited mental pep talk is intentional, Turow tells CNBC Make It: A "wild amount of encouragement" gives her the "burst of reinforcement" she needs to accomplish a task she otherwise hates. Of course, that's easier said than done — which is why starting with something as small as flossing can help kick you into action. "I'm not going to be super conceited about flossing," Turow says. So far, it's been effective: "It really helps me keep going," she says.

☆ In the midst of the AI boom, investors are doubling down on diligence. Here are the five questions VCs are asking every generative AI startup during pitches.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Stephanie Palazzolo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Buzzy generative AI startups have so far avoided the troubles plaguing the rest of the tech world. Here are the five diligence questions investors are asking generative AI startups, according to VCs. But for generative AI startups, 2023 has been much of the same — and that hasn't been a bad thing. Insider spoke with eight of these VCs about the top five questions they're asking generative AI startups during diligence processes. One hallmark of generative AI startups are their eye-staggering round sizes.

☆ Psychologist shares the 'daily mental workout' she uses to crush her inner critic: ‘It’s been a real game changer’
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

For most of her teens and 20s, Rachel Turow was her own worst critic. "I felt awkward and lonely and weird," Turow, a Seattle-based clinical psychologist, said on a recent podcast episode of "The Happiness Lab," hosted by Yale University professor Dr. Laurie Santos. It was the epitome of self-criticism — a common affliction, and one that Turow referred to as "the smoking of mental health." Turow, who published a book called "The Self Talk Workout" last year, learned that firsthand. As she trained to become a clinical psychologist, she picked up a set of daily exercises that helped her treat herself more compassionately, she said.

☆ Netflix is entering a new era with ads. Here's how marketers and brands could influence the programming you see on the streamer.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Reed Alexander | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Media experts say forays into ad-based streaming will influence content strategy at Netflix and Disney+. Netflix and Disney+ are readying services with ads to expand their appeal and revenue opportunities amid softening subscriber growth. Netflix's move to add advertising — a reversal of its longtime stance against ads — has been the subject of widespread research. Ultimately, experts predicted, it will take at least a year or two for the influence of advertisers to be felt in the streamers' content mix. Do you work for an entertainment company like Netflix or Disney+?

☆ Bringing ads to Netflix and Disney+ could shake up the mix of shows and movies at the streaming giants. Here's what it means for Hollywood.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Reed Alexander | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Media experts say forays into ad-based streaming will influence content strategies at Netflix and Disney+. Netflix and Disney+ are readying services with ads to expand their appeal and revenue opportunities amid softening subscriber growth. Hollywood should pay close attention to what this may mean for selling shows and movies to the entertainment industry's dominant players. Ultimately, experts predicted, it will take at least a year or two for the influence of advertisers to be felt in the streamers' content mix. Do you work for an entertainment company like Netflix or Disney+?

☆ Polonia refuză să închidă mina de cărbune de la Turow în ciuda deciziei Curţii de Justiţie a Uniunii Europene
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-24 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

"Nu intenţionăm să închidem mina şi nu vom accepta acest lucru deoarece asta a pune în pericol aprovizionarea energetică a Poloniei", a declarat Mateusz Morawiecki, într-o conferinţă de presă. Mateusz Morawiecki a catalogat decizia Curţii de Justiţie a Uniunii Europene drept una "periculoasă", în ceea ce priveşte securitatea energetică. El a susţinut că mina de la Turow aprovizionează cu lignit o centrală electrică, generând 7% din producţia de electricitate a Poloniei. Curtea de Justiţie a Uniunii Europene a decis vineri că Polonia trebuie să pună capăt "imediat" exploatării acestei mine. Cărbunele are o pondere de peste 70% în producţia de electricitate a Poloniei.

Persons: Morawiecki, Curţii, El Organizations: Uniunii Europene, Agerpres Locations: Varşovia, Cehia, Polonia, Poloniei, Turow, Republica Cehă, Germania, Justiţie

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