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☆ Meet Michal Kosinski, the Oppenheimer of AI's Scariest Future
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Eugenicists used photographs and IQ tests to determine which people were "inferior," and sterilized those who didn't measure up — which usually turned out to be anyone who wasn't white and rich. Before he worked with photographs, Kosinski was interested in Facebook. It's just picking up on the way gay people present themselves on dating sites — which, not surprisingly, is often very different from the way straight people present themselves to potential partners. Kosinski thinks AI's ability to make the kind of personality judgments he studies will only get better. That is the future Kosinski fears — even as he continues to tinker with the very models that prove it will come to pass.

Persons: Michal Kosinski, Kosinski, I'm, they'd, isn't, Oppenheimer, David Stillwell, Stillwell, aren't, Brian Stauffer, Aleksandr Kogan, Donald Trump, —, Kosinski isn't, MAGA, Bernie bros, Alexander Todorov, It's, they've, — Francis Galton, Ronald Fisher, Karl Pearson —, Aubrey Clayton, Hitler, Trump, They're, Adam Rogers Organizations: Stanford University, Kosinski, Facebook, Cambridge, Cambridge Psychometrics, National Academy of Sciences, Psychometrics, BI, intuit, Guardian, Rights, GLAAD, Stanford, HRC, University of Chicago, US Supreme, tinker, Business Locations: California, Stanford, Kosinski, Russia

☆ Our bend-don't-break economy is reaching its limit
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Go to newsletter preferencesSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. In today's big story, interest-rate cuts are almost certainly coming, but the relief won't be felt immediately . The big storyCrash landingKevin Dietsch/Getty, Tyler Le/BIOur bend-don't-break economy might finally have reached its limit. After a year of resiliency in the face of high interest rates, the cracks are showing in the US economy. But it's not a silver bullet, and the rate cut's effect will take time to make its way through the economy.

Persons: —, Kevin Dietsch, Tyler Le, it's, Chelsea Jia Feng, Claudia Sahm, Madison Hoff, McDonald's, Jared Siskin, Bobby, Jordan Grumet, Justin Best, Brian Stauffer, Michal Kosinski, Rob Price, sompong, Seng kui Lim, Getty, Joe Biden's, Elon, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, Annie Smith, Amanda Yen Organizations: Service, Business, Relief, Getty, Fed, Amazon, Big Tech, Madison, Park Conservancy, Citadel, FIRE, Union Square Advisors, Nvidia, America Locations: resiliency, Central, Switzerland, Canada, Park, Paris, New York, London

☆ Glen Powell confirms that 'Top Gun 3' is in the works after the last movie made almost $1.5 billion. Here's what we know so far.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewGlen Powell has confirmed that another "Top Gun" sequel is on its way after the unexpected billion-dollar success of "Top Gun: Maverick." Since 2022, there have been talks of another "Top Gun" movie, including reports of a spinoff focusing on Teller's Rooster character. Representatives for Powell, Cruise, and Paramount Pictures did not immediately respond to a comment request from Business Insider. Considering the success of "Top Gun: Maverick," another sequel could be a big win for Paramount, Cruise, and all the stars involved. Cruise, Powell, and Teller would likely return for another 'Top Gun' sequelGlen Powell had his breakout role in "Top Gun: Maverick."

Persons: —, Glen Powell, Tom Cruise, Jerry Bruckheimer, Miles Teller, Powell, Cruise, Teller, Bradley, Bradshaw, Nick, Goose, Anthony Edwards, Pete, Maverick, Mitchell, ScreenRant, Tom, Jake, Ehren Kruger, Kruger, Puck, David Ellison, Joseph Kosinski Organizations: Service, Paramount Pictures, Business, Paramount, Cruise, Entertainment, Variety

☆ ‘Twisters’ chose not to mention climate change. Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

CNN —Like its titular tornados, “Twisters” blasts through a lot in its 122-minute runtime. Generally, scientists are the least certain about the connection between tornadoes and climate change as it’s unclear how warming temperatures are changing storms themselves or the outbreaks. Cathy, a local farmer, gripes that storms and floods are becoming more frequent, and the price of wheat more expensive, while stopping short of citing climate change. However, for a film populated by scientists and clued-in citizens to not mention climate change is a little like the twisters themselves: there’s a hole at the center. !”“Making a ‘Twisters’ movie in Tornado Alley during storm season, tornado season, it’s kind of perfect.

Persons: Glen Powell’s brawn, –, “, Lee Isaac Chung, “ We’ve, ”, Javi, Anthony Ramos, Kate, Daisy Edgar, Jones, ” Lee, Maura Tierney’s, Cathy, that’s, Lee, Glen Powell, Mark L, Smith, Joseph Kosinski, it’s, we’re, Kevin Costner, Yorgos, Matt Smith, Fabien Frankel, Anya Taylor, Joy, Max, George Miller, Chris Hemsworth, Samsik, Kang, ’, Nicola Coughlan, Luke Newton, Guy, Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, David Leitch, stuntmen, Jane Schoenbrun, Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy, Paine, Josh O'Connor, Idris Elba, Adam Pally, Hao Xuande, Sandra Oh, Chan, Henry Cavill, Alex Pettyfer, Guy Ritchie's, Guy Ritchie, Jerry Bruckheimer, Isabella Rossellini, Kristen Stewart, she's, Denis Villeneuve, Frank Herbert's, Jessica Chastain, Austin Butler, Ambika Mod, Leo Woodall, Molly Manning Walker, Bryan Cranston, Matthew Vaughn, Ava DuVernay, Aunjanue Ellis, Taylor, Paul Mescal, Andrew Scott, George Clooney, Pedro Alonso, Penelope Cruz, Laura Garello Ferrari, Adam Driver, Michael Mann, Emma Stone, Bella Baxter, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Ncuti Gatwa, Paul King, Hugh Grant's Oompa, Napoleon, Vanessa Kirby, Ridley Scott, Nicolas Cage, Emerald Fennell, Jacob Elordi, Priscilla, Sofia Coppola, Elvis Presley, Kitty Green, Justine Triet, Sandra Hüller, Palme, Ryu Seungryong, Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, Margot Robbie, Ken, Greta Gerwig, Mattel, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, Simon Pegg, Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Wes Anderson, Celine Song, Greta Lee, Halle Bailey, Javier Bardem, Kim Woo, Seung, Cho Ui, seok, Jan de Bont’s, ” Glen Powell, Melinda Sue Gordon, Ramos, Powell, everybody’s weirdly, ” Powell, Tyler Owens, “ I’m, anyone’s Organizations: CNN, ”, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros ., CNN CNN, Ungentlemanly, “ Locations: Midwest, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Korea, Modena, Palme d'Or, “

☆ What Lewis Hamilton learned about retirement from Michael Jordan and Serena Williams
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Formula 1 superstar Lewis Hamilton is determined to be prepared for life after the cockpit. In an interview with GQ Magazine published this week, the 39-year-old said he has spoken to athletes ranging from Serena Williams to Michael Jordan about how they approached the ends of their careers. 'My whole world came crashing down because my whole life has been about that sport,'" he told the magazine. Hamilton said he's learned that preparation, or the lack thereof, is a major factor in how an athlete's retirement goes. Plus, sign up for CNBC Make It's newsletter to get tips and tricks for success at work, with money and in life.

Persons: Lewis Hamilton, Serena Williams, Michael Jordan, Hamilton, he's, Brad Pitt, Joseph Kosinski, you'll Organizations: GQ, CNBC, Ferrari

NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors abruptly dropped their criminal case midtrial Wednesday against three men who had been accused of conspiring to possess a cache of hand-drafted lyrics to “Hotel California” and other Eagles hits. The raft of communications emerged only when Eagles star Don Henley apparently decided last week to waive attorney-client privilege, after he and other prosecution witnesses had already testified. “Witnesses and their lawyers” used attorney-client privilege “to obfuscate and hide information that they believed would be damaging," Judge Curtis Farber said in dismissing the case. Through their lawyers, the men contended that they were rightful owners of pages that weren't stolen by anyone. In a letter to the court, Ginandes, the prosecutor, said the waiver of attorney-client privilege resulted in the belated production of about 6,000 pages of material.

Persons: Aaron Ginandes, Don Henley, hadn’t, “ Witnesses, ”, Curtis Farber, Glenn Horowitz, Craig Inciardi, Edward Kosinski, ” Jonathan Bach, Horowitz, Inciardi, “, Scott Edelman, ” Edelman, Dan Petrocelli, Henley, ” Petrocelli, wasn't, hasn't, Ginandes Organizations: —, “, Eagles, Manhattan, Roll Hall of Fame, Prosecutors, Henley Locations: York, “ Hotel, U.S

But Greta Gerwig not being among the five best director nominees for this year’s Oscars is one of the biggest shocks in recent memory. Here are some other major “snubs” and “surprises” from Oscar nomination morning. Gerwig was previously nominated for best director for “Lady Bird,” and missing out for “Little Woman” was even a snub. “The Super Mario Bros.” movie, the second highest grossing film of the year was completely shut out from nominations including animation. ‘SALTBURN’ GOES DOWN THE DRAINListen, we didn’t really think that Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn” would make a big splash nominations morning, but it had been trending that way based on its popularity on Prime Video over the holidays.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's 2023 tour will be postponed until 2024, citing doctor's advice. The Boss, who last week celebrated his 74th birthday, is “steadily recovering” from peptic ulcer disease, a press release read. The newly postponed shows include Canadian dates and a West Coast run of Phoenix, San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Peptic ulcer disease can be dangerous, leading to bleeding and emergency situations such as perforation of the ulcer through the stomach. People who are treated “recover completely from peptic ulcer disease,” Dr. Lawrence Kosinski of the American Gastroenterological Association told AP.

Persons: — Bruce Springsteen, ”, Springsteen, Dr, Lawrence Kosinski, “ Organizations: ANGELES, American Gastroenterological Association, AP, ” Locations: Baltimore , Philadelphia, Albany, Syracuse, New York, Pittsburgh, Washington, Connecticut, Ohio, West, Phoenix, San Diego , Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tampa , Florida

Bruce Springsteen announced Thursday that he’s postponing a slate of concerts in September on the advice of doctors who treating him for peptic ulcer disease. Here’s what to know about the disease:WHAT IS PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE? Alcohol use, even at moderate levels, can also exacerbate the problem, Kosinski said. Peptic ulcer disease can be dangerous, leading to bleeding and emergency situations such as perforation of the ulcer through the stomach. People who are treated "recover completely from peptic ulcer disease,” Kosinski said.

Persons: Bruce Springsteen, Lawrence Kosinski, ”, Kosinski, ” Kosinski Organizations: Mayo Clinic, American Gastroenterological Association, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP

☆ Brad Pitt's F1 movie: Filming to get underway at Silverstone
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Apple Original Films has unveiled details of Oscar winner Brad Pitt’s eagerly awaited Formula 1 feature film, as crews begin filming scenes with the actor at Silverstone, where Sunday’s British Grand Prix is being staged. The movie is being made in collaboration with F1, and stars Pitt as a former driver returning to the sport with fictional team APXGP, alongside “Snowfall” actor Damson Idris as his teammate. And what better place to film such a feature than Silverstone, famously the first circuit to ever host an F1 race in 1950. The fictional team will even have its own pit-stop at the track, and filming is due to take place amid this weekend’s British Grand Prix. The fictional team will even have a space on the grid at Silverstone.

Persons: CNN —, Oscar, Brad Pitt’s, Pitt, Damson Idris, Andrew Boyers, lister, Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes, Joseph Kosinski, Jerry Bruckheimer, Chad Oman, “, ” Hamilton, we’ve, Hamilton, “ Joe, …, ‘, Brad, hasn’t, he’s, Billy Beane, ” Organizations: CNN, Silverstone, Prix, Hollywood, UK’s PA Media, Pitt, Apollo Films, Hamilton, Oakland Locations: Towcester , Northamptonshire

☆ Hamilton confident Brad Pitt can take F1 to new heights
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Alan Baldwin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The movie cars are also set to feature on the grid, without driving a formation lap, and be on track in between the sessions. The Apple TV film is being directed by Joseph Kosinski, the director of "Top Gun: Maverick", with producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Hamilton said the movie would also do justice to a sport where cars can hit top speeds of 370kph. I think it’s going to look faster than it does on TV," he said. "You already saw what he (Kosinski) has done with fighter jets, what he did with Maverick... bringing that technology into our world; I think it’s going to be amazing."

Persons: Brad Pitt, Ricardo Arduengo, Brad Pitt's, Lewis Hamilton, We’ve, Hamilton, Joseph Kosinski, Jerry Bruckheimer, Aston, Fernando Alonso, Pitt, Brad, he’s, hasn’t, Alan Baldwin, Clare Fallon Organizations: United, Prix, Silverstone, Netflix, Apple, Maverick, Thomson Locations: United States, Americas, Austin , Texas, U.S, England, Los Angeles, LA

☆ Formula 1 is making its first scripted TV show in a move to build on the success of 'Drive to Survive' and expand the sport's media prowess
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The motorsport is expanding its media reach after the docuseries "Drive to Survive" brought it to new audiences. Felicity Jones is set to star in and co-produce the show, which comes from Bedrock Entertainment. Formula 1 is moving into scripted TV following its success with the docuseries "Drive to Survive" with a new family drama set in the racing world. As with "Drive to Survive," F1 plans to offer producers access to the sport to help make the show a success. Bedrock Entertainment and F1 said they will "leverage the combined access and power of F1 to create a seamless and authentic world, blending fiction with the real world."

Persons: Felicity Jones, Tony, Dan Sackheim, Felicity Jones —, Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Joseph Kosinski, Jerry Bruckheimer, Lewis Hamilton, Peyton Manning's, Will Arnett, Daniel Ricciardo Organizations: Bedrock Entertainment, ITV Studios, Entertainment, Pictures, B Entertainment, Netflix, Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions, ESPN, Paramount Locations: Hollywood, Austin

Multiple people are dead in a shooting Tuesday night at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, a police official said. The number of people deceased or injured was not clear, but police believe the shooter is dead. Police believe the shooting happened inside the Walmart, Kosinski said. Law enforcement investigate a shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Va., on Tuesday. Kosinski told reporters he did not know how the shooter died.

☆ Multiple people dead in Virginia Walmart shooting, including gunman
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 23 (Reuters) - A shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia on Tuesday night has resulted in multiple fatalities and injuries, and the shooter is dead, Chesapeake police public information officer Leo Kosinski said in a media briefing. At 10:12 pm, police responded to a report of a shooting inside a Walmart at Sam's Circle, Kosinski said, adding that "less than 10" people were dead, without disclosing the exact number. It's still unclear if the shooter died of self-inflicted injuries. "Chesapeake Police confirm an active shooter incident with fatalities at the Walmart on Sam's Circle. Reporting by Bharat Govind Gautam and Abinaya Vijayaraghavan in Bengaluru; editing by Miral Fahmy and Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Multiple people were shot at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia: police
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Cheryl Teh | Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Multiple people were shot at a Walmart in Chesapeake, per local news outlet WAVY-TV. A police spokesperson told WAVY there were "multiple fatalities." Kosinski told members of the media that there were "multiple fatalities" in the incident and the suspected gunman is also deceased. Chesapeake city officials are asking people to not go near the Walmart while the investigation is ongoing. Representatives for Walmart and the Chesapeake Police Department did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

☆ How Bryan Lourd became one of the most powerful people in the history of Hollywood
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +18 min

Lourd, 61, isn't a household name, but he wields a stunning amount of influence in Hollywood. Lourd's Hollywood clients aren't just A-listers, they're A+-listers: Brad Pitt. An old-fashioned talent agent who loves discussing old movies and doesn't mind pointing out the flaws in his own clients' work, Lourd has become arguably the most powerful person in Hollywood. "He's one of the most powerful people in the history of Hollywood," said Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos. But Lourd's clients are such bankable stars that it's equally important for Hollywood executives to be friendly with him as it is beneficial for Lourd and CAA.

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