Anthropic, maker of the Claude artificial intelligence (AI) models, made the most powerful version of its technology available to the general public on Tuesday while restricting its use in sensitive areas. Dubbed Fable 5, the model is the first to be made widely available from the company’s new Mythos class — its most advanced lineup … Read more
Long-running New York City band Interpol have announced their first album in four years, “This Mirror Weighs a Ton,” which arrives Aug. 28 and also will be their first for Partisan Records, the Brooklyn-based indie currently riding high with Geese and others. The album was produced by Andrew Wyatt (Rosalia, Charli xcx) and mixed by David … Read more
Sturgill Simpson’s latest album as Johnny Blue Skies, Mutiny After Midnight, is a disco-fried country rock meditation on all things sex and politics. It offers up the theory that sex is the cure for all that ails us, as individuals and as a society, and does so with genuine sincerity, but also lots of freaky … Read more
Canada’s artificial intelligence sector is entering a new phase. After years of leadership in machine learning and generative AI, attention is increasingly shifting to “agentic AI”. These are systems capable not only of producing outputs but also of autonomously taking actions, coordinating workflows, and pursuing defined goals. This transition is already reshaping the country’s innovation … Read more
There’s love in the air in the Emmy race for original song. Variety has exclusively confirmed that “Sounds Pretty Good to Me,” the original song featured in the Season 4 finale of the Netflix docuseries “Love on the Spectrum,” has been ruled eligible and is officially submitted for Emmy consideration in the outstanding original music … Read more
President Donald Trump sometimes seems to fancy himself a king, so it’s not surprising that he treats his Cabinet like a royal court. In his second term, the president has filled his top posts with courtiers who compete to offer the most extravagant praise in marathon Cabinet meetings. And that’s how we should look at … Read more
Nicholas Galitzine will play male model Hoyt Richards in a new movie from director Gus Van Sant. Plot details haven’t been confirmed, though Richards is known for becoming the world’s first male supermodel — jet-setting across the globe to pose for fashion houses including Versace, Ralph Lauren and Burberry. Richards, currently 64, is the subject … Read more
William Hasley, a writer who worked on TV series including “The Smurfs” and co-wrote an inspirational book with Caitlyn Jenner, has been identified as the hiker who was found dead on Hollywood’s popular Runyon Canyon trail on Saturday evening. He was 78. Hasley was previously married to “The Bold and the Beautiful” actress Robin Riker. … Read more
Jack White has a followup album to the acclaimed “No Name” coming this summer, titled “Frozen Chocolate”… and it’s already quietly gone on sale for pre-order on his website, despite the lack of any other official announcement of the project. The pre-order page for two different vinyl variants of the LP on White’s site says … Read more
Bleecker Street Films and LD Entertainment have acquired the U.S. rights to Anton Corbijn’s latest film, “A Talent For Murder,” which stars Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony winner Helen Mirren as celebrated novelist Patricia Highsmith (“The Talented Mr. Ripley”). In the twisty thriller, Alden Ehrenreich (“Weapons,” “Oppenheimer” and a newly minted Tony winner for “Becky Shaw”) … Read more