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In the age of parasocial fame, nepo kids are the new comfort TVCelebrity families now offer a shared reference point in a fragmented world. The public emotionally inhabits these lives, finding reassuran...
AI actors and writers not eligible for OscarsThe Academy Awards will now require acting and writing to be human-created for Oscar eligibility. New rules clarify that artificial intelli...
China seeks to rein in risks from AI 'digital humans'China is introducing new rules for its booming digital human industry. These AI avatars, which look and sound like real people, are used fo...
After Aishwarya Rai, Vivek Oberoi and Salman Khan, Delhi High Court protects Jubin Nautiyal's personality rightsAfter actor Vivek Oberoi, singer Jubin Nautiyal has secured interim protection from the Delhi High Court against the unauthorised use of hi...
Albanian actor sues government for using her image as "AI minister"An Albanian actor is suing the government. She claims her face and voice were used for an AI minister avatar without her permission. This h...
How AI is changing the way we grieve our loved onesDiego Felix Dos Santos is using AI to recreate his deceased father's voice, allowing him to simulate conversations and cope with his loss. ...
If you can't sink the ship, buy it!: Major record labels court AI music startups like Suno and Udio amidst the million dollar copyright lawsuits charged against them.Amidst a lawsuit, Universal, Warner, and Sony are in talks to license their music catalogs to AI startups Suno and Udio, signaling a shift ...
AI Resurrections and Their Place in India’s Tech Landscape- Could India Lead the AI Afterlife Market? Digital Resurrection Meets Desi Sentiment.Artificial intelligence is now offering digital afterlife services in India. This "Grief Tech" uses AI to simulate deceased individuals. St...
Meet 'Digital Marilyn': Talk to the iconic actress 60 years after her passing – here's howExperience the nostalgia and innovation as 'Digital Marilyn' brings the iconic Hollywood actress back to life through advanced AI technolog...
Chinese mourners use AI to digitally resurrect the deadAt a quiet cemetery in eastern China, bereaved father Seakoo Wu pulls out his phone, places it on a gravestone and plays a recording of his...
Chinese mourners use AI to digitally resurrect the deadAt a quiet cemetery in eastern China, bereaved father Seakoo Wu pulls out his phone, places it on a gravestone and plays a recording of his...
In data we trust: what’s on the table if the new data bill gets passedIndia is the world’s largest data market after China, yet it doesn’t have a privacy law. The latest draft of the Digital Personal Data Prot...
AI startup Synthesia gains unicorn status after Nvidia-backed fundraiseThe startup's technology helps more than 50,000 businesses including Amazon.com in creating custom AI avatars used in instructional and cor...
Colombia court moves to metaverse to host hearingThe country is among the earliest worldwide to test real legal hearings in the metaverse, immersive virtual reality to make digital spaces ...
Metaverse: Making the case for consumer protection and what needs to be doneSeveral government institutions in countries like the UAE, South Korea, the US and Japan have announced policies, initiatives and strategie...
View: New Data Protection Bill must not stifle companies while making user information really safeIn its current avatar, the Bill will do little to provide users any real protection online, but may well stymie the growth of an indigenous...
Thoughtworks XConf Tech Talk Series: From enterprise XR to ethical XR
View: Even before the e-rupee is launched, the digital payments revolution shows mass behavioural changeThe big question then is whether this is the beginning of the end of the era of cash as the dominant means of transaction. While the trajec...
From AI-powered avatars to user data: Is there space for rights in the metaverse?The term "metaverse" has been used to describe an array of shared spaces accessed via the internet – from fully-immersive virtual reality (...
Digital Reincarnation: What should happen to the data you leave behind after your death?When we die, we leave behind informational corpses, composed of emails, text messages and more.