The controversial CEO of Twitter is back — and he’s found another outlandish hill to die on!
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Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has claimed that although he remains “enthusiastic” by the prospect of AI, it will not be able to replicate the “genius” of human game developers.While fielding questions from investors, Zelnick was asked how Take-Two — the publisher behind the likes of Grand Theft Auto, Borderlands and Civilization — plans to utilise artificial intelligence within game development.Although Zelnick described the publisher as a “leader in [AI space]” and said he was “pretty enthusiastic” about the technology, he views AI as serving a limited function (via PC Gamer).“While the most recent developments in AI are surprising and exciting to many, they’re exciting to us but not at all surprising,” shared Zelnick. “Our view is that AI will allow us to do a better job and to do a more efficient job, you’re talking about tools and they are simply better and more effective tools.”Zelnick explained that in this capacity, AI will make creating games “a whole lot easier and more efficient” for developers.
However, the CEO predicts that developers won’t be stepping aside to let AI make games for them any time soon.“I wish I could say that the advances in AI will make it easier to create hits, obviously it won’t,” said Zelnick. “Hits are created by genius.
And data sets, plus compute, plus large language models does not equal genius. Genius is the domain of human beings and I believe will stay that way.”Zelnick’s opinion is in line with recent comments from Shuhei Yoshida, the former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment and current head of its Independent Developer Initiative.In April, Yoshida said that AI will assist in creating “more beautiful things,” but described the technology as a “tool” for developers to
.The controversial CEO of Twitter is back — and he’s found another outlandish hill to die on!
speaking to Extra on Wednesday, said that he had “loved the learning curve of becoming a producer”, but juggling those responsibilities while playing a character with severe mental illness had pushed him too far. Related: From Billy Elliot to Spider-Man: how Tom Holland won the world’s heart “I’m no stranger to hard work,” he said. “I’ve lived by the idea that hard work is good work.
Fox News Digital in a Wednesday report that posted just a couple of hours before Warner Bros. Discovery brass announced the ouster of CEO Chris Licht. David Zaslav handpicked Licht last April to replace Jeff Zucker, the successful but divisive longtime CNN leader ousted after disclosing an affair with one of his direct reports.
A former rail boss has spoken out against scrapping plans to build two new platforms at Manchester Piccadilly. The plans for platforms 15 and 16 date back more than a decade and have been waiting to be signed off since 2015.
Debra Messing is getting candid about her sitcom days. On Monday, the actress participated in The Magic of at The Paley Center for Media and made a reveal about a former NBC executive who wanted to make a change to her character, Grace Adler's, body.«The very first fitting, they had the chicken cutlets to make me bigger,» Messing told the audience. «I just wasn't a fan of like the whole idea of it.»The 54-year-old actress said that she had no problem speaking up for herself and said that if the executive wanted to make the request, he would have to say it to her directly. «I was like, 'You know what? I don't need that,'» she said.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director David Maisel might not be a name Marvel fans think of when they talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the entertainment executive recently stressed to The New Yorker that the “MCU wouldn’t exist” without him. Maisel is Marvel Studios’ former president and the initial architect of the MCU, which Kevin Feige has since taken the reigns of as the company’s current president. Feige’s name has become synonymous with Marvel’s success, which Maisel said has all but overshadowed his contributions. Or as Maisel put it, “It’s like a Thanos snap.” “Most people right now think Kevin started the studio,” Maisel said. “They don’t know me at all.”
A Scottish Prison Service boss says there are “no plans” for more cell searches despite soaring numbers of inmates being caught with drugs.
Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) Jamie Cooke is supercharging “original documentaries that push the boundaries” from his Central & Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Turkey region by greenlighting around 10 docs per year.
Showtime has released a teaser trailer for Fellow Travelers, an eight-episode limited series based on Thomas Mallon’s novel, starring Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey. Jelani Alladin (The Walking Dead: World Beyond), Allison Williams (Get Out) and Noah J. Ricketts (American Gods) round out the main cast. Co-produced by Fremantle and Showtime, the network also revealed Fellow Travelers will premiere on Paramount+ With Showtime this fall.
Jordan Moreau Hayley Williams, the lead singer of rock band Paramore, and Lil Uzi Vert, the Philly rapper behind “Just Wanna Rock” and more, have been fans of each other for a long time, but it wasn’t until Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden that they finally met. The mutual adoration started in January 2016 when Uzi posted a video of himself on Twitter singing along with Paramore’s hit song “Ain’t It Fun.” At the time, Uzi was still an up-and-coming rapper with a few catchy tracks under his belt, but Williams must have taken note. Over the years, they traded compliments for each other — Uzi named her his dream collaboration and that “there’s no one better than Hayley Williams” in a recent Complex interview, and Williams revealed the two had talked about a collab that never came to fruition — until the two took the stage together in New York City.
Love Island viewers should “expect the unexpected” as the hit series is set to be turned on its head for the upcoming 10th season, a show boss has said. The new series of the ITV dating show, which will see Maya Jam a host her first summer season, will begin on Monday night with a new batch of 10 islanders.
Robin Williams died by suicide aged 63 in 2014, fans were heartbroken. The world mourned the loss of Robin who was considered a hugely talented and kind-hearted individual, but it was, of course, his family who bore the brunt of his loss. Robin married fine artist and designer, Susan Schneider Williams, in 2011 after meeting at an Apple store a few years earlier.
K-pop superstars BTS have announced a new single to mark their 10th anniversary as a chart-conquering band.
BTS are set to release a brand-new single called ‘Take Two’.BTS’ longtime label Big Hit Music, a subsidiary of K-pop entertainment giant HYBE, announced today (May 31) that the boyband are set to release a brand-new single titled ‘Take Two’ next month.In its announcement, Big Hit Music noted that all seven members of BTS had participated in the recording of ‘Take Two’. Notably, two members of the boyband – namely Jin and J-hope – are currently serving their mandatory military service.“The song conveys their appreciation toward ARMY for all the love you shower them with and their desire to always be together with you,” said Big Hit Entertainment.
Rumours of a relationship between Phillip Schofield and a younger male colleague were investigated by ITV in early 2020, bosses have said.
Quentin Tarantino was at the Cannes Film Festival this week to present a screening of John Flynn‘s 1977 film “Rolling Thunder,” which features prevalently in his book “Cinema Speculations.” And with QT on la Croisette, Deadline sat the director down to talk about his next (and final) film, “The Movie Critic,” his thoughts on the streaming zeitgeist, and other details about his career.
Eating fruits such as blackberries and apples may help to lower the risk of frailty in older age, a recent study has suggested.
Recently, after his new film, “May December,” debuted at Cannes, filmmaker Todd Haynes teased what might be his next project. All that was said is the film will star Joaquin Phoenix and will be about two gay men in the 1930s.
Matthew Wright has admitted he is "gutted" that Phillip Schofield has stepped down from hosting This Morning after 21 years.The 57-year-old regularly appears on the hit ITV1 daytime show alongside Phillip and Holly Willoughby to discuss the top news stories. Phillip, 61, announced on Saturday that he would no longer present the programme after weeks of rumours his friendship with co-host Holly, 42, had come to an end. Matthew has become the first regular This Morning guest to address the news that Phillip won't be returning to the show, making it clear that he is unhappy about his resignation.
Our favorite TV mom and dad are back! Family Matters stars Reginald VelJohnson, Jo Marie Payton and Kellie Williams are coming to 90s Con, Us Weekly can exclusively reveal.