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Epoch Times
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Epoch Times
AI Friends Are Not Your Friends, Here's Why
Science fiction prepared us for AI friends through films like 'Her' and 'Robot & Frank.' Now, that fictional portrayal is becoming a reality. In a recent podcast, Mark Zuckerberg proposed and endorsed the idea that Americans are in dire need of social connection, and that bots could fill the need.
The Irish Sun
2 days ago
- Business
- The Irish Sun
I worked in Zara – the store secrets they don't want customers to know, including how to get 60% discount at the till
IT'S one of the most beloved fashion stores on the British high street, with endless rails brimming with stylish outfits to suit every taste. Zara has become renowned for its ability to adapt to trends, all while maintaining an air of 2 A former Zara employee is spilling the tea on Zara Credit: EPA 2 Moira also revealed how to get 60 per cent discount at the till Credit: tiktok/@yourgirlmoiraxoxo However, there are a few fascinating secrets about the store that you might not be aware of – and they're bound to pique your interest. Moira, who goes by the username ' Her eye-opening revelations have garnered significant attention, as she claims these are things employees know but would 'definitely never tell customers.' First up, Moira disclosed that READ MORE ON ZARA She cheekily suggested that befriending staff members could work in your favour, as they might be willing to use their discount code for you if you ask nicely. 'I've done this for so many people,' she admitted. Next , Moira shared an intriguing tip for bargain hunters. According to her, Zara holds a 'massive sale' every Thursday morning, where older items and overstocked products are heavily discounted before being discarded. Most read in Fabulous She claimed customers could save 'hundreds' simply by showing up early on a Thursday to take advantage of these markdowns. The video proved to be a hit, amassing an impressive 213.5k views and 920 comments within just three days of being posted. I fly to Spain to stock up in Zara - trolls call it 'madness' but I save £124 on one shop & get cash back at the airport But Moira wasn't done spilling secrets. In a follow-up video, she revealed a cheeky hack for scoring free She explained that if a customer complains about staff being rude, the store will often offer a free perfume as compensation. However, she noted that some Why is Zara so popular? Zara was founded in 1975 in Spain, and the first UK store was opened in 1998. It remains as one of the most popular stores on the high street, but why? Rather than producing more quantities of a style, it is said Zara focuses on producing more styles. Some stats suggest Zara releases 24 trend-led collections every year, 500 designs a week and almost 20,000 per year. Other estimates put its production levels at 450 million garments a year. Even if a style sells out very quickly, there are new styles waiting to take up the space. This means more choices and higher chance of getting it right with the consumer. Zara only allows its designs to remain on the shop floor for three to four weeks, and this pushes the consumer to keep visiting the store or website, because if they were just a week late, the clothes of a particular style or trend would be sold out and replaced with a new trend. At the same time, this constant refreshing of the lines and styles carried by its stores also entices customers to visit its shops more frequently.
News18
23-05-2025
- Business
- News18
OpenAI Is Making AI-Powered Devices With Ex-Apple Designer Jony Ive: All Details
Last Updated: OpenAI plans to make AI-powered hardware devices that will be powerful and intelligent and designed by Ive's team at the company. Sam Altman and Jony Ive have confirmed their close association and the official deal that brings Ive and his company within OpenAI. The AI giant has completed a deal worth $6.5 billion to acquire Ive's company, thereby giving them access to a whole range of AI hardware and software products in the coming years. Altman and Ive have even teamed up for the big announcement video where they try to highlight the ambitions of this deal and what Ivy aspires to achieve by one working with an AI company like OpenAI. AI-powered devices are not new and we have seen the likes of AI Pin and Rabbit in the last 12 months. Altman and Co. clearly see that's where the future is headed but will it be in the form of a smartphone, not really. Sam & Jony introduce io — OpenAI (@OpenAI) May 21, 2025 We could be looking at an AI gadget that resembles the one used in the popular sci-fi movie Her. The 9-minute long video seems like a preview of things to come but you can sense the excitement in Ive, who will be hoping to repeat the success of iPhone and MacBook Pro in the AI era. Going by the conversation Altman and Ivy are having in this video, it seems the hardware product is already in development stage but its mass production and availability could stretch into 2026 which is not that far away either. Altman is thrilled to be partnering with Ivy, as the post says, and it wouldn't be wrong to say that the feelings are mutual. Ivy's firm will merge with OpenAI as per the big deal, and Ivy will be entrusted with the design and creative parts of iO, the AI device likely to ship in collaboration with these two giants. The prospect of AI-powered hardware comes with mixed feelings but this seems different and we are eager to see how the Altman-Ivy duo succeed where others have failed. Wake Up, Apple Ivy joining Altman at OpenAI feels like a pivotal moment in the AI race and sadly Apple is nowhere in the picture. Surely, the Cupertino-based giant would have preferred to have Ivy on their side as they look to tackle the AI struggles and not only conceive a working Siri AI version by next year but also have products besides the iPhones to make it work. First Published:
NZ Herald
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Peter Griffin: Mark Zuckerberg is not the right guy to serve up AI friends to the lonely
When Silicon Valley entrepreneurs talk about how we will eventually interact with artificial intelligence, they often name-drop Her, the 2013 movie about a man who fell in love with his AI companion, Samantha. Voiced by actress Scarlett Johansson, Samantha is a sassy and sensitive digital personality that succeeds in extracting
Tom's Guide
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
My favorite AI movie still gives me all the feels — and you can stream it now on Prime Video
From "Blade Runner" to "Ex Machina," from "The Matrix" movies to "The Terminator" franchise, artificial intelligence has played a significant — and increasingly prescient — role in some of cinema's best science-fiction stories. And though AI often manifests on the big screen as futuristic robots haunting horror-thrillers or simulated realities trying to control humans in dystopian futures, one sci-fi favorite offers up an unexpectedly human response to the rise of hyper-intelligent machines: love. Yes, in the 2013 AI romance "Her" — written, co-produced and directed by Spike Jonze — Joaquin Phoenix's character Theodore Twombly encounters and ends up falling for an artificially intelligent operating system named Samantha, a connection that highlights both the emotional and ethical complexities of human-AI relationships. (And when said system is sultrily voiced by Scarlett Johansson, honestly, who can blame him?) "Her" is a refreshingly warm and emotional addition to a genre that so often skews austere and merciless. Now that it's streaming on Prime Video, here's why you should add the sweet sci-fi romance to your watch list. "Her" follows Theodore Twombly (Phoenix), a lonely and introverted writer working at (a greeting card company that hires professional scribes to write love notes for other people) and living in near-future Los Angeles. Reeling from his impending divorce from his childhood sweetheart, Catherine Klausen (Rooney Mara), Theodore purchases a copy of OS¹, an artificially intelligent operating system that's designed to adapt and evolve according to the user's interactions. The OS adopts a feminine voice and persona, named Samantha (Johansson); soon, the two bond during their discussions on love, loss and life and, following an unexpected verbal sexual encounter, embark on a romantic relationship. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. And though some of Theo's friends, such as empathetic neighbor Amy (Amy Adams), understand and even legitimize the unlikely romance, not everyone in his orbit is quite so tolerant about his new significant other, with those closest to him questioning his capacity for forging real human connections. And those objections join a list of other complications, from the physical limitations of their partnership to Samantha's growing personal ambitions. Exploring consciousness, connection, identity, isolation and morality through Theodore and Samantha's man-meets-machine romance, "Her" packs a lot of thematic and emotional depth into an otherwise familiar "rom-com" framework. A moving and melancholic lead performance by Joaquin Phoenix (who earned a Golden Globe Best Actor nomination for the role) and truly exceptional voice work by Scarlett Johansson — who manages to make a bodiless machine not only feel sentient but soulful, spirited and downright sexy — render the core relationship utterly believable and heartbreakingly human. One of Spike Jonze's finest movies to date and an unabashedly beating-heart entry into the director's thought-provoking filmography ("Being John Malkovich", "Adaptation"), "Her" nabbed five Academy Award nominations, including "Best Picture" and "Best Production Design", and rightfully earned Jonze a "Best Original Screenplay" win for his inventive and intelligent story. On Rotten Tomatoes, where the dramedy boasts an impressive 95% rating, critics praised Jonze's film as "sweet, soulful, and smart," savvily using "its just-barely-sci-fi scenario to impart wryly funny wisdom about the state of modern human relationships." Altogether, "Her" is just like the machine at its tender heart: a wonderfully weird, often funny, unexpectedly romantic and deeply human tale about the extremes people will go to find connection and recognition in the other. Sure, you may never fall in love with a computer the way Theodore does in the film, but in an increasingly tech-obsessed world, you can certainly understand and sympathize with the impulse.
