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New York Times, Amazon Unveil AI Content Licensing Deal
In its first AI licensing deal, The New York Times Company and giant Amazon have announced a multi-year agreement that will bring Times editorial content to a variety of Amazon customer experiences in a move the partners said broadens the companies' existing relationship. The idea is to 'bring additional value to Amazon customers and bring Times journalism to wider audiences,' the companies said. More from Deadline Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings Joins Board Of AI Firm Anthropic Amazon's Head Of Unscripted Series Jenny Falkoff Joins Netflix Darren Aronofsky's AI-Focused Studio Primordial Soup Sets Strategic Partnership With Google DeepMind Under the new deal, Amazon is licensing editorial content from The New York Times, NYT Cooking, and The Athletic 'for AI-related uses.' This will include real-time display of summaries and short excerpts of Times content within Amazon products and services, such as Alexa, and training Amazon's proprietary foundation models. The collaboration will make The New York Times's original content more accessible to customers across Amazon products and services, including direct links to Times products, 'and underscores the companies' shared commitment to serving customers with global news and perspectives within Amazon's AI products.' As AI firms suck up vast quantities of data to train their so-called Large Language Models publishers have taken different tacks, some inking deals some seeking the courts. The NYT is suing giant OpenAI and its major investor Microsoft for copyright violation in its use of content. A judge ruled in March that the suit can proceed. Copyright is the issue and 'fair use,' a legal doctrine that allows use of copyrighted material in certain ways and in certain cases. AI companies have often appeared game to compensate publishers on their own terms but are seeking loser restrictions on copyright rules in order to grown and, they said in recent testimony, compete globally. Copyright owners including the Hollywood creative community have pushed back on that, insisting that the laws be upheld. It's not clear if or how turmoil at the U.S. Copyright Office will impact this. A federal judge yesterday declined to issue an order that would immediately prevent the Trump administration from firing the register of copyrights and head of the office, Shira Perlmutter Best of Deadline Everything We Know About Netflix's 'The Thursday Murder Club' So Far 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
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2 days ago
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NBC Pulls Viral Chinese Paraglider Video Over Concerns It Was AI Generated
A dramatic video described as showing a Chinese paraglider surviving an unplanned 8,500m (27,000 ft) ascent and subzero temperatures has been pulled from the website of NBC News over concerns that it may be AI generated. In a note on its news site, the network said: 'NBC News has determined that some of the footage provided by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV and distributed by Reuters that appeared in our initial coverage was AI-generated. We have removed this video and are continuing to report on the veracity of the story. This note will be updated in due course.' More from Deadline Artificial Intelligence Influencers To Get D.C.'s Acclaim At The AI Honors Ceremony New York Times, Amazon Unveil AI Content Licensing Deal Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings Joins Board Of AI Firm Anthropic The network was among thousands of news organizations worldwide to have posted the video in recent days, ranging from the UK's BBC and to France's TF1 to the websites of newspapers such as The Guardian and The New York Times. According to the story which broke earlier this week the video is described as showing 55-year paraglider Peng Yujiang's terrifying ascent after his equipment became caught in an updraft known as a 'cloud suck'. The video, which features Peng battling with strong winds and then looking dazed and frostbitten above the clouds, was first posted on Chinese video-sharing App Douyin, the country's version of TikTok. The footage was then licensed by Chinese State TV network CCTV and a number of other viral video distributors. Concerns over the footage come amid growing challenges for news organizations around AI-generated video and authenticating real footage. With a question mark hanging over the authenticity of the video, the veracity of the story is also being re-investigated. In a separate story, NBC said it had reached out to several social media accounts connected to Peng but had not received a response. Deadline has contacted NBC and a number of other news outlets which posted the material for comment, as well as CCTV, but has not received a response from any of the organizations. Best of Deadline Everything We Know About Netflix's 'The Thursday Murder Club' So Far 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery
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2 days ago
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Artificial Intelligence Influencers To Get D.C.'s Acclaim At The AI Honors Ceremony
A black-tie gala next week will center on the topic of just about any conversation in D.C. that touches on tech: Artificial intelligence. The inaugural AI Honors, presented on Tuesday by the Washington AI Network at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, will honor lawmakers, tech executives, researchers and others who are influential voices in AI. More from Deadline New York Times, Amazon Unveil AI Content Licensing Deal Donald Trump Urges Judge Not To Dismiss CBS '60 Minutes' Lawsuit As Paramount And POTUS Teams Talk Settlement Elon Musk Bids Farewell As Official Trump Administration Role Comes To An End Honorees include Sen. Todd Young (R-IN); Rep. Jay Olbernolte (R-CA) and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), chairs of the House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence; Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth, director of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency; Jack Hindary, CEO of SandboxAQ; Patricia K. Falcone, deputy director for science and technology at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; and Father Paolo Benanti, the Vatican's official adviser on AI ethics. Tammy Haddad, the founder of the Washington AI Network, said in a statement, 'The AI Honors are designed to recognize the people and ideas driving meaningful progress—and to connect leaders from across the ecosystem in a setting worthy of the moment.' The ceremony sponsors include OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon, among other tech and AI companies. The event is happening around the Special Competitive Studies Project's AI+Expo. Best of Deadline Everything We Know About Netflix's 'The Thursday Murder Club' So Far 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery
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Here's Our First Look at "The Thursday Murder Club"
Yara Sameh Netflix has unveiled the first teaser for the anticipated film adaptation of Richard Osman's novel 'The Thursday Murder Club." Directed by Chris Columbus, the murder mystery stars Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie as four irrepressible retirees — Elizabeth (Mirren), Ron (Brosnan), Ibrahim (Kingsley) and Joyce (Imrie) — who spend their time-solving cold case murders for fun. According to an official synopsis, 'The Thursday Murder Club' follows ex-spy Elizabeth (Mirren), ex-union activist Ron (Brosnan), ex-psychiatrist Ibrahim (Kingsley) and ex-nurse Joyce (Imrie), whose casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn when an unexpected death occurs on their doorstep." The full cast of 'The Thursday Murder Club' includes Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Tom Ellis, Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant, Paul Freeman, Geoff Bell, Richard E. Grant, and Ingrid Oliver. Produced by Columbus and Jennifer Todd, the film is the latest feature to come out of Netflix's partnership with Amblin Entertainment. 'The Thursday Murder Club' is co-written by Katy Brand and Suzanne Heathcote, with Osman executive producing alongside Jo Burn, Eleanor Columbus, Holly Bario, and Jeb Brody. Osman's 'Thursday Murder Club' book spawned a series with three sequels: 'The Man Who Died Twice,' 'The Bullet That Missed' and 'The Last Devil to Die,' as well as the newest installment, 'The Impossible Fortune,' which will be released later this year. 'The Thursday Murder Club" was the bestselling book of the decade in the UK. The book follows a quartet of retirees who spend their time-solving cold cases for fun. 'The Thursday Murder Club' will debut on August 28 on Netflix. read more New Tourism Route To Launch in Old Cairo Ahmed El Sakka-Led Play 'Sayidati Al Jamila' to Be Staged in KSA on Dec. 6 Mandy Moore Joins Season 2 of "Dr. Death" Anthology Series Don't Miss These Movies at 44th Cairo Int'l Film Festival Today Amr Diab to Headline KSA's MDLBEAST Soundstorm 2022 Festival Arts & Culture Mai Omar Stuns in Latest Instagram Photos Arts & Culture "The Flash" to End with Season 9 Arts & Culture Ministry of Culture Organizes four day Children's Film Festival Arts & Culture Canadian PM wishes Muslims Eid-al-Adha News Ayat Khaddoura's Final Video Captures Bombardment of Beit Lahia News Australia Fines Telegram $600,000 Over Terrorism, Child Abuse Content Arts & Culture Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's $4.7M LA Home Burglarized Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Sports Neymar Announced for Brazil's Preliminary List for 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers News Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly Inaugurates Two Indian Companies Arts & Culture New Archaeological Discovery from 26th Dynasty Uncovered in Karnak Temple Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War Arts & Culture Zahi Hawass: Claims of Columns Beneath the Pyramid of Khafre Are Lies News Flights suspended at Port Sudan Airport after Drone Attacks
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Russell Brand Pleads Not Guilty To Rape, Indecent Assault & Sexual Assault; Trial Set For June 2026
Russell Brand has pled not guilty to charges of rape, indecent assault and sexual assault. His trial will begin on June 3 2026. The TV presenter-turned MAGA outrider appeared in London's Southwark Crown Court earlier this morning and pled not guilty to all charges, according to the BBC. He faces one allegation of rape, one of indecent assault, one of oral rape and two further counts of sexual assault. The offences are alleged to have taken place between 1999 and 2005, and relate to four women. More from Deadline Russell Brand Granted Bail After Appearing In Court In London Facing Charges Of Rape & Sexual Assault BBC Employees Keep Jobs After Sexually Harassing Colleagues Russell Brand: Warner Reportedly Ready To Hand Over 'Arthur' Outtakes In Civil Sexual Assault Case Brand faces allegations including that he raped a woman at the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth in 1999, dragged a TV worker into a toilet and sexually assaulted a woman when he was a presenter on Big Brother's Big Mouth. He was charged in April by London's Metropolitan Police and was granted bail a month later. Today was the second time he's been seen in a UK court since returning from the U.S. The BBC reported that 49-year-old Brand did not speak to reporters and looked straight ahead as he entered the court building wearing a dark suit and unbuttoned shirt. He will now wait more than a year for his trial, which has been scheduled for June 3 2026. A pre-trial review has been scheduled for May 20 2026. Upon the charges being announced, the one-time Forgetting Sarah Marshall star, whose resident address is in Oxfordshire, said he was a 'drug addict, sex addict and an imbecile' during his youth, but he was never a rapist. 'I've never engaged in non-consensual activity. I pray that you can see that by looking in my eyes,' he told his social media followers last month. He had spent many months in the U.S. and was pictured several times at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. The 2023 revelations about Brand led to much anger and entertainment industry introspection. Since then, the BBC, Channel 4 and Big Brother producer Banijay have all led internal probes, having worked with Brand on shows up until late last decade. All these probes have led to apologies and further revelations. The most recent report from the BBC found that staff at the UK broadcaster's L.A. bureau had 'joked about' an incident in which the star was alleged to have exposed himself to a woman in a bathroom. Channel 4's report, published almost exactly a year ago, unearthed 'two new worrying allegations' against Brand, who had worked on Celebrity Bake Off as recently as 2018. Best of Deadline Everything We Know About Netflix's 'The Thursday Murder Club' So Far 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery
