Netflix goes ‘all in’ on generative AI as entertainment industry remains divided

As the entertainment industry reckons with when and how to use generative AI in filmmaking, Netflix is leaning in. In its quarterly earnings report released on Tuesday afternoon, Netflix wrote in its letter to investors that it is “very well positioned to effectively leverage ongoing advances in AI.” Netflix isn’t planning to use generative AI … Read more

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is pushing UK regulator to unbundle Google’s search and AI crawlers

After earlier this year launching a marketplace that allows websites to charge AI bots for scraping their content, web infrastructure provider Cloudflare is pushing for increased regulation in the AI sector. The company’s chief executive Matthew Prince says he’s in London to speak with the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), where he’s proposing stricter … Read more

Xavi Simons: Tottenham boss Thomas Frank says new signing’s struggles similar to Florian Wirtz’s at Liverpool | Football News

Tottenham boss Thomas Frank believes Xavi Simons is having the same struggles as Liverpool’s Florian Wirtz. Both Simons and Wirtz joined from Bundesliga sides this summer in big-money moves, with Spurs signing Simons for £51m from RB Leipzig, while Liverpool splashed £116m on Bayer Leverkusen’s Wirtz. But both players are yet to score for their … Read more

The Ashes: Steve Smith ‘ready to go’ for Australia and expects ‘seamless transition’ if standing in for Pat Cummins as captain against England | Cricket News

Steve Smith insists it will be a “seamless transition” should he have to fill in for Pat Cummins as Australia captain at any point during this year’s Ashes. Cummins has not played since July because of a back injury and said last week he was “less likely than likely” to feature in the series opener … Read more

U.S. and Australia sign $3B critical minerals deal

President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese inked an agreement on Monday that will pump billions of dollars into critical minerals projects. The U.S. and Australia will together contribute $3 billion to the projects over the next six months. The total project pipeline is worth $8.5 billion, the governments said. As part of … Read more