If you're not entrenched in the world of video games, you might not realize how much real actors have to do with modern gaming.
They provide everything from lines of dialogue, to portraying heroes and villains, to performing stunts – all of this bringing video games characters to life.
Some of the biggest game studios rely on voice and performance capture artists, and all this adds up to big bucks. The video game industry made close to $185 billion last year.
But video game performers whose human performances become computer data, are especially vulnerable to being replaced by generative AI.
Which is why they're now on strike.
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Consider This from NPR - Video game performers are on strike — and AI is the sticking point
If you're not entrenched in the world of video games, you might not realize how much real actors have to do with modern gaming.
They provide everything from lines of dialogue, to portraying heroes and villains, to performing stunts – all of this bringing video games characters to life.
Some of the biggest game studios rely on voice and performance capture artists, and all this adds up to big bucks. The video game industry made close to $185 billion last year.
But video game performers whose human performances become computer data, are especially vulnerable to being replaced by generative AI.
Which is why they're now on strike.
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They provide everything from lines of dialogue, to portraying heroes and villains, to performing stunts – all of this bringing video games characters to life.
Some of the biggest game studios rely on voice and performance capture artists, and all this adds up to big bucks. The video game industry made close to $185 billion last year.
But video game performers whose human performances become computer data, are especially vulnerable to being replaced by generative AI.
Which is why they're now on strike.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: CoinDesk Markets Week In Review
CoinDesk Indices presents notable data insights from the week, followed by additional analysis from an industry expert.
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The Daily Signal - Harris Campaign Raises $310 Million, Immigration Program Paused Amid Fraud Concerns, Lavish Spending at LGBTQ Organization | Aug. 2
TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:
- Vice President Kamala Harris has enough delegates to secure the 2024 Democratic nominee, and her presidential campaign has broken a fundraiser record.
- The Biden administration pauses an immigration program over fraud concerns.
- A groundbreaking New York Times report reveals that one of the nations leading LGBTQ groups has some lavish spending habits.
- A ruling out of the Michigan Supreme Court indicates that the state’s minimum wage is about to rise.
- Olympics boxing match draws outrage.
- Is “Twisters” worth seeing? We review the summer blockbuster.
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1A - The News Roundup For August 2, 2024
The National Association for Black Journalists invited former President Donald Trump for an on-stage interview on Wednesday.
Iowa's abortion ban went into effect this week.
And, in global news, Israel says two major leaders of Hamas were killed this week.
While the U.N. Human Rights Office issued a report saying tens of thousands of Palestinians have been arbitrarily detained by Israeli authorities since Oct. 7.
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Iowa's abortion ban went into effect this week.
And, in global news, Israel says two major leaders of Hamas were killed this week.
While the U.N. Human Rights Office issued a report saying tens of thousands of Palestinians have been arbitrarily detained by Israeli authorities since Oct. 7.
We cover the most important stories in America and around the world in our weekly News Roundup.
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The Journal. - ‘Phony’ and ‘Weird.’ Trump and Harris Size Each Other Up
As Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign gets underway, Democrats and Republicans are rushing to define her. And Democrats are shifting the way they talk about the GOP. WSJ’s Molly Ball explores the strategies behind how both sides are framing each other.
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- The Week That Changed the Presidential Race
- Takeaways from the RNC: Trump Is in Control
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Motley Fool Money - Big Tech Bets on “Overinvesting”
Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta are all spending a ton of money to build out cloud capabilities to fuel the next phase of AI growth. But the market isn’t sold on that spend yet.
(00:21) Ron Gross and Matt Argersinger discuss:
- Why recent job numbers dramatically boosted the likelihood of a rate cut in 2024.
- Intel’s dividend cut, and what history has to say about companies that stop payments to shareholders.
- Why Apple and Meta are holding up well during a tough earnings season for big tech.
- Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet’s combined $45B in capital expenditures this quarter, and how investors should be thinking about this investment phase in AI.
(31:41) Ron and Matt break down two stocks on their radar: Designer Brands and MercadoLibre.
Stocks discussed: INTC, AAPL, META, AMZN, MSFT, GOOG, GOOGL, DBI, MELI
Host: Dylan Lewis
Guests: Ron Gross, Matt Argersinger
Engineers: Dan Boyd
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CrowdScience - Why is my handwriting so messy?
CrowdScience listener Azeddine from Algeria has had bad handwriting since he was a child. In fact, it was so untidy that, when he later became a chemistry lecturer, his university students complained that they could not read his lecture notes. That was when he decided he had to do something about it. And it got him wondering… why do some of us have very neat handwriting while other people’s is almost unreadable? Why do his sisters all write beautifully when his natural style is quite the opposite? Presenter Alex Lathbridge sets out to answer Azeddine’s question. He explores the different factors which determine how well we write. How much of it is inherited? What part does family and education play? And what is actually going on in our brains when we apply pen to paper? Alex talks to anthropologist Monika Saini of the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Delhi, who has analysed writing styles within families and in different regions across India. She tells him about the genetic and cultural factors which seem to influence our handwriting. We also hear from neuroscientist Marieke Longcamp of Aix Marseille Université, France, who uses MRI scanning to find out which parts of our brains are involved when we write by hand. She has looked at what is happening in the brains of people who write in more than one script – for example in French and Arabic, like Azeddine. Another neuroscientist, Karin Harman James, from Indiana University, USA ,has been looking at the link between learning something by writing it down compared to typing it on a tablet or laptop. And Alex meets handwriting tutor Cherrell Avery to find out if it’s possible to improve your writing – even as an adult. Presenter: Alex Lathbridge Producer: Jeremy Grange Editor: Cathy Edwards Production Co-ordinator: Ishmael Soriano Studio Manager: Emma Harth
Planet Money - What to do when you’re in a class action
Maybe you got a boring slip of paper in the mail. Maybe you got a spammy-looking email promising you money. Surprise! You're in a class action. If you've done any commerce in the last decade, there's a good chance that someone somewhere was suing on your behalf and you have real money coming your way... if you know what to do.
Class action settlements are on the rise. And, on today's show, we're helping decipher the class action from the perspective of the average class member. How do class actions work? Why are these notices sometimes undecipherable? And, what do you stand to gain (or lose) by responding?
This episode was hosted by Kenny Malone and Nick Fountain. It was produced by James Sneed with help from Sam Yellowhorse Kesler. It was edited by Jess Jiang and fact-checked by Sierra Juarez. Engineering by Cena Loffredo. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money's executive producer.
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Class action settlements are on the rise. And, on today's show, we're helping decipher the class action from the perspective of the average class member. How do class actions work? Why are these notices sometimes undecipherable? And, what do you stand to gain (or lose) by responding?
This episode was hosted by Kenny Malone and Nick Fountain. It was produced by James Sneed with help from Sam Yellowhorse Kesler. It was edited by Jess Jiang and fact-checked by Sierra Juarez. Engineering by Cena Loffredo. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money's executive producer.
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The Bulwark Podcast - George Conway: Crazy in a Bad Way
Donald Trump checks all the boxes of a person with narcissistic personality disorder, but the mainstream press goes out of its way not to cover his apparent pathologies—and ends up normalizing them.
George Conway wants to change the media narrative to stop the guy who only cares about himself from getting back in the Oval Office. Conway joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
show notes:
George's Anti-Psychopath PAC
Rolling Stone piece by Alex Morris that George references
Post story on whether Trump took a $10 million payout from Egypt
Tim's playlist
George Conway wants to change the media narrative to stop the guy who only cares about himself from getting back in the Oval Office. Conway joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
show notes:
George's Anti-Psychopath PAC
Rolling Stone piece by Alex Morris that George references
Post story on whether Trump took a $10 million payout from Egypt
Tim's playlist