This week in artificial intelligence (AI) news saw Apple facing an AI reckoning, as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said computing demand is set to jump 100-fold. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs looks ahead to a year of scaling AI; Hollywood’s upset at AI and IP issues; and...
What has four wheels, two seats, no steering wheel and arrived a few years late? Tesla’s long-awaited robotaxi, which CEO Elon Musk had predicted in 2019 would be launched by 2020. But it wasn’t until this Thursday evening (Oct. 10), in the year 2024, that Musk...
Retail brands are looking to the silver screen to get shoppers excited, so roll out the red carpet for PYMNTS weekender’s roundup of the quirkiest tie-ins of the month. Oreo, for instance, is taking it out of this world with a Lucasfilm partnership, releasing Star...
OpenAI is reportedly working to promote the integration of its unreleased artificial intelligence (AI) text-to-video model, Sora, into film production. The company is scheduling meetings with Hollywood studios, media executives and talent agencies in Los Angeles to foster partnerships, Bloomberg reported Friday (March 22). The...
April 18, 2017
From selfie authentication to finance tools that respond to emojis to computer-generated avatars that look and act like real people, new technological tools are giving digital banking a makeover. The April PYMNTS Digital Banking Tracker™ looks at the various ways technology is changing the digital banking landscape. Banking Gets New Tools, New Players Banks and […]
May 05, 2025
President Donald Trump’s idea to place tariffs on movies produced overseas has reportedly shaken studios. As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday (May 5), the president’s planned 100% tariffs on such productions drove down share prices for companies like Disney and Netflix, even though it’s not clear how the White House would implement such a policy. And hours […]
March 22, 2024
OpenAI is reportedly working to promote the integration of its unreleased artificial intelligence (AI) text-to-video model, Sora, into film production. The company is scheduling meetings with Hollywood studios, media executives...
April 09, 2020
Amid millions lost in box office receipts and production costs due to the coronavirus pandemic, Hollywood studios are now aiming to collect on their insurance policies. Allianz, in one case,...
November 19, 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will request the end of a ban that prohibits Hollywood studios from owning movie theaters. The 70-year-old antitrust settlement, known as the Paramount Consent...
