Generative AI and Climate Change Are on a Collision Course

OpenAI releases Sora, its buzzy AI video-generation tool

OpenAI said Monday it’s releasing its buzzy AI video-generation tool, Sora, later in the day.

NBC News - Dec. 9

Bill Gates: How Entrepreneurs Can Benefit From Climate Change

The business veteran identified several market opportunities within the Clean Industrial Revolution.

Inc. - Dec. 9

OpenAI releases Sora, its buzzy AI video-generation tool

OpenAI released its buzzy AI video-generation tool, Sora.

CNBC - Dec. 9

OpenAI Just Released Its AI Video Generator, Sora

The feature has been called ‘horrifying and inspiring.’ Users in the U.S. can try it out today.

Inc. - Dec. 9

OpenAI releases hyperrealistic AI video generator Sora Turbo to the public

With hyperrealistic AI video generator Sora, OpenAI includes guardrails against generating likenesses of real people, violence and more.

VentureBeat - Dec. 9

Adobe brings generative AI and real-time personalization to AWS: Here’s what’s next

Adobe expands Experience Platform to AWS in landmark partnership, revolutionizing enterprise AI and customer data management with advanced personalization capabilities and reduced cloud complexity.

VentureBeat - Dec. 9

How Is Using Generative AI Not Considered Theft?

Forget about ethics. Could your business be penalized for using AI?

Inc. - Dec. 8

Self-learning AI generates NFL against the spread, over-under, money-line picks for every Week 14, 2024 game

SportsLine AI evaluated the Week 14 NFL odds and revealed its NFL predictions, NFL score predictions, and NFL betting picks for every game

CBS Sports - Dec. 8

Watch: Britain’s Katy Marchant breaks arm in terrifying collision

Britain’s Katy Marchant suffered a broken arm and the UCI Track Champions League’s final round was cancelled following a nasty crash at the Lee Valley VeloPark on Saturday night.

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 8

How A Princeton Professor’s Home Renovation Project Is Fighting Climate Change

Forrest Meggers, a professor at Princeton University, has turned his home into a live-in laboratory that pushes the boundaries of sustainability.

The New York Times - Dec. 8

Polls close in Ghana's general election in the shadow of the worst economic crisis in a generation

Voting has officially closed in most polling centres throughout Ghana, bringing to an end the presidential and legislative elections poised to be a litmus test for democracy in a region shaken by ...

ABC News - Dec. 7

The Fed is on course to cut interest rates in December, but what happens next is anyone's guess

Friday's jobs report virtually cements that the Federal Reserve will approve an interest rate cut when it meets later this month.

CNBC - Dec. 7

Polls open in general election in Ghana overshadowed by the worst economic crisis in a generation

Yahoo News - Dec. 7

Of course we can change a baby’s nappy: the Edith Pritchett cartoon

The Guardian - Dec. 7

British pubs are changing — but is it enough?

Group valuations have fallen over the past decade but there are signs that larger companies can still eke out growth

Financial Times - Dec. 7

How climate change could make snowfall worse in parts of the U.S.

Experts predict climate change could actually make snow worse in some areas of the U.S. Meanwhile, nearly two-thirds of the U.S. is seeing less snowfall than in the 1970s. CBS News national climate ...

CBS News - Dec. 6

Movie Review: A wordless Latvian cat parable about climate change is the year's best animated movie

“Flow” is quite easily the best animated movie of the year and one of the most poetic ecological parables in recent memory, writes AP Film Writer Jake Coyle in his review

ABC News - Dec. 6

Architects design community solutions for combatting climate disaster

Better social infrastructure can foster resilience in densely-populated urban environments

Financial Times - Dec. 6

Our digital future went off-course under Biden; can Trump put antitrust back in line?

President-elect Trump faces a pivotal choice: continue the Biden administration’s ill-advised antitrust crusade against America’s leading tech companies, or chart a more balanced course that lets ...

The Hill - Dec. 6

Why climate change will cause more people to flee to Europe

Also in this newsletter: Is France Eurosceptic?

Financial Times - Dec. 6

The play that set Jordan Love on course as the Packers' franchise QB

It was Thanksgiving 2023 against Detroit when Love set the tone as Green Bay's next leader.

ESPN - Dec. 5

The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis

With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture. The announcement that Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent is to stop ...

The Guardian - Dec. 5

He had a vision for the end of the world. Of course, it had to be a musical

Deep in a bunker, a family keeps on singing in the year's most nightmarish piece of future shock. Director Joshua Oppenheimer had never made a musical before.

Los Angeles Times - Dec. 5

Only China can now lead the world on climate

As far as global environmental concerns go, the US has an irretrievably split personality

Financial Times - Dec. 5

How the world’s biggest offshore wind company was blown off course

Denmark’s Ørsted was once seen as a model for how oil and gas giants could go green. Its recent troubles suggest that things may not be so easy

Financial Times - Dec. 5

Darren Millar on course to lead Welsh Tories

Coronation looking all but certain as potential rivals to replace Andrew RT Davies drop out.

BBC News - Dec. 4

Vanuatu blasts US, China for asking Hague to continue status quo for climate change harms

The island nation of Vanuatu criticized representatives for major emitters like the U.S. and China for their remarks during International Court of Justice (ICJ) proceedings that will determine ...

The Hill - Dec. 4

North Carolina Town Sues Duke Energy Over Climate Change

Carrboro accused Duke, one the nation’s largest utility companies, of ignoring data about climate change while increasing use of fossil fuels.

The New York Times - Dec. 4

Spotify Wrapped Now Includes an AI-Generated Podcast Analyzing Your Listening Habits

Want to hear two robots chat about your music taste? This Wrapped season, Spotify and Google teamed up to make that dream (or nightmare) a reality.

Wired - Dec. 4

What Trump’s Cabinet Picks Say About Climate Change

President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet would include one person who calls global warming an “existential” threat and some who don’t accept it as a problem at all.

The New York Times - Dec. 4

FBI investigating ‘cluster of large drones’ spotted near Trump’s New Jersey golf course

A cluster of large drones spotted flying over central New Jersey — including near a military base and President-elect Donald Trump’s Bedminster golf course — has sparked a federal investigation as ...

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 3

Asteroid on 'collision course' with Earth burns up above far northeastern Russia

A small asteroid sped toward Earth before it burned out above far northeastern Russia on Tuesday night, sparking a natural light show for residents in the remote corner of the planet, officials said.

NBC News - Dec. 3