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Good News, Everyone: Futurama’s First Art Book Is Finally on the Way
While fans of Futurama—who’ve learned to be very patient and eternally hopeful—await the show’s next season, premiering July 29 on Hulu, here’s a fun nugget to chew on: The Art of Futurama, an art book timed to the show’s 25th anniversary, is on the way. The book’s not arriving until October, but a first look…
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MORNING SPOILERS: Doom Patrol Faces Down a New Villain in October
Yesterday, after nearly 4 straight days of intense bargaining, the WGA has approved a tentative contract, ending the pickets and tentatively signaling an end to the Writer’s Strike that has lasted 146 days. It’s been an incredible summer for labor action, as SAG-AFTRA went on strike as well, joining the WGA on the picket line…
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How a Senator’s Misguided Tweet Can Help Us Understand AI
Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy stirred the AI researcher hornets’ nest this week by repeating a number of ill-informed, and increasingly popular statements about advanced AI chatbots’ capacity to achieve human-like understanding and teach themselves complex topics. Top AI experts speaking with Gizmodo said Murphy’s claims were nonsense detached from reality and potentially risk distracting people…
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Futurama’s John DiMaggio on ‘Bendergate’: ‘It’s About Self-Respect’
Last week, the joyous announcement that 20th Animation and Hulu were reviving Futurama for an eighth season was almost instantly marred by the discovery that voice actor John DiMaggio, who played the iconic character of Bender on the series, was suspiciously absent from the list of the show’s returning cast. Now DiMaggio has issued a…