Entertainment
Can mass media survive in the age of personal media? What gadgets will we watch future movies on? Can you make a living working in the metaverse? This page covers the trends and news that will guide the future of entertainment.
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https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2025/04/07/20-tech-innovations-with-a-surprising-impact-on-popular-culture/
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Smart home devices surrounding a smart phoneJakub Zerdzicki
Some of the most influential technologies in popular culture weren't designed with their current use in mind. Often, it's unexpected user behavior or shifting cultural needs that give rise to new use cases, turning industry-specific...
Some of the most influential technologies in popular culture weren't designed with their current use in mind. Often, it's unexpected user behavior or shifting cultural needs that give rise to new use cases, turning industry-specific...
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https://www.martechcube.com/x-me-launches-next-gen-social-platform-merging-ai-web3-for-authentic-ux/
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Martechcube
Leading Innovation in Social Media: X.ME Combines AI and Web3 to Revolutionize Digital Interaction. By leveraging the strengths of both Web2 and Web3, X.ME provides users with a true social network and emotionally enriching content experiences. While delivering real-time, true, and comprehensive content services, the platform enables users to gain continuous rewards through social interactions, establishing an entirely new social consensus model.
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https://www.eweek.com/news/ai-avatar-courtroom/
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eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. A 74-year-old man has apologized to a panel of appellate New York State judges after presenting an AI-generated digital avatar in a legal appeal — a move that has sparked concerns over transparency and ethics in the courtroom.
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https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/meta/whatsapp-gains-upgraded-ai-avatars-adding-music-to-statuses
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Androidcentral
WhatsApp is introducing upgraded AI avatars, allowing users to create personalized avatars using Meta AI. Users can now use "imagine" prompts to Meta AI assistant to create unique avatars per their preference. Additionally, users can also now add music to their WhatsApp Status updates, similar to Instagram Stories, by selecting songs from a searchable library before sharing.
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https://www.saastr.com/10-key-learnings-from-launching-saastr-ai-what-every-b2b-founder-needs-to-know/
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After just a month of launching our own (trained on a decade of content and hundreds of founders, speakers, and events), we've already had over 34,000 (!) conversations with our AI in just the first 30 days. Our AI has ingested 10,000+ SaaStr posts, 2,000+ YouTubes, 800+ Podcasts, and 100,000 of our tweets. And trained on all that — it's pretty darn good.
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https://reviews.thewindowsclub.com/veed-io-the-ultimate-ai-powered-video-editing-tool-for-content-creators/
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Reviews
We live in a world where content creation has become an essential part of our lives. No matter if you are a business, a social media influencer, or a content creator, you need to produce high-quality content. But often, creating high-quality content seems to be a challenge.This is where VEED.IO...
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https://www.vox.com/the-gray-area/407154/jaron-lanier-ai-religion-progress-criticism
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Vox
It's hard to know what to think about AI.It's easy to imagine a future in which chatbots and research assistants make almost everything we do faster and smarter. It's equally easy to imagine a world in which those same tools take our jobs and upend society. Which is why, depending on who you ask,...
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/06/cant-delete-whatsapp-ai-tool-slippery-slope
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Theguardian
There are five stages of grief, but only two stages of discovering the little Meta AI circle on your WhatsApp screen. Fear, then fury.When I first saw the small blue-and-purple hoop last week, I was terrified that it meant I was now livestreaming my life to the entire metaverse, something I...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmakershaw/2025/04/04/gemini-near-me-is-redefining-the-art-of-relationships/
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Gemini Near Me
Self-love and relationship expert Iryna Wood is redefining romance with an innovative mobile app that puts emotional awareness at the forefront.
Wood co-founded Gemini Near Me in September 2023 along with her husband Ken and the app has grown into a top-rated feel good platform...
Self-love and relationship expert Iryna Wood is redefining romance with an innovative mobile app that puts emotional awareness at the forefront.
Wood co-founded Gemini Near Me in September 2023 along with her husband Ken and the app has grown into a top-rated feel good platform...
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https://gizmodo.com/black-mirror-standout-uss-callister-almost-got-its-own-spin-off-series-2000585534
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Gizmodo
On any list of best Black Mirror episodes to date, season four's "USS Callister" hovers near the top, with many fans and critics calling it their favorite of all time. Part Star Trek homage, part virtual-reality nightmare, part deliciously executed revenge scheme, "USS Callister" also made a mark...
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https://nypost.com/2025/04/05/us-news/new-york-court-addressed-by-ai-avatar-to-argue-case/
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Nypost
It took only seconds for the judges on a New York appeals court to realize that the man addressing them from a video screen — a person about to present an argument in a lawsuit — not only had no law degree, but didn't exist at all.
The latest bizarre chapter in the awkward arrival of artificial...
The latest bizarre chapter in the awkward arrival of artificial...
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https://www.windowscentral.com/news/live/microsoft-50-copilot-event-2025
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Windowscentral
One more surprise: Official release of A Minecraft Movie. Showing some behind the scenese footage of the making of the film. Jack Black talking about Microsoft's 50th. And wrapping up the 50th bit for Microsoft! That's all for me, folks, thanks for hanging out! Daniel Rubino, Editor-in-chief. "Golden ticket winner" Microsoft employee gets a photo op with all the CEOs.
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https://venturebeat.com/games/genies-unveils-user-generated-content-tools-that-let-anyone-create-custom-ai-avatars/
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Venturebeat
Genies has been investing heavily for this moment. The culture-focused avatar technology company is revealing its user-generated content tools that let anyone create custom AI avatars.
Genies raised $150 million in 2022, and it has been busy ever since building out the tech stack for what it...
Genies raised $150 million in 2022, and it has been busy ever since building out the tech stack for what it...
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https://www.kapwing.com/blog/what-its-like-to-interview-a-software-engineer-preparing-with-ai/
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Kapwing
I just got off a one of the most surreal video calls of my life - a live video call with a candidate who was interviewing to become an L3 software engineer at Kapwing, our online video editing startup. The interview started extremely well - the candidate seemed like a clear fit in terms of...
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https://www.globaldatinginsights.com/featured/cyber-rights-organization-and-odda-partner-for-dating-safety/
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Globaldatinginsights
The Cyber Rights Organization (CRO) and the Online Dating and Discovery Association (ODDA) have announced a strategic partnership aimed at improving safety measures across the online dating and social discovery industries. The collaboration seeks to establish best practices, provide educational resources, and enhance security protocols for users engaging with digital dating platforms - hopefully creating new standards that can be applied to many dating platforms in the near future.
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https://elearningindustry.com/press-releases/simpleshow-now-integrates-ai-avatars-for-more-impactful-video-storytelling
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Elearningindustry
April 2025 simpleshow, the AI-powered explainer video platform, has launched a groundbreaking new feature that seamlessly blends human-like avatars with easy-to-follow animated illustrations. This innovation adds a human touch to digital storytelling, making complex topics more engaging and ensuring messages truly resonate with audiences.
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https://futurism.com/tinder-ai-flirting-game
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Tinder Deploys AI-Powered Singles That Automatically Shoot Down Your Rizzless Attempts at Flirtation
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Tinder has teamed up with OpenAI to bring an AI voice-activated flirting game to the dating app.As the company revealed in a press release, the awkwardly-named "Game Game" uses OpenAI's voice mode and GPT-4o reasoning model to encourage users to roleplay various meet-cute scenarios and get points...
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https://digiday.com/marketing/why-marketers-shouldnt-follow-unilevers-plans-to-work-with-20-times-more-influencers-just-yet/
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Digiday
Unilever may be investing billions of dollars into influencer marketing, but marketers aren't necessarily copying their playbook just yet.When one of the world's largest advertisers says it will now invest half of its ad budget (some $8.5 billion globally in 2023, per Statista) on social media...
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https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/bringing-agentic-ai-to-enterprises/
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Blogs
AI is rapidly transforming how organizations solve complex challenges.
The early stages of enterprise AI adoption focused on using large language models to create chatbots. Now, enterprises are using agentic AI to create intelligent systems that reason, act and execute complex tasks with a degree...
The early stages of enterprise AI adoption focused on using large language models to create chatbots. Now, enterprises are using agentic AI to create intelligent systems that reason, act and execute complex tasks with a degree...
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https://www.tubefilter.com/2025/04/01/creators-wont-dominate-the-next-phase-of-the-creator-economy/
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Tubefilter
I am Matthew Gielen, former CEO & Co-Founder of Electric Monster. Electric Monster was created to acquire and scale digital media assets (YouTube). In total, we completed seven acquisitions, the largest of which was React Media (formerly Fine Brothers Entertainment/FBE) in late 2021. In December 2024, I sold Electric to Brat TV (now ZATV).
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https://www.destinationcrm.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=168753
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Destinationcrm
his year's dominating sales trends and technologies build on the growing use of artificial intelligence, which is becoming more impactful in 2025. In addition to AI, sales organizations are enhancing their data assets and data management, social selling capabilities, individualized onboarding and training of sales professionals, post-purchase engagement abilities, and self-service options.
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https://abc7.com/post/fashion-giant-hm-plans-use-ai-clones-human-models-not-everyone-is-happy/16115370/
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Abc7
Fashion giant H&M plans to create digital clones of its models this year, raising more questions for an industry grappling with both the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on workers. H&one of the world's largest clothing retailers, told CNN it plans to create 30 "digital twins" of its models this year, though it is still "exploring" how these avatars will be used.