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A viral Twitter thread has been made into a horror movie – and its first trailer is here

Dear David is set to release on October 13

Total Film

8 of our favorite Buzzfeed Puppy Interviews from Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling to Chris Evans

What could be better than your favorite celebrities and a room full of puppies?

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People are not happy about these AI Barbies from 'every country'—here's what's being said

These Barbies from around the world are *not* it.

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The ‘Barbie’ Movie Almost Included a Joke About How Much Costars Margot Robbie and Emma Mackey Look Alike

The comparisons between the two doppelgangers have floated around the internet for years.

Marie Claire

These AI-generated Barbies and Barbie houses for each state are going viral on TikTok but we have thoughts

TikTok is going wild for these 'Barbie' world AI-generated creations...

My Imperfect Life

Jennifer Lopez Shares What Appears to Be a Cropped Nude of Ben Affleck for Father’s Day

“can’t believe I know what face Ben Affleck makes when posing for a nude.”

Marie Claire

AI makes our journalism even more important

One of the troubling things about modern life is the fact that so many of our ordinary decisions are manipulated by vested interests and opaque forces. This isn’t entirely a new phenomenon, we have always been easily swayed – by the slick advertisers of Madison Avenue, the chocolate bars placed…

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The allure of the ad-lib: New research identifies why people prefer spontaneity in entertainment

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The Conversation

Will AI free us from drudgery – or leave us jobless and hungry?

Artificial intelligence promises more leisure and creativity for workers. But at the same time, corporations are clamping down on unions and making plans to replace their expensive human employees, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

Brian Merchant: What it looks like when jobs disappear in the shadow of AI

What will it look like when AI comes for your job? How will it happen? Will it happen at all? These are the questions on so many minds in the age of OpenAI and Google's Bard, of the suddenly ubiquitous text and image generators such as ChatGPT and Midjourney.

Los Angeles Times

BuzzFeed cooks up new AI-powered recipe generator, Botatouille

Artificial ‘culinary companion’ will suggest meals based on what you have in your refrigerator and has a chatbot feature

The Guardian - US

News website Boring Report is using A.I. to change how people consume news—literally making it ‘boring’ by avoiding sensationalism

Amid growing distrust of the media, Boring Report uses A.I. to “aggregate” and “present” news in what it says is a more neutral way.

Fortune

Vice and BuzzFeed were meant to be the future of news. What happened?

Their young audience made them the envy of the media’s old guard. But, ultimately, they couldn’t convert this into profit, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson

The Guardian - UK

The Internet Is a Little Annoyed Over Olivia Wilde Wearing a Wedding Dress to a Wedding That Wasn’t Hers

People have big opinions on this one.

Marie Claire

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The Guardian - US

Vice is going bankrupt, BuzzFeed News is dead. What does it mean?

When it comes to news in the digital age, which journalism model will work?

The Guardian - UK

Vice files for bankruptcy protection amid cut-price sale to consortium

Digital publisher and owner of Vice News and Vice TV was once valued at $6bn but has agreed sale for $225m

Salon

Mourning – but learning from – MTV News

In remembering the music video channel's legacy, let's also look at its success in connecting with young viewers

ABC News

Infinity Pool casts Alexander Skarsgård as a holidaygoer who falls prey to hedonism and the wily Mia Goth in a sinister island paradise

Following in his filmmaker father’s footsteps and riffing on the success of White Lotus and Triangle of Sadness, Brandon Cronenberg has made a stomach-churning holiday horror with Infinity Pool.

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The Walrus

All the Exciting Media Outlets Are Dying. What the Hell Comes Next?

Once-giant digital outlets like BuzzFeed News and Vice are either dead or declining. The media landscape looks bleaker than ever

Crikey

The tech-bubble collapse is ending mass media — that’s a good thing

The demise of Buzzfeed and Vice mark the end of a media era — one kept alive through private equity funds and social media.

The Guardian - UK

How the rivalry between Gawker and BuzzFeed drove a social media boom – and bust

Ben Smith was BuzzFeed’s editor-in-chief when it was at its peak. He explains how the groundbreaking site and its rivals changed the media – and sowed the seeds for their own demise

WEKU

In BuzzFeed fashion, 5 takeaways from Ben Smith's 'Traffic'

In his new book, the former editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed News lands on his promise to chronicle the rise of digital media through the story of a snowballing, head-to-head competition.

The Guardian - US

The digital media bubble has burst. Where does the industry go from here?

Buzzfeed, Vice, Gawker and Drudge Report are all traffic-war casualties, but they succeeded in shaking up the media landscape

The Guardian - UK

‘Like Icarus – now everyone is burnt’: how Vice and BuzzFeed fell to earth

Era of lofty valuations for upstart youth media appears to be over, with Vice ‘heading for bankruptcy’ and BuzzFeed News shutting down

AFP

BuzzFeed, Vice woes signal crisis in digital-only media

New York (AFP) - With the closure of BuzzFeed News and bankruptcy looming at Vice, the once promising world of free digital media finds itself at a crossroads, seeing ad revenues dry up at the same time as disappointed investors begin walking away.

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