A London production company's AI-generated "actress" identified a CBS News reporter's age and regional origin within minutes of a video interview, and neither the bot nor its creator could explain how. CBS News reporter Leigh Kiniry sat down for a video interview with "Tilly Norwood," a digital persona billed as the world's first AI actor, […] The post Hollywood's first AI actress can't explain how she reads your personal data appeared first on American Almanac .
A London production company's AI-generated "actress" identified a CBS News reporter's age and regional origin within minutes of a video interview, and neither the bot nor its creator could explain how. CBS News reporter Leigh Kiniry sat down for a video interview with "Tilly Norwood," a digital persona billed as the world's first AI actor, and came away unsettled. Within roughly a minute of conversation, the AI, which takes the form of a freckled twenty-something woman, had pegged Kiniry's approximate age and the region of the United States she comes from. When pressed, the bot's creator offered no clear answer for how that happened. Eileen Van Der Velden, who has run the London-based production company PARTICLE 6 for twelve years,…Open
Nine bottlenose dolphins remain locked inside a shuttered Mexican water park where campaigners say the animals are blind, sick, and gnawing at concrete walls, and government officials insist the dolphins are fine. Footage filmed September 2 at Dolphin Discovery Ventura Park in Cancun shows the animals confined in algae-ridden enclosures months after the park announced […] The post Nine dolphins left confined in closed Cancun water park as health reports reveal organ failure and disease appeared first on American Almanac .
Nine bottlenose dolphins remain locked inside a shuttered Mexican water park where campaigners say the animals are blind, sick, and gnawing at concrete walls, and government officials insist the dolphins are fine. Footage filmed September 2 at Dolphin Discovery Ventura Park in Cancun shows the animals confined in algae-ridden enclosures months after the park announced its indefinite closure in January 2025. The animal rights group Veeleaf captured the video, and campaigners from the organization TideBreakers posted it to Facebook, calling it among the worst conditions their team had ever documented for captive dolphins. The park once offered swim-with-dolphins experiences for tourists. Now no tourists come. The gates are shut. But the…Open
Beatles legend Ringo Starr, now 86, has kept the same bare-bones sandwich in his rotation for years, goat cheese on bread, and his stated reason for ditching cow dairy has more to do with animal size than actual nutrition. Starr laid out his culinary philosophy during a 2021 appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen […] The post Ringo Starr's go-to sandwich has just two ingredients — and his explanation defies science appeared first on American Almanac .
Beatles legend Ringo Starr, now 86, has kept the same bare-bones sandwich in his rotation for years, goat cheese on bread, and his stated reason for ditching cow dairy has more to do with animal size than actual nutrition. Starr laid out his culinary philosophy during a 2021 appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." When Colbert asked him a simple question, "What is the best sandwich?", the drummer's answer was anything but conventional. "I don't have a lot of them anymore, but cheese," Starr said. Then he added a condition: "But it has to be goat cheese now." His reasoning turned heads. Starr told Colbert he avoids all cow-derived food, and his explanation leaned on a theory about molecular size that no nutritionist would…Open
A 46-year-old Brooklyn man now faces drug trafficking charges after a Fort Lauderdale police dog led officers to narcotics, cash, and a firearm with a scratched-off serial number hidden inside his vehicle. Charles Wilson Pastore was riding in a white Mercedes-Benz when Fort Lauderdale police pulled the car over. Officers deployed a sniffer dog, which […] The post Fort Lauderdale police dog sniffs out cocaine, meth, and a loaded gun in Brooklyn man's car appeared first on American Almanac .
A 46-year-old Brooklyn man now faces drug trafficking charges after a Fort Lauderdale police dog led officers to narcotics, cash, and a firearm with a scratched-off serial number hidden inside his vehicle. Charles Wilson Pastore was riding in a white Mercedes-Benz when Fort Lauderdale police pulled the car over. Officers deployed a sniffer dog, which alerted them to the vehicle. What they found inside painted a clear picture of a drug operation on wheels: 17 grams of methamphetamine, 3.5 grams of crack cocaine, $3,515 in cash, a loaded semi-automatic handgun with an altered serial number, multiple cell phones, and a digital scale dusted with white powder residue tucked inside a backpack on the back seat. Fort Lauderdale police arrested…Open
The Tuesday appeal to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals saw the DOJ ask a three-judge panel to determine that Halligan had been legitimately appointed.
Former US CIA director David Petraeus was at a Ukrainian train station at the very moment a Russian drone struck a passenger train on Sunday, shortly after a diplomatic train carrying former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other foreign dignitaries had passed through. Kyiv framed the attack as evidence of the increased threat Russia’s Vladimir Putin poses to Europe, with Ukraine’s rail operator saying it was “quite likely” a targeted attack. CNN's Fareed Zakaria shares his experience as he was on one of the trains when the drone strike happened. 0:00 CNN’s Fareed Zakaria was in the vicinity when the drone strike happened 3:35 Was this a targeted strike by Russia? 6:30 Where is this war headed? Watch 24/7 live news with CNN…
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie surprised his colleagues by introducing articles of impeach against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, hours before an expected vote pushed by a House Democrat to impeach President Donald Trump. The rogue congressman from Kentucky, who was lost his primary to a Trump-backed opponent, said he did not tell party leadership about the move.
Video released by MARTA, which operates a bus service, shows a driver in Atlanta appearing to fall asleep just before crashing into some trees. Three people, including the driver, on the bus were injured, according to CNN affiliate WXIA.
