California lawmakers pass AI safety bill SB 53 — but Newsom could still veto

California’s state senate gave final approval early on Saturday morning to a major AI safety bill setting new transparency requirements on large companies. As described by its author, state senator Scott Wiener, SB 53 “requires large AI labs to be transparent about their safety protocols, creates whistleblower protections for [employees] at AI labs & creates…

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‘Frankenstein’s Guillermo Del Toro Calls Jacob Elordi’s Creature “Beautiful”

Although Jacob Elordi is taking on an iconic movie monster with his latest role, he’s apparently still serving face that could make any townsperson drop their pitchforks and torches. In Frankenstein, which premieres Oct. 17 in select theaters and Nov. 7 on Netflix, writer/director Guillermo Del Toro explained that Elordi’s version of the Creature is…

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bitchy | ‘Royal sources’ insist that King Charles might see Archie & Lili next year

There’s something so mindnumbingly stupid about the British press breathlessly quoting unnamed “royal sources” and “palace insiders,” all of whom have been armed with the exact same talking point this week: Prince Harry should keep silent about his meeting with his father, no briefings or interviews or leaks! It’s not that Charles and his team…

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