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Award-winning French director Mathieu Kassovitz is embracing AI and predicts that “in two years from now nobody will care” if actors are real or AI. Kassovitz arrived on the scene as a respected international filmmaker 30 years ago with his 1995 masterpiece La Haine, a critical and financial hit that won him the Best Director prize at that year’s Cannes Film Festival. Today, he says he’s working on what the far-left Guardian describes as “an almost entirely AI-enabled film based on a 1940s wartime comic book by Edmond-François Calvo[.]” “Right now, everybody’s scared,” he told the World AI Film Festival, held in…

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Tuesday that an Israeli soldier who used a sledgehammer to destroy a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon has been dismissed from combat duty and sentenced to 30 days in military prison. Another soldier who photographed the act was given the same punishment. The incident occurred in the southern Lebanese village of Debel, where one IDF trooper snapped photos of another swinging the blunt side of an axe at the head of a Jesus statue. The image spread like wildfire across social media on Sunday, prompting outrage and condemnation from religious and political…

Prediction market platform Kalshi announced Wednesday that it has suspended three congressional candidates and imposed financial penalties after they were caught trading on their own election campaigns in violation of the platform’s rules. CNBC reports that the three candidates, running for office in Minnesota, Texas, and Virginia, each received five-year suspensions from the prediction market platform for what Kalshi characterized as “political insider trading” activity. The enforcement actions mark the first major disciplinary measures taken under the company’s newly implemented safeguards designed to prevent candidates from wagering on their own electoral contests. The sanctioned individuals include Mark Moran, a former…

A glass of beer can provide “substantial levels” of an essential brain-boosting vitamin in your diet, according to research published in a respected German journal. The BBC reports the vitamin B6 is good for the brain, blood and immune system and is found in a wide variety of foods – including an ice cold brew. A beer “serving” might meet around 15 percent of your daily B6 requirement, the authors of the study as seen by the BBC say, and even alcohol-free lager could deliver the same result. Many of the raw ingredients used to make the beverage, including barley,…

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran has decided against executing eight women it originally planned to kill on Wednesday night and would release four of them while giving one-month prison sentences to the other four. Trump, who called on the regime to release the women on Tuesday, shared the development in a Truth Social post. “Very good news! I have just been informed that the eight women protestors who were going to be executed tonight in Iran will no longer be killed. Four will be released immediately, and four will be sentenced to one month in prison,” he wrote.…

A German police union chief has sparked controversy after suggesting that women should avoid relationships with men because of rising crime rates in the country, while apparently ignoring that government statistics indicate a higher likelihood of being a victim of migrant crime. Appearing on the ZDF public broadcaster this week, the head of the Federal Association of German Detectives (BDK), Dirk Peglow, had a novel take on the fact that crimes against women are on the rise in Germany. When pressed by LGBT Assyrian-heritage ZDF host Dunja Hayali on what advice he would give women in Germany, Peglow said per DW: “Better…

The Senate Commerce Committee’s top Democrat is calling on the Transportation Department’s independent watchdog to launch an investigation into whether Federal Aviation Administration Chief Bryan Bedford “profited from deliberately violating his ethics agreement” by not divesting from an airline company — which he once ran — during a stipulated time frame last year. Bedford had vowed in that agreement to dispose of his equity in the parent corporation of Republic Airways, the regional carrier he presided over before joining the Trump administration, within 90 days of being confirmed to head the FAA. But he failed to meet that early October…

A 25% jump in the ultra-wealthy ranks by 2031 is being “supercharged” by profits from artificial intelligence, consultancy Knight Frank has said The number of billionaires worldwide is expected to climb to nearly 4,000 by 2031, rising about 25% from current levels as the pace of wealth creation accelerates, according to global property consultancy Knight Frank.There are currently 3,110 billionaires globally, and the figure is projected to rise by about 25% to 3,915 over the next five years, the firm said in a report on Thursday.Liam Bailey, the estate agent’s head of research, said wealth among billionaires and millionaires had…

The comment follows footage released by Tehran showing its forces boarding two vessels Iran’s seizure of two container ships in the Strait of Hormuz was not a ceasefire violation because they were not US or Israeli-owned, the White House has said, after the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) released footage of the operation. READ MORE: Oil jumps after US seizes Iranian ship near Hormuz The video, published on Wednesday, shows IRGC personnel intercepting and boarding two MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company container ships – the Epaminondas, a mid-sized vessel, and the larger MSC Francesca. A third vessel, identified as the Euphoria…

A Tokyo theme park worker died after becoming trapped inside a ride for five hours while conducting routine maintenance.  The tragedy happened on the “Flying Balloon” ride on Tuesday at Tokyo Dome City, Fox News reported.  “During routine maintenance work on the ride, one of our employees became trapped within the ride’s gondola mechanism,” the company said. “Following rescue operations, the employee was transported to a hospital, where their death was subsequently confirmed.” Local media outlet NHK World Japan identified the worker as 24-year-old Kamimura Hina, citing police. Rescuers worked to free her for approximately five hours, but she was…