Lost generation: the AI threat to Britain’s next great directors

Commercials once launched careers from Ridley Scott to Guy Ritchie, now automated production is cutting costs – and the chance to learn by doing When Ridley Scott was awarded the UK’s highest accolade for a glittering career directing films from Alien and Blade Runner to Gladiator and The Martian, he reminded those attending the Bafta event eight years ago that making commercials had been his “film school”. The advertising industry has long been a breeding ground for British film and TV talent who have gone on to make the jump to Hollywood productions, including Guy Ritchie, who started out making[...]

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One Nation’s AI video is vile and tired – but the ensloppification of Australian politics doesn’t stop there

The inflammatory clip shows the wild west of online politicking created by unrestricted access to AI – and why watchdogs need more powers to do something about it Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast One Nation’s new AI-generated campaign video is a new low – even for them. The video – reportedly played at the party’s Victorian campaign launch over the weekend – is an AI-generated collection of racist tropes, depicting a man who appears to be African brandishing a machete, an apparently Middle Eastern man with an explosive vest, a south Asian man in[...]

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Democrats sue to stop Trump from using taxpayer funds for self-promoting ads

Ads promoting the president have cost more than $12m and his Super Pac has refused to reimburse taxpayers Sign up to The Stakes 2026: your weekly guide to the US midterms The Democratic National Committee sued the Trump administration in federal court on Wednesday, asking a judge in Washington DC to stop the president from using taxpayer funds to air a series of ads promoting himself, arguing that the ads are illegal government-sponsored propaganda. The ads promoting Donald Trump, including one recycled from his 2024 presidential campaign, have cost taxpayers more than $12m so far, according to the media tracking[...]

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I want to block gambling ads from my phone. What can I do?

It should be easier to opt out of online gambling ads next year, writes policy professional Kat George. For now, there are still steps that can help Read more Australian customer service columns I tried to block Crown gambling spam on my phone. It kept coming. I said that if I were a recovering gambling addict, the ads could be extremely harmful. After that the ads came much more frequently. Google sent a response that they could not remove the ads from the internet because they are not dangerous. I replied that I simply wanted to block them from my[...]

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Make-A-Wish Canada Shows the Power of a Wish Through New Series of Films

Make-A-Wish® Canada has unveiled the latest chapter of Wishes Are Medicine, the organization’s platform launched in 2025 to challenge misconceptions about its work: that wishes are simply nice-to-haves, when instead they are an essential part of the treatment journey. The new campaign, a series of films, builds on that platform by spotlighting wish alumni whose stories demonstrate how a wish can provide hope, strength and motivation during some of the most difficult moments of a child’s treatment journey.    By bringing these stories to life on screen, and in print, Wishes Are Medicine invites audiences to experience some of the same joy and possibility that wishes create for[...]

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KDSP Presents the Fifth Kirby Challenge Raising Funds for Breakthrough Type 1 Diabetes

KDSP hosted its fifth Kirby Challenge on Sunday, October 4, raising donations for Breakthrough T1D, the leading global organization for Type 1 Diabetes research. After an eight-year hiatus, the adult field day fundraiser returned with its tried-and-true formula: one day, ten events, one big dumb trophy.  The Kirby Challenge began in 2015 and carried on through 2018. The first four Kirby Challenges were born of pure, unapologetic competitiveness: ten events, a lot of planning, and a lot of grown adults playing paintball, eating habanero peppers, and pulling hammys. Then Brock Kirby, chairman of the Kirby Challenge, went freelance, COVID hit,[...]

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Jupiter Festival Lined up Splashy Sponsors but Had a Soft Landing In Its First Year

Organizers say 2,231 attendees met their goal but the show felt sparse at times.

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