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Dakota Fanning joins filmmaker, Ishana Shyamalan, in discussing how she was inspired by reality shows like 'Love Island' and 'Big Brother' in making 'The Watchers'.

If House of the Dragon Season 1 was the slow burn of the fuse leading up to the Dance of the Dragons, then Season 2 is the powder keg finally going off. Dragons will battle dragons, kin will slay kin, and thousands of soldiers and smallfolk will lose their lives in the oncoming war between Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) and her half-brother Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney). SEE ALSO: 'House of the Dragon' recap: The 9 most WTF moments so far ahead of Season 2 Yet as explosive as the Dance is, House of the Dragon Season 2 is more interested in the cost of war than the epic scale of it.

Meta is leaking devices on Threads for those who are eagle-eyed enough to see it. Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth posted a video (via TechRadar) on Threads that's meant to showcase some new VR software features, but that's not why it's interesting. At one point, you can see a white Meta Quest headset on a desk in the background that is clearly neither the Quest 2 nor Quest 3, but something that has elements of both.

New Google Play guidelines are putting the cuffs on generative AI apps offering dubious tools, such as deepfake "undressing" apps and those producing graphic content. The updated app store policy, announced Thursday, instructs generative AI apps and their developers to build-in precautions against offensive content, "including prohibited content listed under Google Play’s Inappropriate Content policies, content that may exploit or abuse children, and content that can deceive users or enable dishonest behaviors." Developers must also offer in-app flagging and reporting mechanisms for users stumbling across inappropriate content and "rigorously test" their AI models, TechCrunch reported. SEE ALSO: ChatGPT features rumored for iOS 18 will reportedly be opt-in The rules apply to apps that produce AI-generated content in "any combination of text, voice, and image prompt input." This includes chatbots, image generators, and audio-spoofing apps using generative AI.

Changes to Adobe's Terms of Service have users confused and outraged that their work — even unpublished and in-progress projects — may be used to train AI models. Users of various Adobe apps including Photoshop and Substance Painter received a pop-up notice on Wednesday saying "we may access your content through both manual and automated methods, such as for content review." Tweet may have been deleted The updated section (that went into effect all the way back on February 17, 2024) in Adobe's Terms of Service says: "Our automated systems may analyze your Content and Creative Cloud Customer Fonts (defined in section 3.10 (Creative Cloud Customer Fonts) below) using techniques such as machine learning in order to improve our Services and Software and the user experience."The language is vague.

Several streaming platforms are hiking subscription rates, potentially impacting monthly entertainment budgets for people. Max, Spotify, and Twitch recently announced they would raise prices for their various subscription plans in an aim to fortify their positions in a competitive landscape. Here’s what to know about recent streaming price increases. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Max increases prices across ad-free plans At the start of 2023, Max raised its prices for the first time, and a little over a year later, the platform is increasing the price again.