• The Daily Beast

    ‘Her’ Casting Director Weighs in On Scarlett Johansson’s OpenAI Row

    Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyIn the 2013 Oscar-winning movie Her, Joaqin Phoenix plays a lonely Los Angeles man who falls hopelessly in love with Samantha, an AI-powered virtual assistant voiced by Scarlett Johanssan. “You seem like a person, but you’re just a voice in a computer,” he tells her in their first conversation.Flash forward to 2024, and that scenario is closer to reality than ever—uncomfortably so for Johansson, who this week accused the artificial intel

  • Associated Press

    Giants hit 3 RBI singles in 4-run 10th inning and rally from a 5-run deficit to top the Pirates 9-5

    Patrick Bailey hit the first of three RBI singles in a four-run 10th inning, and the San Francisco Giants rallied from a five run deficit for a 9-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night. Bailey started with a single to right off Carmen Mlodzinski (0-1), scoring automatic runner Thairo Estrada, before Jorge Soler followed with one up the middle to bring in Matt Chapman.

  • Associated Press

    Peyton Manning says he has no desire to go from broadcasting to an NFL executive position

    Peyton Manning was honored for his community work at a banquet Wednesday night. Ahead of the event, he was asked if he had any desire to run an NFL franchise and he said he'd rather stick to his “Monday Night Football” Manningcast with brother Eli that just won its second Sports Emmy award. Manning said the livecast allows the brothers to “still be a part of our kids' lives on the weekend.”