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‘The Yahoo Boys’ and the Clumsy Art of the Romance Scam

June 19, 2026June 19, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments AI and fraud, artificial intelligence, book criticism, Book Review, Carlos Barragán, catfishing, crime writing, cybercrime, digital culture, economic inequality, Farrar Straus and Giroux, financial fraud, gift card scams, globalization, internet scams, investigative journalism, John Oliver, loneliness epidemic, Mary Worth, Nigeria, Nigerian society, nonfiction books, online dating, online fraud, pig butchering scams, romance scams, scam culture, social psychology, The Yahoo Boys, Yahoo Boys

A new book on the teen scammers of Nigeria gets to the humans, but not the politics

‘Toy Story 5’ Tackles Technology

June 17, 2026June 17, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 2026 movies, Andrew Stanton, animated films, animation, artificial intelligence, Bo Peep, Buzz Lightyear, children and technology, Conan OBrien, Craig Robinson, cyberbullying, digital childhood, Disney, Disney animation, Greta Lee, Jessie, Joan Cusack, movie review, Pixar, Pixar movies, screen time, social media, Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, Toy Story 5, toys, Woody

But Woody and co punt on bigger questions of device devotion

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We’re All Players in the ‘Amazing Digital Circus’

June 8, 2026June 9, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments AI in fiction, animated films, animated series, animation fandom, animation industry, artificial intelligence, Batman: The Animated Series, Caine, cartoon reviews, Clayface, cult fandom, digital culture, existentialism, Family Guy, Fathom Events, Gen Z culture, Glitch Studios, Gooseworx, Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, independent animation, Jean-Paul Sartre, Mr. Freeze, online culture, Paw Patrol, Pomni, pop culture criticism, Severance, streaming culture, The Amazing Digital Circus, The Amazing Digital Circus The Final Act, The Truman Show, young adult media, YouTube animation, YouTube creators

Glitch and Gooseworx may be following ‘Obsession’ and ‘Backrooms’ from YouTube to box office success

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She Is Not a Robot

May 11, 2026May 19, 2026 Elaine Margolin 0 Comments AI, AI and family life, AI and intimacy, AI and journalism, AI and medicine, AI anxiety, AI assistants, AI books, AI ethics, AI parenting, AI relationships, AI therapy, Anthropic, artificial intelligence, automation, book reviews, deep learning, future of AI, generative AI, Google AI, Harper Books, human creativity, Joanna Stern, machine learning, Meta AI, nonfiction books, NotebookLM, OpenAI, Silicon Valley, tech journalism, technology culture, Wall Street Journal, waymo, wearable technology, xAI

Joanna Stern’s book about AI is a fascinating, approachable glimpse of the future

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The Sci Fi Short Story That Rocked Wall Street

March 22, 2026May 13, 2026 Dan Friedman 0 Comments ai agents, ai and labor, ai disruption, ai economy, AI ethics, ai risk, artificial intelligence, automation, capitalism, citrini research, consumer economy, Darwin, dystopian fiction, financial commentary, financial markets, Freud, future of work, Galileo, ghost gdp, H.G. Wells, John Wyndham, Jonathan Swift, King Kong, market panic, science fiction, speculative fiction, Taylorism, the 2028 global intelligence crisis, unemployment, Wall Street, white collar jobs

Citrini became famous overnight by its dystopian tale of artificial intelligence

Humanity Counters Robot Overload at SXSW 2026

March 20, 2026March 19, 2026 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments ai robots, ai themes in film, alex prager, Amy Poehler, Apple TV Plus, artificial intelligence, Austin Texas, automation culture, Barack Obama, Better Call Saul, Bill Hader, Boots Riley, Curry Barker, David E. Kelley, Demi Moore, Disclosure Day, dreamquil, Elizabeth Banks, Elle Fanning, Eric Andre, Festival Coverage, Film festival, Film Premieres, HBO comedy, human vs ai, I Love Boosters, iheartradio awards, Inde Navarrette, Indie Film, jeff schaffer, John C. Reilly, John Carney, Juliette Lewis, Keke Palmer, Larry David, life larry and the pursuit of unhappiness, margos got money troubles, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nick Jonas, Nick Offerman, obsession horror, Paul Rudd, Pluribus, podcasting trends, power ballad, Rhea Seehorn, robotics, rufi thorpe, self driving cars, Sorry To Bother You, South By Southwest, Steven Spielberg, streaming TV, susie essman, SXSW 2026, tech festival, Terry Gross, tesla robot, the big picture podcast, TV Premieres, vanessa prager, Vince Gilligan, waymo, Will Ferrell

The film and TV slate doubled down on the value of the human touch amid what felt like a ‘bot takeover.

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SXSW’s Reality Check

March 18, 2026March 18, 2026 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments AI anxiety, AI culture, Alanis Morissette, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV Plus, artificial intelligence, Austin Convention Center, Austin Texas, Boots Riley, Demi Moore, Disclosure Day, Ego Nwodim, Eric Andre, festival culture, Film festival, future of media, HBO comedy, I Love Boosters, John Carney, Keke Palmer, Larry David, Mark Zuckerberg, media consolidation, metaverse, music festival, Nick Jonas, Paul Rudd, Penske Media, Ready Player One, robotics, South By Southwest, Spotify showcase, St Vincent, Steven Spielberg, streaming industry, SXSW 2026, Taylor Sheridan, tech conference, The Madison TV show, Will Ferrell, You Oughta Know

Austin’s annual bacchanal of tech, movies, and music South by Southwest faces its biggest challenge yet: staying human

Google’s AI Oscar-Bait Is Not the Only Place Where AI Shows Its Limits

January 8, 2026January 8, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments AI in Film, artificial intelligence, Black Mirror, film criticism, Google, Hollywood Technology, Kyra Sedgwick, Michael Keaton, Oscars, Sam Altman, Short Films, Tech Hype

Michael Keaton Douglas directs a short feature that may not even go down in history

The Year AI Began To Shape Hollywood

December 18, 2025December 18, 2025 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments 2023 actors strike, Academy Awards, Adrien Brody, AI, AI ethics, AI filmmaking, artificial intelligence, Bob Iger, ChatGPT, collective bargaining, copyright, David Ellison, digital performers, Disney, Emilia Perez, Fantasia, Felicity Jones, film industry, film technology, future of cinema, generative AI, Hollywood, Hollywood studios, intellectual property, Karla Sofía Gascón, labor relations, Larry Ellison, Marvel, Mickey Mouse, Netflix, OpenAI, Oracle, Oscars, Paramount, Particle6, Pixar, Respeecher, SAG-AFTRA, Sora, Star Wars, Steamboat Willie, synthetic actors, The Brutalist, Tilly Norwood, voice technology, Walt Disney Company, Xicoia, Zurich Film Festival, Zurich Film Festival Summit

From AI Oscar wins to Disney handing OpenAI its crown jewels film is racing from talent to tech

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The Ghost in the Machine

November 11, 2025November 13, 2025 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Afrofuturism, AI ethics, algorithmic bias, artificial intelligence, Big Tech, Black authors, C.J. Farley, diversity in tech, Jamaican American characters, Who Knows You By Heart, William Morrow, workplace thriller

C.J. Farley’s ‘Who Knows You By Heart’ plumbs Big Tech’s soul

The Book Thieves of AI

June 16, 2025June 19, 2025 Paul Shirley 0 Comments AI, artificial intelligence, Meta

At first, I felt relief that Meta felt like one of my books was important enough to train its AI software. Then I got mad.