The Hollywood Reporter Thursday March 26, 2026
OpenAI is shutting down its Sora AI video generation model, just months after launching an undated version of the app to great fanfare. “The move is one of a number of steps OpenAI is taking to refocus on business and coding functions ahead of a potential initial public offering as soon as the fourth quarter of this year,” reports The Wall Street Journal. A source tells The Hollywood Reporter that Disney is also exiting the deal it signed with OpenAI last year, in which it pledged to invest $1 billion in the company and agreed to license some of its characters for use in Sora. Read the full Story >>
World Photography Organization Thursday March 26, 2026
The World Photography Organization has announced the winners and shortlisted photographers for its 2026 National and Regional Awards in the 2026 Sony World Photo Awards. Photographers from more than 200 countries and territories entered over 430,000 photos in this year’s Sony World Photography Awards. Of these, National and Regional Award winners were chosen from the Sony World Photo Awards’ Open, Professional, and Student competitions. Winners of the various competitions will be announced on April 16. Read the full Story >>
The New York Times Thursday March 26, 2026
Social media company Meta and video streamer YouTube harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress, a jury found on Wednesday. Meta must pay $4.2 million in combined compensatory and punitive damages, and YouTube must pay $1.8 million. The landmark decision could open social media companies to more lawsuits over users’ well-being, notes The New York Times. Wednesday’s verdict follows a ruling this week by a New Mexico jury in another case brought by the state attorney general there, which found Meta liable for violating state law by failing to safeguard users of its apps from child predators. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Thursday March 26, 2026
Stephen Koch, a writer and critic who tirelessly shepherded the works of an overlooked photographer to global prominence, establishing Peter Hujar as one of his art form's greats, died on Feb. 24 at
his home in Manhattan. He was 84, reported The New York Times. Known largely to cognoscenti -- including Susan Sontag, who wrote the introduction to his first book, in 1976 -- … Read the full Story >>
