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[ad_1] For decades, Hollywood has experimented with technology to make movies and TV shows faster, cheaper, and flashier. Now, with generative AI, that experimentation is creeping into one of the industry’s most sacred spaces: the writers’ room.From blockbuster franchises to indie productions, writers are grappling with AI’s role in shaping scripts — sparking fierce divisions among industry insiders. Some see it as a tool that could add depth to the storytelling process. Others see it as a soulless machine, incapable of capturing the lived experiences that make great stories resonate.Studios like Lionsgate are already striking deals with AI startups to…

[ad_1] UnitedHealth was among the stocks that made the coveted Goldman Sachs “Hedge Fund VIP” basket last quarter as professional traders piled into the beaten-down insurer. The Wall Street bank analyzed the holdings of 981 fundamentally driven hedge funds with $3.8 trillion of gross equity positions at the end of the second quarter, based on regulatory filings. It then compiled a basket of the most popular long positions, consisting of 50 stocks that most frequently appear among hedge funds’ 10-largest holdings. This VIP basket has outperformed the S & P 500 this year with a gain of 15%, compared to the…

[ad_1] Apple just raised prices for its streaming service by 30%.Apple TV+ now costs $12.99 per month, up from the $9.99 price tag it has had since October 2023. The 30% increase will take effect in the next 30 days for existing subscribers. However, prices won’t change for the streamer’s annual plan or Apple’s Apple One bundle, which includes Apple TV+.Unlike all other major streamers, Apple TV+ has never had ads for on-demand shows — and it’s not getting them now.Even after the price hike, Apple TV+ still costs less than most of its ad-free peers. Amazon Prime Video is…

[ad_1] (This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh — You’ve heard of “Dividend Aristocrats,” the small group of publicly traded companies in the S & P 500 that have raised their dividend for 25 consecutive years. There are only 69 of these in the index right now. What you may not have heard about are the “Dividend Kings.” These are stocks that have raised their dividend for over 50 consecutive years. This is extremely rarified air. There are just 55 Dividend Kings, and most…

[ad_1] A decade ago, HBO broke from cable and started letting people subscribe to the service online. Most of the industry followed suit —just as the cable industry started to collapse.But Disney’s ESPN has been the most important holdout. Up until this week, if you wanted to watch the country’s most popular sports network — one stocked with must-see sports — you needed some kind of pay TV subscription.Now that is changing. On Thursday, you’ll be able to stream ESPN and its related channels for $30 a month without paying for anything else.What took so long? It’s pretty simple, says Jimmy Pitaro,…

[ad_1] Nvidia is the leader in the semiconductor industry. Ahead of its fiscal second-quarter earnings report on Wednesday, and largely due to its dominance in artificial intelligence, Nvidia is the largest publicly traded company in the world by market capitalization — and by a substantial margin. The difference between the valuation of Nvidia and second-place Microsoft is large enough to buy Exxon Mobil with some change left over. Here’s another superlative” Nvidia has a total return of more than 32,000% over the past 10 years. This extraordinary investment performance is driven by the company’s GPUs, which offer superior parallel processing,…

[ad_1] Good morning. I couldn’t assemble flat-pack furniture if my life depended on it. Sometimes, it feels like it actually does. That’s why I’m thrilled about this startup’s mission: Make US manufacturing easier than following an Ikea manual.In today’s big story, BI’s Hugh Langley exclusively reports on Google ramping up the pressure on workers to use AI for everything — or risk falling behind. Googlers told Hugh how they feel about it.What’s on deck:Markets: Infamous market bear Michael Burry appears to have flipped his stance on stocks.Tech: Hundreds of Microsoft employees are comparing compensation in a giant spreadsheet, BI exclusively…

[ad_1] Google is launching a global expansion of AI Mode, its feature that allows users to ask complex questions and follow-ups to dig deeper on a topic directly within Search, the company announced on Thursday. The tech giant is also bringing new agentic and personalized capabilities to the feature. As part of the expansion, Google is bringing AI Mode to 180 new countries in English. Up until now, it’s only been available to users in the U.S., U.K., and India. Google plans to bring the feature to more languages and regions soon. In terms of the new agentic features, users…

[ad_1] 2025-08-21T13:35:01Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Walmart said on an earnings call that tariff-related costs continue to increase each week. The retailer also said it managed to avoid some of the price hikes it expected last quarter. Even with the new pressures, Walmart reported sales growth in both dollars and items. US shoppers made…

[ad_1] The head of Amazon’s bid to create artificial general intelligence has shared how junior staffers can get ahead in AI, as talent wars create fierce competition for a select few.Companies like Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic have spent the summer jostling for AI talent, in some cases offering compensation packages worth tens of millions.David Luan told The Verge’s “Decoder” podcast that he would put fewer than 1,000 people in the world into the top AI talent bracket and trust fewer than 150 people with a “giant dollar amount of compute” for a frontier AI lab.But Luan said that some junior…