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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeActor Lisa Dillon has hit out at “shameful” Patrick Stewart for “diminishing” their five-year relationship in his recent autobiography.Dillon, who is best known for her role in the BBC series Cranford, had a relationship with the Star Trek actor from 2003 to 2007 after starring in a production of The Master Builder. When Stewart met the 23-year-old Dillon, he was 62 and married to…

For chatbots, math is the final frontier. AI language models generate responses using statistics, spitting out an answer that’s mostly likely to be satisfying. That works great when the goal is a passable sentence, but it means chatbots struggle with questions like math where there’s exactly one right answer. Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future TechA growing body of evidence suggests you can get better results if you give AI some friendly encouragement, but a new study pushes that strange reality further.…

The art of speaking to AI chatbots is continuing to frustrate and baffle people.A study attempting to fine-tune prompts fed into a chatbot model found that, in one instance, asking it to speak as if it were on Star Trek dramatically improved its ability to solve grade-school-level math problems."It's both surprising and irritating that trivial modifications to the prompt can exhibit such dramatic swings in performance," the study authors Rick Battle and Teja Gollapudi at software firm VMware in California said in their…

Posted in: Comics, IDW, Preview | Tagged: In Star Trek: Picard's Academy #6, it's crunch time at the Academy. Will Picard's final exam be a cosmic cap and gown... or a shroud?Published Tue, 27 Feb 2024 23:26:07 -0600 by Jude Terror | Article Summary Star Trek: Picard's Academy #6 hits shelves Wednesday, February 28th. The finale sees cadet Picard leading under Romulan threat. Will Picard's decisions spell war or flunk out of Starfleet? LOLtron malfunctions, spinning from comic analysis to global…

Lenovo’s Project Crystal is definitely sci-fi tech come to life. Currently, there are no plans to turn the concept laptop into a retail product. Yet. Instead, its ThinkPad division commissioned an exploration into the potential of transparent microLED panels and, sigh, AI integration. EngadgetThe most obvious use for the transparent laptop display would be sharing info at a doctor’s office or hotel desk. Instead of needing to flip a screen around, you could simply reverse the device’s output via software. According to Sam…

By Megan Thomas | CNN Kenneth Mitchell, an actor who appeared in the series “Star Trek: Discovery” and Marvel’s “Captain Marvel,” has died, his family announced in a statement shared on his verified social media Sunday. He was 49. “With heavy hearts we announce the passing of Kenneth Alexander Mitchell, beloved father, husband, brother, uncle, son and dear friend,” the family’s statement read. Mitchell was diagnosed with ALS in 2018. He and his family shared periodic updates about his health in recent years. In August,…

Kenneth Mitchell, known for his portrayal of several characters in Star Trek: Discovery as well as roles in Captain Marvel and Jericho, has died. He was 49. Mitchell died in Los Angeles on Saturday from complications of ALS, his family told The Hollywood Reporter. “Kenny was the keeper of countless enduring friendships,” the family announced Kenneth Mitchell, known for his portrayal of several characters in Star Trek: Discovery as well as roles in Captain Marvel and Jericho, has died. He was 49. Mitchell…

Initially airing on ABC, "Webster" ran from 1983 to 1989, rounding out its final run in syndication under Paramount. Fortuitously for fans of sitcom shark-jumps, there was another popular series in development on the Paramount lot at the time: "Star Trek: The Next Generation." And what better way to round out the "Webster" series finale than with a Klingon-powered clip show? The premise behind "Webster" imagined life for the titular young Black orphan after getting adopted by his affluent white retired…

Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner and Kit Harington are reuniting for a new gothic horror. The minions generate A.I. art in a new look at Despicable Me 4. Plus, what’s to come on The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. Spoilers, away!Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra: 3 Things We Love and HateThe DreadfulDeadline reports Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner and Kit Harrington will reunite for The Dreadful, a “gothic horror movie” from director Natasha Kermani (Imitation Girl) set during the War of the Roses. The ambiguous plot is said to…

With Section 31 in production, work being put in on a Jean-Luc Picard movie, and continued efforts to make a fourth movie in the Kelvin timeline a reality, there has been a lot of talk about Star Trek movies as of late. There's still no telling what the next feature from the franchise to appear on a silver screen will be, but a new update from Nicolas Cage shows that there's interest in his involvement. Cage recently revealed what he knew about the situation, and what he'd like to do if invited to join for a movie. …