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semafor.com > article > 09 > 04 > 2026 > filmmakers-tout-ais-use-in-hollywood-at-the-other-film-festival-in-venice

Filmmakers tout AI’s use in Hollywood at the other film festival in Venice

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (513+ words) The Reply AI Film Festival fetes films made with the technology as its honorees say traditional filmmakers won’t admit they use it too. Filmmakers tout AI’s use in Hollywood at the other film festival in Venice Hollywood’s dirty little secret…...

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semafor.com > article > 09 > 04 > 2026 > remembering-gloria-steinem-in-her-own-words

Gloria Steinem in her own words

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (94+ words) Revisiting the late American activist’s 2015 memoir. My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem. The trailblazing American feminist, Gloria Steinem, who died Wednesday, lived a life defined by movement in every sense of the word. In her 2015 memoir, Steinem recounts…...

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semafor.com > article > 09 > 03 > 2026 > an-ageless-new-novella

An ‘ageless’ new novella

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (118+ words) Colm Tóibín publishes a deftly crafted sequel to his 2006 work, “A Long Winter.” The Bridge by Colm Tóibín. Deep in the Pyrenees mountains, a young man, Miquel, struggles in the wake of his mother’s death in a snowstorm — a tragic…...

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semafor.com > article > 09 > 02 > 2026 > textual-sleuths-wage-crusade-against-ai-slop-with-pangram

Textual sleuths wage crusade against AI slop with Pangram

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (138+ words) Pangram has recently been credited with helping implode a lucrative book deal and unmasking AI use at The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Textual sleuths are waging a crusade against the AI-generated writing proliferating in publications and…...

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semafor.com > article > 09 > 02 > 2026 > paid-actors-ai-writing-how-a-new-kind-of-video-business-cashed-in-on-americas-divided-politics

Exclusive: Paid actors, AI writing: How a new kind of video business cashed in on America’s divided politics

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1401+ words) “William,” a middle-aged man in a blue short-sleeved button-down shirt whose YouTube videos have more than 14 million views, looked straight into the camera at his kitchen table in August and read a script about New York City’s mayor. His video,…...

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semafor.com > article > 08 > 18 > 2026 > tales-of-a-plebeian-meathead

Tales of a plebeian ‘meathead’

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (126+ words) Robert Harris’ ‘Agrippa’ dials back the clock a few thousand years from his novel-turned-Academy Award-winning film ‘Conclave.’ Agrippa by Robert Harris. Harris dials back the clock a few thousand years from his novel-turned-Academy Award-winning film Conclave, delving into a topic…...

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semafor.com > article > 08 > 16 > 2026 > the-daily-show-faces-uncertain-future-under-paramount

‘The Daily Show’ faces uncertain future under Paramount

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (304+ words) Jon Stewart’s deal is up at the end of the year, and while there is strong interest from Paramount to renew, the two sides have yet to ink an extension. Will Jon Stewart walk away from the new Paramount?Itâ…...