Viren Naidu is an independent journalist reporting on the intersection of gender, politics, culture and social justice. His work has appeared in BBC, The Guardian, Nikkei Asia, IndieWire, The Hindu, Hindustan Times, and The Times of India.
As an AI-generated ad targeting a Texas Senate candidate draws attention ahead of the US midterms, researchers and fact-checkers warn that chatbots could do more than make voters believe fabricated visuals: they could make them suspicious of the truth itself.
In Hollywood, the battle has already unraveled in someplace rarer: the boardroom. It is here where billion-dollar mergers drive major decisions: Which films get financed? Which stories get to be told? And which stories do not deserve to be greenlit at all?