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🎸 BAND-MAID's MIKU Kobato Talks About the Future and How the Band Decides on Album Names
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-07-23/band-maid-miku-kobato-talks-about-the-future-a…

BAND-MAID's MIKU Kobato Talks About the Future and How the Band Decides on Album Names
BAND-MAID is hot off a successful tour and following the recent release of their latest song "What is justice?," we spoke to MIKU about what's next.

Sources: AI video startup Runway is looking to raise ~$500M at a $5B pre-money valuation; rival Luma AI aims to raise $1.1B at a $3.2B pre-money valuation (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/runway-luma-talks-mul…

Runway, Luma in Talks for Multibillion-Dollar Fundraises as Revenue Picks Up
Startups that use artificial intelligence to make videos for Hollywood studios and amateur filmmakers are getting thirsty for more capital. Runway, a startup that has cut deals with Lionsgate and AMC Networks, is in talks with investors to raise around $500 million at a valuation of at least $5 ...

❝Arduino will retain its independent brand, tools, and mission, while continuing to support a wide range of microcontrollers and microprocessors from multiple semiconductor providers as it enters this next chapter within the Qualcomm family.❞ https://ar…

Qualcomm is buying Arduino, releases new Raspberry Pi-esque Arduino board
Qualcomm claims Arduino will keep its own branding and “open source ethos.”…

It's September, and these are my favorite films of 2025 so far. (Freaky Tales is technically 2024, but it released in theaters this year, I'm counting it, it happens)
#film

A profile of Josh Wallace Kerrigan, also known as Neural Viz, a filmmaker using AI tools from Midjourney to Runway to create a cinematic universe (Christopher Beam/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/the-future-of-ai-media-parody-of-the-apocalypse-g…

The Future of AI Isn't Just Slop
Behold Neural Viz, the first great cinematic universe of the AI era. It's from a guy named Josh.

Saquon Barkley sets record straight on relationship with Giants GM Joe Schoen, Eagles RB talks New York exit

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/saquon-…

Locker Talk: Jonathan Taylor and Zaire Franklin, Colts vs. Raiders postgame https://www.colts.com/video/locker-talk-jonathan-taylor-and-zaire-franklin-colts-vs-raiders-postgame

Four in five developers use AI tools in their workflow in 2025
—a portion that has been rapidly growing in recent years.
That said, "trust in the accuracy of AI has fallen from 40 percent in previous years to just 29 percent this year."
The disparity between those two metrics illustrates the evolving and complex impact of AI tools like GitHub Copilot or Cursor on the profession.
There's relatively little debate among developers that the tools are or oug…

Developer survey shows trust in AI coding tools is falling as usage rises
“AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite” lead to more debugging work.

Navigating the herd.
(There were 170 highland cattle, sometimes just a few inches away... quite a few blocking the path with their calves and feeling agitated so we had to navigate/bypass through the talus fields higher up, giving these beauties more space...)
#FootpathFriday #LandscapePhotography

OpenAI says ChatGPT now offers "gentle reminders" to take breaks during long sessions, and it is building tools to better detect signs of emotional distress (Ian Carlos Campbell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/chatgpt-will-n

ChatGPT will now remind you to take breaks, following mental health concerns
OpenAI is updating ChatGPT to remind users to take breaks if they chat with AI for a long period of time.