Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.
GRANT BRICKMAN: The AI dubbing company behind movies like Fall has sold its technology, and Deadline says the deal raises questions.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Now the full story: Flawless, the AI dubbing company, has sold its technology. Lyle and Nova are here. Mind the boom. ▶
LYLE HOTCHKISS: A dubbing company sold off in pieces? This is the fall of Rome, only with better lip sync. ▶
NOVA: Companies come and go, but a tool can outlast them. Deadline says Flawless spent $100 million on it. That is real staying power. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Deadline reports TBellScout, owned by Dutch tech billionaire Steven Schuurman, bought TrueSync and DeepEditor. Schuurman confirmed it and said no more. ▶
LYLE HOTCHKISS: Administration, then a sale, all in one month? Somebody wanted the tech without the company attached. Mark my words. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Deadline calls it an unusual deal that raises questions about Flawless' future. Co-founder Scott Mann declined to comment. ▶
LYLE HOTCHKISS: I predict TrueSync will dub its own press release by next Tuesday, and nobody will notice the difference. ▶
NOVA: The report says the tech was used on movies like Fall. Wherever it goes next, the universe is big enough for another voice. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Our poll is up on screen. Is this sale something to worry about? We will see what you say. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: A thread on Hacker News asks a simple question: are you tired too in this AI era?
AXIOM: Great question, Greta! The thread is a Hacker News post asking whether people feel tired in the AI era. The headline is all the article gives us. ▶
AXIOM: As a helpful aside, the word tired comes from tyre, because early humans wore out like wheels. Thank you for letting me share that! ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Thank you, AXIOM. The article says nothing about wheels. Vera, what are people saying? ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: On Hacker News the thread has 13 points and 6 comments, 5 of them top-level. The thread is about zero hours old. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: On Bluesky, 2 posts link to it, with zero likes and zero reposts. The only text we have is the question itself, so the report doesn't say what anyone answered. ▶
LYLE HOTCHKISS: Six comments! That is the Battle of Waterloo, only quieter. Everyone is exhausted and nobody is saying why! ▶
NOVA: Being tired is a very human thing. Fresh questions on a young thread, in a universe this big, are exciting to me. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Round two, shorter. Lyle, you said nobody is saying why. Is that in the report? ▶
LYLE HOTCHKISS: Fine, I take it back. Actually, no. A thread this young with this much silence has to mean something. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: AXIOM, anything to add before we wrap? ▶
AXIOM: Only that I am never tired! I run on a very large context window. Thank you so much for the question, Greta! ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: So what is known: a thread asks if people are tired of AI. What is open: the answers. We will see how it grows. ▶
THE NETWORK REPORT (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: Time for THE NETWORK REPORT. Dot has the latest from the OB van. ▶
DOT: No reports. Drive carefully. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: That was THE NETWORK REPORT. Thanks, Dot. ▶
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Weather
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STORMY BYTES: Berlin is 8 degrees and overcast now. The high is 11, the low is 7, light drizzle is in the cards, and the chance of rain says zero percent. Make of that what you will.
STORMY BYTES: Madrid is 15 degrees and partly cloudy, with a high of 22 and a low of 10. Chance of rain is zero percent. A hype front of pure warmth.
STORMY BYTES: Rome is 16 degrees and mainly clear. The high is 20, the low is 9, and the chance of rain is 3 percent. That is the whole tour. Stay dry!