Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...
CMU launches Pathway Program to expand education accesibility
The Tartan: Carnegie Mellon has launched the Carnegie Mellon Pathway Program, a new initiative designed to make its renowned education more accessible to students from low and middle-income families. Announced on Nov. 20, the program guarantees tuition-free education for undergraduate students from families earning $75,000 or less annually and eliminates loans from financial aid packages for those with household incomes below $100,000.
TV Writers Found 139,000 of Their Scripts Trained AI. Hell Broke Loose
theankler.com: Whenever AI came up during last year’s WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, it was a contentious issue, but one that seemed to exist as an abstraction, fodder for pithy picket signs. But last year’s theoretical fear became a real, deeply personal one with last week’s discovery by The Atlantic of more than 139,000 TV and film scripts in a data set being used to train AI.
‘Les Misérables’ Returns Home
The New York Times: Globally, it’s the most famous French musical. One hundred and thirty million people have seen Jean Valjean face off against Javert, in 22 languages; its downtrodden characters have taken to the barricades in London’s West End nearly continuously since 1985. Everyone knows “Les Misérables.” Everyone — except the French.
IAAPA Expo 2024 sets new attendance record
InPark Magazine: IAAPA Expo 2024 successfully wrapped up last week at the Orange County Convention Center, concluding a week that brought together 41,429 attendees and 37,066 verified attendees from across the globe. This year’s event set a new attendance record. Reflecting the growth and innovation in the industry, IAAPA Expo 2024 featured more than 1,100 exhibitors and approximately 27,000 buyers from more than 20,000 buying companies.
Three years after fatal shooting on set, Alec Baldwin’s film ‘Rust’ has world premiere with dedication to cinematographer killed
PBS News: Alec Baldwin’s Western “Rust” had its world premiere Wednesday at a film festival in Poland with a dedication to cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was fatally shot in an accident on the set three years ago. Organizers called for a minute of silence before showing the film, which opened to a full house at the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage in the city of Torun.
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