Nearly every year from 2010 through 2023, the number of scripted TV programs rose in the U.S., reaching 599 last year. The Emmys revealed how the industry might never hit those heights again.

Threatening to pursue unspecified ventures outside Tesla, Elon Musk said he needed to own 25 percent of Tesla to avoid takeovers and have enough control of the company as it develops robots and other A.I. technology.

At parties after the Emmys on Monday, there was considerable angst at just how much thinner the lineup would probably be for the awards next time, @koblin writes.

“I am uncomfortable growing Tesla to be a leader in A.I. & robotics without having ~25% voting control,” Elon Musk wrote on X. “Enough to be influential, but not so much that I can’t be overturned.”

For decades, individual ESPN employees have clashed with bosses. Those employees left, and ESPN kept on rolling. But the afternoon host Pat McAfee directly criticized a powerful executive without seemingly being punished.

The SEC authorized 11 applications to offer exchange-traded funds tied to Bitcoin, a simpler way for people to invest in digital assets on traditional platforms like the Nasdaq. https://t.co/BSIDrfNOjp

Famous people have appeared in advertising almost for as long as it has existed, sometimes unwillingly. Now, A.I. makes it far easier to produce an unauthorized digital replica of a celebrity.

“Almost every democracy is under stress, independent of technology,” said Darrell M. West, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. “When you add disinformation on top of that, it just creates many opportunities for mischief.”

Half the world’s population will vote in major elections this year, by some estimates. At the same time, false narratives and conspiracy theories have evolved into an increasingly global menace.

The Los Angeles Times’s top editor, Kevin Merida, is stepping down with little warning, leaving the largest news organization in the West in a state of flux.

Donald Trump has not appeared for a live interview on Fox News since April 2022, a nearly two-year stretch. That changes on Wednesday at a scheduled town-hall event in Des Moines.

The owner of The Los Angeles Times said a search for a successor to its top editor, Kevin Merida, who resigned abruptly, would include internal and external candidates.

“It’s not easy,” Bret Baier, Fox News’s chief political anchor, said of the network’s efforts to arrange a live interview with Donald Trump, who has agreed to appear on Wednesday.

Within a single week in October, Tom Hanks, Gayle King and the YouTube personality MrBeast said A.I. versions of themselves had been used without permission. Now it’s Taylor Swift, @tiffkhsu and @itsyiwenlu report.

In the hands of anonymous internet users, A.I. tools can create waves of harassing and racist material. It’s already happening on the anonymous message board 4chan.

A.I. is set to advance at a rapid rate in 2024, becoming more powerful and spreading into the physical world.

The Justice Department officials are in the late stages of investigating Apple, focusing on how the iPhone maker has used its other products and services to defend against threats to its core business.

A recent update to ChatGPT made it easier to create images. It wasn’t long before some began pushing the chatbot to its limits.

Facing a board challenge from the billionaire financier Nelson Peltz, Disney said it had gained the backing of ValueAct Capital, a prominent activist hedge fund. https://t.co/O0oCBe1kRN

“ValueAct Capital has a track record of collaboration and cooperation with the companies it invests in,” Robert A. Iger, Disney’s CEO, said. “We welcome their input as long-term shareholders.”