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Amazon MGM Studios has dropped the project Artificial, a film directed by Luca Guadagnino about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The studio cited that the movie would be better served by another distributor. Development had lasted roughly one year and included announced casting of Andrew Garfield as Altman.

Adobe is adding AI assistants to Premiere, Illustrator, InDesign, and Frame.io as part of a public beta, with Firefly Elements and Projects features in private beta. Firefly is already integrated with Express, Photoshop, and Acrobat. The Premiere assistant supports asset sorting, batch renaming, and speech-based timeline markers.

Snap introduced its Specs AR glasses at a price of $2,195. The launch followed over 12 years of development under CEO Evan Spiegel, who discussed the product in a CNBC interview. Initial market reaction included a stock price decline according to available reporting.

Polls conducted in 2024 show that 16% of Americans anticipate a positive societal impact from AI over the next 20 years, while approximately 40% expect negative effects and nearly two-thirds view development as occurring too quickly. Daily or occasional use of AI chatbots stands at 49% overall and reaches 66% among adults aged 18-29. 59% of respondents distrust companies to develop AI safely and 67% doubt meaningful government regulation will occur.

Google Calendar has increased available event colors from 11 predefined options to up to 200 custom colors, with the change rolling out across web, mobile apps, and API for personal and Workspace accounts. The update began for rapid-release users the day before publication and extends to all users starting June 29, potentially taking weeks to complete. All claims derive from two sources representing limited bias perspectives.