Opinion: Remembering our colleague and friend, Ina Jaffe
NPR's Scott Simon remembers Ina Jaffe, who first edited this program and later reported on seniors for NPR. Jaffe died this week at the age of 75.
Arts
Meet Florida's first professional rodeo team
Florida has its first professional rodeo team. The Florida Freedom and its bull riders will compete in a rodeo there the first weekend of August.
Video game performers are on strike — and AI is the sticking point
If you're not entrenched in the world of video games, you might not realize how much real actors have to do with modern gaming.
They provide everything from lines of dialogue, to portraying heroes and villains, to performing stunts – all of this bringing video games characters to life.
Some of the biggest game studios rely on voice and performance capture artists, and all this adds up to big bucks. The video game industry made close to $185 billion last year.
But video game performers whose human performances become computer data, are especially vulnerable to being replaced by generative AI.
Which is why they're now on strike.
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They provide everything from lines of dialogue, to portraying heroes and villains, to performing stunts – all of this bringing video games characters to life.
Some of the biggest game studios rely on voice and performance capture artists, and all this adds up to big bucks. The video game industry made close to $185 billion last year.
But video game performers whose human performances become computer data, are especially vulnerable to being replaced by generative AI.
Which is why they're now on strike.
For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Email us at considerthis@npr.org.
What to know about the gender controversy sweeping Olympic boxing
Olympic organizers are defending the participation of two boxers who failed a gender eligibility test last year. Here's what to know about the key players, conservative outcry and official response.
M. Night Shyamalan lays his own parent 'Trap,' and it's truly bonkers
M. Night Shyamalan's new thriller Trap stars Josh Hartnett as a father attending a pop concert with his teenage daughter. But all is not as it appears. It quickly turns out that the entire concert is surrounded by police who are trying to catch a dangerous serial killer in the most difficult way possible. There is a lot going on in this bonkers movie: lots of pop songs, and lots of strange decision-making.
On the centennial of his birth, James Baldwin remains relevant today
Baldwin is heralded for being everything from an orator, activist and fashion icon. None of that would be true if he weren't a writer first. We asked fans to break down what made his writing work.
U.S. judge overturns $4.7 billion 'Sunday Ticket' judgment against the NFL
A jury had awarded $4.7 billion in damages to subscribers after it ruled the NFL violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service.
Inflation math is changing America's dinner plans
For the first time in years, people are buying more groceries, including pricier brands, to replace restaurant outings. From McDonald's to Starbucks, fast food and cafes are feeling it.
Reflections on James Baldwin's magnificent life from those who knew him
Writer James Baldwin is remembered by his family, a scholar, a journalist and a playwright on his 100th birthday.
'Miss Merkel' imagines the former German chancellor as a small-town amateur sleuth
A series of crime novels now adapted for TV imagines former German Chancellor Angela Merkel as a crime-solving detective.