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Lawyers for Scarlett Johansson are demanding that OpenAI disclose how it developed an AI personal assistant voice that the actress says sounds uncannily similar to her own. Johansson's legal team has sent OpenAI two letters asking the company to detail the process by which it developed a voice the tech company dubbed "Sky," Johansson's publicist told NPR in a revelation that has not been previousl
Mannie Fresh bumrushed the crowd and mugged for the camera. Soul Glo's Pierce Jordan stunted on office furniture. Moses Sumney played our window-side piano. Some moments were staged and others spontaneous, but sometimes an artist just needs to "break the frame" of Tiny Desk. Case in point: Our puny shelves and cluttered junk could not contain Otoboke Beaver's Yoyoyoshie, who literally lept out fro
Family found centuries-old Japanese art stolen during WWII in their attic Troves of artifacts were stolen from Japan during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. Over 20 pieces of looted items were found in the attic of a Massachusetts home.
July 17, 2023 Sheldon Pearce Hey, young world. Here's a story about one measure of the distance hip-hop has traveled in its 50 years. Once upon a time, not long ago, to paraphrase a great rap storyteller, an 11-year-old in Queens became obsessed with the nascent rap movement. But circumstances forced the young Q-Tip, the rapper-producer who would soon found A Tribe Called Quest, to get creative wi
Ryuichi Sakamoto of Yellow Magic Orchestra dies at 71 The influential Japanese composer died March 28 from cancer. A wide-ranging musician, the Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder was a synth-pop idol and the writer of sweeping movie scores.
World Health Organization Regional Director for Western Pacific Takeshi Kasai addresses the media at the start of the five-day annual session Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, in Manila, Philippines. Bullit Marquez/AP Current and former staffers have accused the top director of the World Health Organization in the Western Pacific of racist, unethical and abusive behavior that has undermined the U.N. health ag
Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, poses for a portrait with the Dilbert character in his studio in Dublin, Calif., in 2006. Several prominent media publishers across the U.S. are dropping the comic strip after Adams described people who are Black as members of "a racist hate group" during an online video show. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP The distributor of Scott Adams' Dilbert comic stri
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge helped fund the development of a new drug for treatment In 2014, it was hard to miss the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that set out to raise money to fund research for the disease. And it paid off. A new treatment was funded by $2.2 million of the funds raised.
Law enforcement personnel secure the scene after a mass shooting Monday at a Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, a Chicago suburb. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption Moments after law enforcement authorities disclosed the name of a "person of interest" in the deadly shooting at a July 4th parade in Highland Park, Illinois, extremism researchers, journalists and some members of the public rush
A new campaign ad from Eric Greitens, the controversial former governor of Missouri now running for U.S. Senate, prompted accusations of glorifying political violence before being flagged by Twitter and removed by Facebook for violating policies around violence and abuse. "Today, we're going RINO hunting," Greitens, a Republican, said with a smile as he slid the action on his shotgun in the 38-sec
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: All right. You may know that some couples - many in fact - use baby talk. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: I missed you all day. NOEL KING, HOST: Oh, God. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: My little baby cutie (ph). KING: Now we know exactly how common this really is. A study from the Kinsey Institute found that two-thirds of co
A few years ago, my husband and I had a bit of a situation on our hands. Our 4-year-old daughter had figured out how to climb onto the roof of our home. After breakfast in the mornings, we would find her perched, like a pigeon, three stories above a busy city sidewalk. (It makes me a bit nauseous to think about it). The first morning, I tried to coax her down by asking her nicely ("Rosy, please co
Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant more dangerous than first thought An NPR analysis of security footage and photos following the attack on Europe's largest nuclear power plant shows that many of the plant's critical safety systems were in the field of Russian fire. The roots of Russia's invasion of Ukraine go back decades and run deep. The current conflict is more than one country fight
"Rather than form nations that looked ever backward into history with a dangerous nostalgia, we chose to look forward to a greatness none of our many nations and peoples had ever known," Kimani said. Kimani has deep experience both with Africa's struggles and with the broader history of warfare and conquest. Before his diplomatic post to the U.N., he was a top official in Kenya's efforts against e
It's been about a month since scientists first detected the highly mutated coronavirus variant dubbed "omicron." Since then, scientists have come to learn that omicron spreads faster than the delta variant and is the quickest-spreading variant the world has yet faced. It also has a huge ability to bypass immune protection and cause breakthrough infections. The big open-ended question right now cen
After the previous four waves of infections, almost as soon as local governments lifted their states of emergency, cases quickly began to rebound. But after the most recent state of emergency was lifted, on Sept. 28, there was no sudden rebound — or at least not yet. "We've had below 50 new cases [daily] on average for eight weeks," Dr. Norio Ohmagari, of Japan's National Center for Global Health
Pro-Trump counties now have far higher COVID death rates : Shots - Health News An analysis by NPR shows that since the vaccine rollout, counties that voted heavily for Donald Trump have had more than twice the COVID mortality rates of those that voted for Joe Biden.
Photojournalist and filmmaker team Keith Bedford and Shiho Fukada are married. They met in New York. Fukada is originally from Japan and started to miss her family when they were living in New York with their young son. Fukada and Bedford wanted him to learn more about Japanese culture so they decided to move back to Japan three years ago. Bedford is African American. He says he likes living in Ja
Few things fill the heart with hope like a group of young girls playing punk rock in a public library. In a space where books and information open minds, there too our minds should be blown by power-chord-punctuated screams of "Poser! Blockhead! Riff raff! Jerk face!" The Linda Lindas — a half Asian/half Latinx band featuring "two sisters, a cousin and their close friend," according to their Bandc
Olympics Under Rising Scrutiny In Japan As Government Pushes Forward : Live Updates: The Tokyo Olympics The Japanese government remains adamant that the games will proceed as planned, even as local governments and protesters express rising concern about hosting the event during the pandemic.
Are Your Texts Passive-Aggressive? The Answer May Lie In Your Punctuation Some linguists find that younger people tend to see text messages that end with a period as passive-aggressive, or otherwise negative.
Their Family Members Are QAnon Followers — And They're At A Loss What To Do About It : Consider This from NPR The QAnon conspiracy theory originated in 2017, when an anonymous online figure, "Q" started posting on right-wing message boards. Q claims to have top secret government clearance. Q's stories range from false notions about COVID-19 to a cabal running the U.S. government to the claim there
READ: The Full Statement From Jim Mattis Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis issued an extraordinary criticism of President Trump's leadership, saying Trump has sought to divide Americans. Special Series America Reckons With Racial Injustice Everything you need to know about the fight for change
The History Behind 'When The Looting Starts, The Shooting Starts' In response to the violent protests in Minneapolis, the president tweets a phrase that goes back to the 1960s, used by a white police chief known for inflaming racial tensions in Miami.
New York City officials will begin to count suspected COVID-19 deaths in addition to cases confirmed by a laboratory, following a WNYC/Gothamist report revealing a staggering increase in the number of people dying at home but not included in the official tally because they hadn't been tested for the novel coronavirus. In a statement, Stephanie Buhle, a spokeswoman for the New York City's Health De
Zoom Has A Dark Side — And An FBI Warning Federal and state law enforcement are asking questions about Zoom's security and privacy policies, as millions flock to the videoconferencing service for meetings, classes and social gatherings.
As Italy's Coronavirus Deaths Pass China's, Hospitals Strain To Keep Up The country has universal health care. But now, fighting tens of thousands of coronavirus cases, Italian hospitals and medical staff are overwhelmed, prompting anguished debate.
The COVID-19 outbreak has brought the global concert business to a standstill, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in ticket-sales losses, billions in falling music-industry stock prices and generating an unprecedented level of financial anxiety for artists, event organizers and other behind-the-scenes workers who rely on live events to make their ends meet. Below are some of the most effectiv
A search for the word they on Merriam-Webster's website turns up definitions for the personal pronoun, which saw a massive spike in lookups this year over last. Several months ago the dictionary added a definition for its 2019 Word of the Year that classified it as a functioning nonbinary pronoun. Jenny Kane/AP There are plenty of flashpoints for controversy littered among the grand pantheon of fo
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