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AI movie flops, AI jobs warning

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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said this while launching Brazil's national AI plan, emphasizing sovereignty and a central role for Brazil.

Cartoon Brew reported that China's first AI-generated theatrical feature earned $181,000 in its opening weekend, while the animated film “Niu Lai” grossed nearly $10 million.

Goldman Sachs research said AI adoption is spreading beyond tech and now shows a statistically significant negative correlation with employment growth.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said this while launching Brazil's national AI plan, emphasizing sovereignty and a central role for Brazil.

And on AI: “I don’t want to depend on Chinese nor American AI. I want to create a Brazilian intelligence.” He also mentioned having Brazilian data centres dealing with our intelligence. “We will no longer be a peripheral country. We want to be central.”

Original post · Rafa Sales Ross (@rafiews.com)

Reuters NAMES: “he” = Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil

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Cartoon Brew reported that China's first AI-generated theatrical feature earned $181,000 in its opening weekend, while the animated film “Niu Lai” grossed nearly $10 million.

China’s first AI-generated theatrical feature has flopped, earning just $181,000 in its first weekend. By contrast, the scrappy ‘Niu Lai’ turned its crude animation into a viral attraction, grossing nearly $10 million a couple of months ago. www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-r...

Original post · Cartoon Brew (@cartoonbrew.bsky.social)

Cartoon Brew NAMES: Niu Lai = a Chinese animated film

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Goldman Sachs research said AI adoption is spreading beyond tech and now shows a statistically significant negative correlation with employment growth.

GOLDMAN: “.. we are starting to see clearer signs that the AI impact is spreading beyond the technology sector. .. the share of US firms that have adopted AI in regular business functions now shows a statistically significant negative correlation with employment growth ..”

Original post · Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social)

Goldman Sachs via CNBC NAMES: GOLDMAN = Goldman Sachs

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SChina's first AI-generated theatrical feature just opened to a hundred eighty-one thousand dollars.
EThat's not a flop. That's a rounding error.
SCartoon Brew reported it. Meanwhile, a scrappy animated film called Niu Lai made nearly ten million.
EThe lesson isn't that AI can't make movies. It's that audiences can smell a gimmick.
SNiu Lai had crude animation, but it went viral. People showed up for the story, not the tech.
EExactly. AI is a tool. If the movie's boring, no amount of rendering saves it.
SAnd this was supposed to be the big proof that AI could carry a feature. It didn't.
EI'm not anti-AI in film. I'm anti-bad-movie. And this one sounds like a tech demo.
SSpeaking of AI and jobs, Goldman Sachs just dropped a stat that's going to start a fight.
ECarl Quintanilla posted it on Bluesky. Firms adopting AI show a negative correlation with employment growth.
SSo the more a company uses AI, the fewer people it hires. That's the headline.
ECorrelation isn't causation. Maybe companies that are already efficient adopt AI first.
SBut Goldman says it's statistically significant. That's not a random blip.
EI think we're seeing the early innings. AI replaces tasks, not whole jobs, for now.
STell that to the person whose entry-level job just became a prompt.
EThat's the fear, but the data also shows productivity gains. Somebody has to manage the machines.
SFor now. But if the trend holds, we're talking about a structural shift, not a cycle.
EI'll give you this: the conversation has moved from 'AI won't affect jobs' to 'how fast and which ones.'
SAnd Brazil's president just made that political. He said he doesn't want to depend on Chinese or American AI.
ELula wants a Brazilian intelligence, with Brazilian data centers. 'We will no longer be a peripheral country.'
SThat's a sovereignty play. Every country now thinks AI is too important to outsource.
EIt's smart politics. But building a national AI stack is expensive and slow.
SMeanwhile, the US and China are sprinting. Brazil's trying to build a third lane.
EI respect the ambition. But 'Brazilian intelligence' sounds like a slogan until they ship something.
SThey launched a national AI plan. That's a start. But plans don't train models.
ERight. And the talent war is brutal. Silicon Valley and Shenzhen pay a lot more than Brasília.
SDifferent world entirely: Mike Johnson's reaction to a hockey goal is going around.
EDaveJambo posted it. The Speaker of the House losing his mind over Troy Stecher's goal.
SI saw the clip. He's up out of his seat, arms in the air. Pure fan.
ESay what you want about his politics, the man loves his hockey.
SIt's the most human moment from Washington in weeks.
EA reminder that even the people running the country just want their team to score.
SAnd one more from Bluesky: 'Asia loves AI. You have to accept that.'
EMinovsky posted that. No context, just the quote.
SIt's true though. Asia's adoption rate is insane. Chatbots, payments, everything.
EThe US debates AI ethics. Asia deploys it. That's the gap.
SAnd that gap is why Goldman's job numbers are going to get worse before they get better.
EOr better, depending on which side of the prompt you're on.

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