Toys “R” Us is proving artificial intelligence could have a future in film. The retail toy brand premiered a short promo film at the 2024 Cannes Lions Festival in France last month that was created almost entirely by using OpenAI’s new text-to-video tool.

A group of major record labels is suing two AI startups, alleging they wrongfully used popular artists’ work to train their systems to produce copyrighted music without their consent.

Perched on the Corcovado — a 704-meter-high granite outcrop looming above Rio de Janeiro — the Christ the Redeemer statue sweeps its arms out in a warm embrace, welcoming visitors to the city of samba.

Brazil’s Pantanal, the largest tropical wetland on the planet, is ablaze, with fires in June breaking historical records for that month.

As a child, Carlos Alcaraz used to run home from school to watch the French Open on TV, dreaming of one day playing on the tournament’s clay courts and becoming champion. That dream became a reality Sunday as the Spaniard defeated world No. 4 Alexander Zverev in five sets to lift his third Grand Slam title — at only 21.

SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful launch vehicle ever built, launched Thursday and achieved key objectives laid out for its fourth test flight that demonstrated the vehicle’s reusability. The highly anticipated event was the company’s second unmanned test of 2024.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch tied the knot Saturday for the fifth time, according to British tabloid newspaper the Sun.

The village of Petäjävesi in central Finland is home to farmland, lakes, an 18th century wood-log church and a group of unusually striking cats. With their white chests, these creatures look similar to other tuxedo cats, but they possess a distinctive bit of flair: ombré strands of fur that start dark at the root and fade to white.