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In January 2024 Macmillan welcomed an AI assistant called NOA with balloons; staff say it was “terrible,” and it was retired in October 2025. Bestselling authors tell Wired they are at “war” with their publishers over AI, and one could not get a single Big Five house to promise none would touch their books (Wired).
You Can See Everything, Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary, is already among the highest-grossing documentaries ever, yet no documentary has ever been nominated for Best Picture (Slate). Could this be the first? Errol Morris, who shot Theranos ads for Holmes, has two unedited hours of her interview and cannot get a screener (Variety).
Actors need $28,090 in on-screen earnings to keep SAG-AFTRA health insurance. Cheyenne Jackson, $6,000 short in 2025 until Kathy Bates got him four lines on Matlock, now posts other actors’ shortfalls on Instagram (The New York Times) in hopes of getting them work.
Oakland’s Crucible, the industrial arts school for welding and glassblowing, closed October 25 with no reopening date, months after its annual report described a rebuilt fundraising operation (San Francisco Chronicle).
All of today’s stories below.