Acura NSX-like sports car in the works
Honda’s premium brand confirmed it’s using the Honda 0 Series platform to develop an electric sports model that will use a “thin and light” platform.
Cadillac raises starting price of freshened Escalade SUV by $5,700
The full-size SUV, which was freshened for 2025, will start at $89,590. All but the base model cost six figures when equipped with four-wheel drive.
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Law
Raychel Garcia has joined Marshall Dennehey as a shareholder in the firm’s Orlando office.
Brian Catelli has joined Marshall Dennehey as special counsel in the firm’s Orlando office.
Matthew Wykes has joined Marshall Dennehey as an associate in the firm’s Orlando office.
Real estate
Clyde Wells was appointed vice president of Maury L. Carter & Associates Inc., Orlando.
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Disney names Gorman to chair its succession planning committee
Morgan Stanley Executive Chairman James Gorman will lead Disney’s search for a successor to Bob Iger, two years after the company’s longtime leader came out of retirement following a rocky transition to his hand-picked replacement.
Iger returned in 2022 after a period of clashes, missteps and a weakening financial performance at Disney under his chosen successor, Bob Chapek.
Iger was Disney’s public face for 15 years, compiling a string of victories lauded in the entertainment industry and by Disney fans, before he retired in 2020.
On his return, Iger initially agreed to a two year contract in order to redirect Disney’s trajectory and help find a new chief executive. But in July 2023 Iger agreed to a two-year contract extension that will keep him at Disney through the end of 2026.
There have been some notable successes under Iger since his return, including the first profit for the Disney’s streaming service. Yet Disney has struggled to bring stability back to its parks division. The company cautioned this month that it has seen some moderation in demand at its Experiences division that includes six global theme parks, and that the trend may linger for the next few quarters.
Trump posted a fake Taylor Swift image. AI and deepfakes are only going to get worse this election cycle
Queenie Wong and Wendy Lee | (TNS) Los Angeles Times
The patriotic image shows megastar Taylor Swift dressed up like Uncle Sam, falsely suggesting she endorses Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
“Taylor Wants You To Vote For Donald Trump,” the image, which appears to be generated by artificial intelligence, says.
Over the weekend, Trump amplified the lie when he shared the image along with others depicting support from Swift fans to his 7.6 million followers on his social network Truth Social.
Deception has long played a part in politics, but the rise of artificial intelligence tools that allow people to rapidly generate fake images or videos by typing out a phrase adds another complex layer to a familiar problem on social media. Known as deepfakes, these digitally-altered images and videos can make it appear someone is saying or doing something they aren’t.
As the race between Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris intensifies, disinformation experts are sounding the alarm about generative AI’s risks.