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BFI Boss Ben Roberts, Picturehouse’s Clare Binns on Gen Z’s Cinema Renaissance, AI Slop and British Indie Film: “We’re Not Great at Comedy”

The pair spoke at Edinburgh Film Festival's keynote industry session on Saturday, lauding the work of 'Obsession,' 'The Odyssey,' and pondering the challenges that lie ahead for the U.K.'s independent film sector.

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Sydney: Building a Hinglish AI/ML Mentor That Actually Talks — 10 Days of Voice Agents

One day seating in the on the TL;DR Over 10 days, as part of Murf AI's 10 Days of Voice Agents — Voice for Bharat Challenge 2026 , I built Sydney — a Hinglish-speaking AI/ML learning companion that…

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