The 78th Emmys take place Monday, September 14, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, with Mariska Hargitay serving as host. The ceremony will air live on NBC and stream on Peacock at 8 p.m. ET. Hargitay brings her own awards-season storyline to the evening as well. The longtime Law & Order: SVU star is not simply walking onto the Emmy stage as a presenter or industry veteran; she arrives after her documentary My Mom Jayne collected two Emmys during the awards ceremonies earlier this month, giving the night an unusually personal connection for the host herself.
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The festival circuit has always been one of the industry’s most important testing grounds. Before a film reaches a much wider audience, festivals provide critics, journalists, industry insiders, filmmakers and dedicated moviegoers with an opportunity to react to it. A great performance can generate immediate enthusiasm. A divisive movie can become the subject of intense debate. A relatively unknown performer can suddenly become the person everyone wants to interview.
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The newest generation of robots is moving far beyond the machines that simply repeat one action on a factory floor. Researchers are developing systems that can sense their surroundings, manipulate objects, collect information, navigate complicated environments and even help conduct scientific experiments. Some are humanoid, designed with two arms, two legs and human-like movement.
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Artificial intelligence is no longer something that exists only inside computers, phones and futuristic laboratories. Scientists are increasingly using AI to study the world around us, from the changing atmosphere above our heads to distant planets and galaxies millions or even billions of light-years away. What makes this especially exciting is that AI is giving researchers a new way to work with enormous amounts of scientific information that would be difficult for humans to examine alone.
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