The first Democrat in New York history with a computer science background wants to revive some of the ideas behind the failed California AI safety bill, SB 1047, with a new version in his state that would regulate the most advanced AI models. Its called the RAISE Act, an acronym for Responsible AI Safety and Education.Assembly member Alex Bores hopes his bill, currently an unpublished draftsubject to changethat MIT Technology Review has seen, will address many of the concerns that blocked SB 1047 from passing into law.SB 1047 was, at first, thought to be a fairly modest bill that would pass without much fanfare. In fact, it flew through the California statehouse with huge margins and received significant public support.However, before it even landed on Governor Gavin Newsoms desk for signature in September, it sparked an intense national fight. Google, Meta, and OpenAI came out against the bill, alongside top congressional Democrats like Nancy Pelosi and Zoe Lofgren. Even Hollywood celebrities got involved, with Jane Fonda and Mark Hamill expressing support for the bill.Ultimately, Newsom vetoed SB 1047, effectively killing regulation of so-called frontier AI models not just in California but, with the lack of laws on the national level, anywhere in the US, where the most powerful systems are developed.Now Bores hopes to revive the battle. The main provisions in the RAISE Act include requiring AI companies to develop safety plans for the development and deployment of their models.The bill also provides protections for whistleblowers at AI companies. It forbids retaliation against an employee who shares information about an AI model in the belief that it may cause critical harm; such whistleblowers can report the information to the New York attorney general. One way the bill defines critical harm is the use of an AI model to create a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapon that results in the death or serious injury of 100 or more people.Alternatively, a critical harm could be a use of the AI model that results in 100 or more deaths or at least $1 billion in damages in an act with limited human oversight that if committed by a human would constitute a crime requiring intent, recklessness, or gross negligence.The safety plans would ensure that a company has cybersecurity protections in place to prevent unauthorized access to a model. The plan would also require testing of models to assess risks before and after training, as well as detailed descriptions of procedures to assess the risks associated with post-training modifications. For example, some current AI systems have safeguards that can be easily and cheaply removed by a malicious actor. A safety plan would have to address how the company plans to mitigate these actions.The safety plans would then be audited by a third party, like a nonprofit with technical expertise that currently tests AI models. And if violations are found, the bill empowers the attorney general of New York to issue fines and, if necessary, go to the courts to determine whether to halt unsafe development.A different flavour of billThe safety plans and external audits were elements of SB 1047, but Bores aims to differentiate his bill from the California one. We focused a lot on what the feedback was for 1047, he says. Parts of the criticism were in good faith and could make improvements. And so weve made a lot of changes.The RAISE Act diverges from SB 1047 in a few ways. For one, SB 1047 would have created the Board of Frontier Models, tasked with approving updates to the definitions and regulations around these AI models, but the proposed act would not create a new government body. The New York bill also doesnt create a public cloud computing cluster, which SB 1047 would have done. The cluster was intended to support projects to develop AI for the public good.The RAISE Act doesnt have SB 1047s requirement that companies be able to halt all operations of their model, a capability sometimes referred to as a kill switch. Some critics alleged that the shutdown provision of SB 1047 would harm open-source models, since developers cant shut down a model someone else may now possess (even though SB 1047 had an exemption for open-source models). The RAISE Act avoids the fight entirely. SB 1047 referred to an advanced persistent threat associated with bad actors trying to steal information during model training. The RAISE Act does away with that definition, sticking to addressing critical harms from covered models.Focusing on the wrong issues?Bores bill is very specific with its definitions in an effort to clearly delineate what this bill is and isnt about. The RAISE Act doesnt address some of the current risks from AI models, like bias, discrimination, and job displacement. Like SB 1047, it is very focused on catastrophic risks from frontier AI models.Some in the AI community believe this focus is misguided. Were broadly supportive of any efforts to hold large models accountable, says Kate Brennan, associate director of the AI Now Institute, which conducts AI policy research. But defining critical harms only in terms of the most catastrophic harms from the most advanced models overlooks the material risks that AI poses, whether its workers subject to surveillance mechanisms, prone to workplace injuries because of algorithmically managed speed rates, climate impacts of large-scale AI systems, data centers exerting massive pressure on local power grids, or data center construction sidestepping key environmental protections, she says.Bores has worked on other bills addressing current harms posed by AI systems, like discrimination and lack of transparency. That said, Bores is clear that this new bill is aimed at mitigating catastrophic risks from more advanced models. Were not talking about any model that exists right now, he says. We are talking about truly frontier models, those on the edge of what we can build and what we understand, and there is risk in that.The bill would cover only models that pass a certain threshold for how many computations their training required, typically measured in FLOPs (floating-point operations). In the bill, a covered model is one that requires more than 1026 FLOPs in its training and costs over $100 million. For reference, GPT-4 is estimated to have required 1025 FLOPs.This approach may draw scrutiny from industry forces. While we cant comment specifically on legislation that isnt public yet, we believe effective regulation should focus on specific applications rather than broad model categories, says a spokesperson at Hugging Face, a company that opposed SB 1047.Early daysThe bill is in its nascent stages, so its subject to many edits in the future, and no opposition has yet formed. There may already be lessons to be learned from the battle over SB 1047, however. Theres significant disagreement in the space, but I think debate around future legislation would benefit from more clarity around the severity, the likelihood, and the imminence of harms, says Scott Kohler, a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, who tracked the development of SB 1047.When asked about the idea of mandated safety plans for AI companies, assembly member Edward Ra, a Republican who hasnt yet seen a draft of the new bill yet, said: I dont have any general problem with the idea of doing that. We expect businesses to be good corporate citizens, but sometimes you do have to put some of that into writing.Ra and Bores co chair the New York Future Caucus, which aims to bring together lawmakers 45 and under to tackle pressing issues that affect future generations.Scott Wiener, a California state senator who sponsored SB 1047, is happy to see that his initial bill, even though it failed, is inspiring further legislation and discourse. The bill triggered a conversation about whether we should just trust the AI labs to make good decisions, which some will, but we know from past experience, some wont make good decisions, and thats why a level of basic regulation for incredibly powerful technology is important, he says.He has his own plans to reignite the fight: Were not done in California. There will be continued work in California, including for next year. Im optimistic that California is gonna be able to get some good things done.And some believe the RAISE Act will highlight a notable contradiction: Many of the industrys players insist that they want regulation, but when any regulation is proposed, they fight against it. SB 1047 became a referendum on whether AI should be regulated at all, says Brennan. There are a lot of things we saw with 1047 that we can expect to see replay in New York if this bill is introduced. We should be prepared to see a massive lobbying reaction that industry is going to bring to even the lightest-touch regulation.Wiener and Bores both wish to see regulation at a national level, but in the absence of such legislation, theyve taken the battle upon themselves. At first it may seem odd for states to take up such important reforms, but California houses the headquarters of the top AI companies, and New York, which has the third-largest state economy in the US, is home to offices for OpenAI and other AI companies. The two states may be well positioned to lead the conversation around regulation.There is uncertainty at the direction of federal policy with the transition upcoming and around the role of Congress, says Kohler. It is likely that states will continue to step up in this area.Wieners advice for New York legislators entering the arena of AI regulation? Buckle up and get ready.

While AMD recently unveiled a host of new processors, with some of them being specifically meant for handheld gaming PCs like the Steam Deck, Valves Pierre-Loup Griffais has revealed in a post on social media platform BlueSky that the company is not working on a new iteration of the device that will make use of AMDs Ryzen Z2 chips.There is and will be no Z2 Steam Deck, posted Griffais on BlueSky, responding to a now-deleted question. Guessing the slide was meant to say the series is meant for products like that, not announcing anything specific.Griffais is responding to rumours that were likely kicked off thanks to AMDs Ryzen Z2 announcements at CES, where it pointed to devices like the Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally as examples where the chip could be used. It is worth noting that the Ryzen Z2 chip is more powerful than the hardware the Steam Deck runs on, thanks to its more modern architecture that not only offers more power, but also more efficiency for better battery life.Valve has been quite steadfast about not working on a new iteration of the Steam Deck, with the most recent variant of the device simply sporting a larger battery and an OLED display. The company has previously stated that it would not be releasing new version of the Steam Deck unless there was some sort of generational leap in terms of power and efficiency. The new chip by AMD, on the other hand, would simply be an iterative follow-up with slightly more power under the hood. The company has instead focused on bringing more features to the Steam Deck through software updates.The success of the Steam Deck has also prompted game developers to pay attention to the device, with announcements that major releases will support the device at launch becoming commonplace. The most recent announcement was from BioWare leading up the release of Dragon Age: Veilguard.Other hardware companies have also been paying attention to the success of the Steam Deck, with many companies offering their own Windows-based devices as competition, including the Asus ROG Ally and the Lenovo Legion Go.More recently, Lenovo teamed up with Valve to make the first handheld gaming system outside of the Steam Deck that would make use of SteamOS as its operating system. The device will be available later this year, and Lenovo will continue to work with Valve to bring more features to the Legion Go S through software updates.There is and will be no Z2 Steam Deck. Guessing the slide was meant to say the series is meant for products like that, not announcing anything specific.[image or embed] Pierre-Loup Griffais (@plagman.bsky.social) January 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM

On the CES 2025 show floor, accessory maker Genki has managed to provide some more details about the rumoured Nintendo Switch 2. According to IGN, the company had not expected the amount of attention it got, since it believed it wasnt leaking things that hadnt already been made known to the public.I didnt expect this much media attention, to be honest, said a Genki representative to IGN.Thanks to the company having a mock-up model of the Switch 2 on display to help demonstrate its accessories, more details about the size of the system and its JoyCon controllers were discovered. The Switch 2 looks like it will be considerably larger than the original Nintendo Switch.Compared to the 9.4-inch width of the OLED Nintendo Switch, the Switch 2 mock-up is almost an entire inch wider, coming in at 10.5 inches. The Switch 2 is also taller, coming in at 4.5 inches compared to the Switchs 4-inch height. This also means that the Switch 2 has a larger display, coming in at 8 inches compared to the Switchs 7-inch display. Both the OLED Switch and the Switch 2 seem to have the same thickness.The mock-up of the Switch 2 also allowed IGN to check the ergonomics of the device, including the various buttons on the system that can be pressed. One of the more interesting details is the fact that its JoyCons are attached to the main body of the Switch 2 through the use of magnets and SL/SR buttons that are metallic. The mechanism for sliding out the JoyCons has also seemingly changed, with a new, larger button under the triggers to facilitate this.The representative from Genki also noted that the Switch 2 looks like it could fit into the dock of the original Switch, but the company couldnt get it to work owing to the shapes of different grooves on the system. The Switch 2 reportedly also has an additional USB-C port on the top to allow charging the device while playing it in handheld mode.While no new technical details about the Switch 2 have been revealed by Genki, several recent leaks have indicated that, among other things, the Switch 2 will be capable of upscaling images for high-resolution output with its own implementation of DLSS-type technology.More recently, the logo for the Nintendo Switch 2 has been seemingly leaked thanks to Felipe Lima, who is known as a prominent leaker when it comes to Nintendo products. The logo appears to be quite similar to that of the original Switch, albeit with a big number 2 to signify the fact that it will be a new console.Other leaks have indicated that the Switch 2 might require more power than its predecessor, needing a higher powered charger for its dock.

The recent fires that have broken out across Los Angeles county in California have led to a number of shows halting production. According to Variety, among the shows that have had to stop production is the second season of Amazon Primes Fallout series.The Los Angeles permitting agency for filming, FilmLA, has released a statement, explaining its decision to withdraw permits issued for the production of these shows, which also include Ted, Hacks, and Abbott Elementary. The decision came from instructions issued by the Los Angeles county fire department.The LA County Fire Department has specifically instructed that all permits issued for filming in the communities of Altadena, La Crescenta, La Canada/Flintridge and unincorporated Pasadena are withdrawn. Other permit revocations are possible, said FilmLA in its statement.The first season of the Fallout show made its debut a year ago, and saw quite a bit of success right off the bat. According to reports of the time, the show managed to get more than 5 million views in its first week alone. A couple of weeks later, reports indicated that it had garnered more than 65 million viewers in its first 16 days. A second season for Fallout was quickly greenlit, with filming reportedly having begun back in November.The success of the Fallout show also led to a spike in interest of Bethesdas open-world RPGs: Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4 and Fallout 76.While details about the second season of Fallout have been quite sparse, the ending of the first season indicated that we would be seeing the area surrounding New Vegas in some form. For more details of what we hope to see in the shows second season, here are 10 things we believe it needs.

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Infinite Reality secures $3bn in fundingInvestment will allow metaverse firm to grow platform, continue acquisitions and partnershipsImage credit: Infinite Reality News by Sophie McEvoy Staff Writer Published on Jan. 9, 2025 Metaverse platform Infinite Reality has raised $3 billion in a funding round, bringing the firm's total valuation to $12.25 billion.As reported by GamesBeat, the funding was led by a private investor. Infinite Reality will use this investment to grow its platform and continue acquisitions, partnerships, and product launches."We are absolutely ecstatic to share this news with our customers [and] businesses all over the world," said CEO and co-founder John Acunto."The ability to provide them a platform where they can not only create a great immersive environment, but one where they own their data, own their customer, and own their experience means the world to Infinite Reality."This [fundraising round] allows us to continue investing in our customers as they strive to be active participants in today's technological advancements."

Chris Kerr, News EditorJanuary 9, 20251 Min ReadImage via Grand GamesMagic Sort and Car Match developer Grand Games has raised $30 million in Series A funding to expand its slate of mobile titles.The Istanbul-based studio has secured the investment just nine months after it was established. Its debut titles have earned over $4 million in gross in-app revenue in under three months.The investment round was led by Balderton Capital with backing from existing investors Bek Ventures (formerly known as Earlybird Digital East), Laton Ventures, and angel investor Mert Gr.Grand Games claims it has hit the ground running by creating original titles rather than cloning existing mobile gamesa strategy it believes is favored by some of its competitors."We are striving to capture the most valuable currency of our players, their time. To do that we focus relentlessly on providing a premium experience with a casual game design, enriched by social elements," said studio leaders in a press release."With two hugely successful titles already under our belt, we're building a multi-studio entertainment powerhouse that evokes genuine emotion and connectionsomething truly unique in the casual gaming world."Grand Games will use the cash injection to scale into global markets including the United States and launch a "flagship genre-defining game" in 2025. The studio expects to expand from 14 employees to more than 40 over the next year.Read more about:FundingAbout the AuthorChris KerrNews Editor, GameDeveloper.comGame Developer news editor Chris Kerr is an award-winning journalist and reporter with over a decade of experience in the game industry. His byline has appeared in notable print and digital publications including Edge, Stuff, Wireframe, International Business Times, andPocketGamer.biz. Throughout his career, Chris has covered major industry events including GDC, PAX Australia, Gamescom, Paris Games Week, and Develop Brighton. He has featured on the judging panel at The Develop Star Awards on multiple occasions and appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live to discuss breaking news.See more from Chris KerrDaily news, dev blogs, and stories from Game Developer straight to your inboxStay UpdatedYou May Also Like

We might be skeptical of some Nvidias claims, like whether a $549 RTX 5070 will truly deliver the performance of a $1599 RTX 4090. But its almost impossible not to be impressed by the RTX 5090 Founders Edition, where Nvidia fit 575 watts of graphics power, including 21,760 CUDA cores and 32GB of GDDR7 memory, into a video card just two slots wide. It almost has to be seen to be believed, and we sent my colleague Antonio around the CES show floor in Las Vegas in what was initially a fruitless search. No PC manufacturer seemed to have an interactive game demo running on a 5090, much less the two-slot card. But on Wednesday, we finally spotted the real deal at Nvidias offsite event and then some. Its heavy, and the uniquely desirable $2,000 card may wind up being rare, but its here, and it works.RelatedBelow, find our pictures of the relatively compact 5090; its incredibly compact PCB with the Blackwell chip on top; a game demo running on the 5090; a picture of the 5090, 5080, and 5070 Founders Editions side by side; and some examples of just how bulky every other partners cards can be compared to Nvidias own.The card measures 137 x 304 x 40mm two slots wide and roughly 12 inches long. Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

Marvel Rivals developer NetEase Games has confirmed the global release times for the Season 1 update, which sees the arrival of the Fantastic Four.While Marvel Rivals is available across PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, NetEase has targeted a simultaneous launch for Season 1, dubbed Eternal Night Falls, on January 10.Season 1 begins with the addition of Invisible Woman and Mister Fantastic, with Human Torch and The Thing arriving in the second half of the season. There are three new maps, special events, and a new Doom Match game mode.The new Battle Pass includes "over double the content" of the Season 0 pass, NetEase said, with the Luxury Pass featuring 10 new costumes for the heroes.The three new maps include Sanctum Sanctorum and Empire of Eternal Night: Midtown, which arrive in the first half of the season, and Central Park, which will be added in the second half.The new Doom Match puts 8-12 players in factions on a single map. Players begin in different parts of the map and earn points by knocking out enemies. Whichever faction includes the top 50% of players wins.NetEase has published the Marvel Rivals Season 1 patch notes early, revealing all the nerfs and buffs coming to the cast of playable characters. When you're done with that, check out official stats that reveal Marvel Rivals' pick and win rates in Quickplay and Competitive modes for Season 0.Marvel Rivals Season 1 Eternal Night Falls global release times1am PST, January 104am EST, January 109am GMT, January 1010am CET, January 10Its worth noting that NetEase plans to bring the Marvel Rivals servers offline for just over two hours ahead of the launch of Season 1 for planned maintenance. During this time players will not be able to access the game.Maintenance Schedule: 11pm PST January 9 to 1.10am PST January 10.The maintenance looks set to bleed into the Season 1 launch time, so players should brace themselves for a delay unless NetEase can bring the maintenance to an end earlier than planned.Marvel Rivals is a smash hit for NetEase, securing 10 million players in just three days and 20 million in two weeks. The free-to-play superhero team-based PvP shooter launched on December 6 across PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S, and while Sony and Microsoft do not make player numbers public, Steam makes Valve stats available.On Steam, Marvel Rivals peaked over its launch weekend with 480,990 concurrent players, which was enough to put it in the top five most-played games on Valve's platform. Its the 20th highest concurrent player number ever seen on Steam, ahead of the likes of Helldivers 2, Grand Theft Auto 5, and Destiny 2.Check out IGNs Marvel Rivals Review to find out what we think. And keep an eye on the latest Marvel Rivals codes for free skins, and vote on the strongest Marvel Rivals characters in our community tier list.Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

While the New Years barely begun, the contours of its awards race are rapidly coming into focus. Sunday night marked the first major televised awards show of the year with the (surprisingly) re-embraced Golden Globes declaring The Brutalist and Emilia Prez the Best Pictures of the year in separate genres. However, the Golden Globe Foundation consists of fewer than 70 members, nearly all of whom are journalists. Conversely, the Oscars Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is made up of roughly 10,000 people who work within the film industry itself. Which makes organizations like the Screen Actors Guild and the Directors Guild of America far more interesting bellwethers.Each grouprepresenting actors and directors, respectivelyenjoys overlapping membership with the Academy, and each provides a kind of tea leaves reading for how folks within the Hollywood community feel about this years crop of awards contenders. And wouldnt you know it, both just revealed their nominations for the year in 2024.We wont run on for paragraphs about the full listswhich you can find for SAG here and the DGA herebut the race for the ultimate Oscar prize appears to be coming into focus, particularly when one studies which movies are enjoying the most cross-pollinated support.Indeed, a number of the movies chosen for each groups highest baubleSAGs Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and the DGAs Theatrical Feature Film prizeoverlap. Jacques Audiards Emilia Prez continues to perform well among awards voters after winning the Best Picture Musical or Comedy at the Globes, as the film has now been nominated in the equivalent award by both the SAGs and DGAs. It is also joined by another possible frontrunner (at least according to prognosticators) in Sean Bakers Anora, which is nominated at the top of both guilds shortlist, alongside Edward Bergers Conclave.Whats interesting, though, is that the other perceived frontrunner, and the movie that the Golden Globes called the Best Picture Drama, was snubbed by the SAGs for its Best Ensemble/Picture prize. In fact, Brady Corbets The Brutalist was barely recognized for its ambitions by the acting guild, which also snubbed Guy Pearce in the Best Supporting Actor category and Felicity Jones in the Best Supporting Actress category. The only SAG nomination the film received was Adrien Brody for Best Actoran award he won at the Globes.Meanwhile James Mangolds Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, over-performed beyond the expectations of some prognosticators, earning a best ensemble nomination from SAG and a best director nod from the DGA. Stars Timothe Chalamet, Monica Barbaro, and Edward Norton were also nominated in their respective categories by SAG. The actors guild also elevated Wicked with a nomination for their equivalent of Best Picture while also re-confirming the popularity of Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grandes performances in that musical with Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress nominations, respectively. Noticeably absent in either guilds Best Picture equivalent was a nomination for Denis Villeneuves Dune: Part Two or some of the films a lot of folks were hoping to get into DGAs directors shortlist SAGs ensemble choicessay, for example, the fascinating cast of Sing Sing. Coralie Fargeats snubbing for Director at the DGAs for her work on The Substance marks another year where at least the DGA failed to nominate a woman for its top prize. Well see if the Academy follows suit in the Best Director category.While most of the nominated movies mentioned above will probably be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscarswhich these days has a mandatory 10 slots openthe dynamics of who has momentum is constantly shifting. For starters, it would seem the actors guild is less won over by The Brutalist than critics, or for that matter directors. So its worth noting that actors make up the biggest branch of the Academy with about 1,200 members being thespians (or about 1/10th of all voters). Admittedly, plenty of films have won Best Picture at the Oscars and not Outstanding Cast at the SAGs, but seven of the last 10 movies to win the Best Picture Oscar were at least nominated in SAGs best ensemble category. And the only time one of the Best Picture winners wasnt in the last five years was when the largely (and intentionally) unprofessional, non-union cast of Nomadland was snubbed by SAG during the year of COVID.While the DGA nomination for Corbetan award we suspect he will winspeaks to how The Brutalist continues to appeal to filmmakers within the industry, its frontrunner status is far from guaranteed. Conversely, it would seem the industry thinks much more highly of A Complete Unknown than some critics, which might not be surprising since previous musical biopics like even the critically reviled Bohemian Rhapsody have ended up in the Oscars Best Picture category. However, Mangold getting a DGA nomination over the aforementioned Fargeat or, for that matter, Denis Villeneuve for Dune or RaMell Ross for Nickel Boys suggests all three films could be closer to the bubble of a Best Picture snubbing than some might like.Outside of the top prize, its also worth noting that Angelina Jolie was noticeably snubbed from a Best Actress nomination by SAG after being also snubbed by the BAFTAs across the pond. Her chances of getting nominated by the Academy for Best Actress appear to be dwindling, just as Demi Moores are on a rapid ascent. A week ago, I wrote about how there was a chance Moore might be snubbed for Best Actress, but after a magnificent acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, following a surprise win no less, her Best Actress nomination appears secure.Yet lest folks want to dub Moore a possible frontrunner, keep in mind that, again, The Substance was snubbed for SAG and the DGAs highest prize. Additionally, Margaret Qualley was also snubbed in the Best Supporting Actress category by the SAGs despite being considered likely to get in. It seems pretensions against the horror genre still run deep. Also instead of Qualley and Jones in Best Supporting Actress, we saw surprise nominations for Danielle Deadwyler in The Piano Lesson and Jamie Lee Curtis in The Last Showgirl. In fact, The Last Showgirl did remarkably well with the SAGs as Pamela Anderson also got into a surprise nomination for Best Actress, edging out not only Jolie but awards season royalty Nicole Kidman for her work in Babygirl. She also got in over Marianne Jean-Baptiste for a remarkable turn in Hard Truths.It is still early goings, all things considered, with the Oscars themselves not happening until March. However, the Academy finalizes its nominations next week and a narrative seems to be forming around certain films, chief among them being Emilia Prez, Conclave, and maybe Anora (which also saw Yura Borisov happily get into Best Supporting Actor at with the SAGs). For the record, ware not counting out at all The Brutalists chances at being the frontrunner, particularly against something as lascivious as Anora. Were simply noting that despite it winning what is traditionally seen as the Globes best predictor for the Oscar, this race is far from over.Join our mailing listGet the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox!