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Hollywood Actors, Writers Vs AI: Netflix Lists $900,000 AI Job Amid Strike; US military aid for Ukraine for first time includes Black Hornet spy drone; Netherlands: Dutch cargo ship carrying 3000 ships catches fire, 1 casualty reported; Sicily Fire Terrifying Video: Woman attempts to flee deadly wildfire in Italy

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00:00 At a time when Hollywood actors and writers are on a strike demanding better pay and protections
00:10 against artificial intelligence, streaming giant Netflix has posted a high-paying job
00:16 posting for AI.
00:18 The job posting, offering as high as $900,000 a year, is for a machine learning AI product
00:25 manager.
00:26 This is causing further worries among the already insecure Hollywood writers and actors
00:31 who are on strike since May 1.
00:33 The writers seek a ban on AI being used to write or rewrite literary material and a ban
00:38 on AI being used as source material for new works.
00:42 Apart from the above-mentioned job posting, Netflix has also invited applications for
00:46 technical directors for generative AI.
00:52 The Pentagon has confirmed that it will be sending Black Hornet nanodrones to Ukraine
00:56 as part of a $400 million security assistance package.
01:00 This confirmation comes against the backdrop of reports of Ukrainian counter-offensive
01:04 being futile and tardy.
01:05 The US Department of Defense has announced $400 million in additional security assistance
01:10 for Ukraine on yesterday, including air defense missiles, armored vehicles and small drones
01:16 as Ukraine's counter-offensive against Russia grinds on.
01:19 The new aid package will include US-furnished Black Hornet surveillance drones for the first
01:23 time.
01:24 The assistance is funded using the Presidential Drawdown Authority, or PDA, which authorizes
01:28 the President to quickly transfer articles and services from US stocks without Congressional
01:33 approval during an emergency.
01:35 The material will come from US Excess Inventory.
01:38 This is the 43rd security assistance package approved by the US for Ukraine.
01:43 A fire blazed on Wednesday on a ship off the Dutch coast with nearly 3,000 vehicles, killing
01:48 one person and injuring several others.
01:50 The Dutch Coast Guard said that it was working to save the vessel from sinking close to an
01:54 important habitat for migratory birds.
01:56 At least seven crew members jumped overboard and were rescued from the water, while the
02:00 rest were airlifted by helicopter.
02:03 Boats and helicopters were used to gather 23 crew members off the ship after they tried
02:06 unsuccessfully to put out the blaze, the Coast Guard said in a statement.
02:10 Some of the crew suffered broken bones, burns and breathing problems and were taken to hospitals
02:13 in the northern Netherlands.
02:17 The southern island of Sicily has been devastated by wildfires that have killed three elderly
02:21 people as a heatwave and severe storms further north took a heavy toll.
02:25 Italian firefighters said they battled nearly 1,400 fires between Sunday and Tuesday, including
02:29 650 in Sicily and 390 in Calabria.
02:34 The southern mainland region amid weeks of record-breaking temperature, a video has surfaced
02:38 on social media which shows a wall of flames lashing over the edge of the highway.
02:42 The now-viral video shows a wildfire burning metres away from a car driving on an Italian
02:46 highway.
02:47 A driver is shown driving through the wildfire.
02:49 As the wildfires continue to devastate Italy's southern island of Sicily, the toll of destruction
02:53 and loss of life is becoming apparent.
03:06 (upbeat music)
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