First Move with Julia Chatterley

What if you could generate a short-form movie with just a few words of text? That's exactly what Runway AI, a browser-driven video production site, aims to accomplish. You begin by using a sentence to describe what you want to see. Then you can add a few more parameters, click "generate," and it appears like magic. The inference is pretty clear as to the future of amateur film, with the potential...

350 million. That's the number of electric vehicles the world needs on the road by 2030 to help reach net CO2 emissions by the middle of the century. Achieving that goal is going to require a dramatic rise in output of a few key materials. And that's where KoBold Metals comes in. The mining startup says it's already using the power of AI, geoscience, and data aggregation to pinpoint deposits of li...

Protestors in Israel are taking stock after the government's controversial judicial overhaul moved forward on Monday. Doctors have begun a 24-hour strike, and thousands of military reservists are saying they will refuse to volunteer for duty. Also joining the fight: a host of Israeli tech firms, which took out all-black full-page ads in major newspapers. One of those firms is fintech unicorn Papay...

Spain is facing political uncertainty today as no single party was able to win enough votes to form a government after yesterday's election. The prime minister's central left party won 122 seats, while the main opposition party is on course to win 136. Neither is close to the 176 seats needed to govern alone, which means weeks of painful political negotiations. Joining the show to explain what we...

With an estimated audience of over $1 billion, the women's World Cup soccer tournament is one of the biggest sporting events in the world. But there's still a major controversy: the gender pay gap. A new CNN analysis finds players at this tournament will make on average just 25 cents for every dollar earned by men. One of the company's calling for more support for women's soccer is Xero, an accoun...

We're only halfway through the year and we've already had extreme floods in places like India, wildfires in Canada, Switzerland, and Greece, and tornadoes in the United States. They've not only put lives at risk but have also meant homeowners having to deal with damage to their homes. And that is where insurance plays a vital role. According to the Swiss Re Institute, the research arm of the insur...

Hollywood's come to a halt as actors and writers strike over a multitude of issues. Before the strike the union enlisted Tom Cruise to lobby on behalf of members. That's according to the Hollywood Reporter, which says the Mission: Impossible star joined a negotiating session to discuss concerns about the use of AI to replace actors. Voicemod is a company which describes itself as the worldwide lea...

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The recovery in China, the world's second largest economy, is losing pace. GDP expanded 6.3% year-on-year in the second quarter, which is well below expectations. Other disappointments in China include record high youth unemployment, slowing retail sales, and faltering business confidence -- all raising expectations of further government support. Joining Julia to provide context is Derek Scissors,...

The US has given two firms the green light to start producing lab-grown chicken products: GOOD Meat and Upside Foods. The latter's chicken is already on one restaurant menu in San Francisco. Joining the show to discuss is Upside Foods CEO Dr. Uma Valeti.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...

The world relies on concrete for construction and road building, with the journal Nature estimating over 33 billion tons of concrete are used every single year. According to one estimate in 2016, concrete was responsible for 7% of all greenhouse gas emissions, mainly in the production of cement, which is the glue that holds concrete together. This is where CarbonBuilt comes. The company wants to p...

Today's show brings you extensive coverage of day two of the crucial NATO summit in Vilnius. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky met with several leaders today, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, as his push for membership in the alliance continues. Meanwhile, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said its allies will continue to support Ukraine and aff...

Amazon addicts are furiously scouring their screens as the annual one-day Prime shopping event gets underway. Last year, 200 million Prime members worldwide bought over 300 million items. How does Amazon's workforce handle all those orders? Robots! In 2022, one billion packages making up an eighth of all orders worldwide were sorted by a robot. Logistics also play a crucial part in the company's o...

Ahead of the critical NATO summit in Lithuania, Ukraine's foreign minister said NATO has agreed to let the country bypass a detailed formal process in an application to join the alliance. But in an exclusive interview with CNN over the weekend, President Biden said that Russia's war must end before NATO can consider membership for Ukraine. Joining the show to discuss is Ukraine Deputy Foreign Mini...

It’s the fastest growing sport in America, but some are finding themselves in a real pickle after playing. USA Pickleball CEO Mike Nealy joins Julia to discuss the sports’ explosive growth in the US, and the estimate that player injuries could be responsible for up to half a billion dollars in medical bills this year. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Lea...

On the rooftops of buildings all around the world a quiet revolution is taking place. Solar panels and other forms of renewable energy are replacing fossil fuel reliant devices. BlocPower CEO Donnel Baird joins Julia to talk about his company’s mission to speed up bringing smart green technology to all communities, in order to vastly reduce energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. To learn more...

European start-up Destinus is rewriting the rules on sustainable, long-range supersonic travel, having successfully flight-tested two prototypes, and revealing the “Destinus 3” at the Paris Airshow last month. Destinus Founder & CEO Mikhail Kokorich joins Julia to discuss his plan to launch the world's first commercial hypersonic plane by 2030, potentially reducing travel times between any two cit...

You’ve probably heard about plant-based meat and lab grown food, but what about edible bio ink? Israel-based biotech company Steakholder Foods has cultivated the first lab-grown fish fillet using 3D a printer. CEO Arik Kaufman joins Julia to talk about his company’s vision and how its technology could see 3D-printed meats reach cost parity with traditional meat in just five-years. To learn more ab...

Overstock.com s a major e-commerce player in the US and Canada known for selling products like drugs, decor, and furniture items. Now it’s set to change its name to an even more well-known brand: Bed Bath & Beyond. They spent $21 million to acquire the name and domain of the bankrupt chain, but not BB&B’s physical stores, which have been closing across the United States. Joining Julia to discuss i...

New data released today shows the Chinese economy losing fresh momentum as its post-lockdown growth spurt fades further. The numbers will intensify calls for Chinese officials to stimulate the world's second-largest economy. Joining the show to discuss is Shehzad Qazi, managing director of China Beige Book, which provides China research to investors.    To learn more about how CNN protects listene...

You may have heard of green hydrogen before on this show, but what about green steel? Well, in order to get one, you can use the other. That's according to the company H2 Green Steel, which is in the process of building a plant in Sweden using hydroelectric power to produce green hydrogen that will then be used to heat the ore in its steel ovens. The plant could be up and running by the end of 202...

For businesses of all sizes the question of how to harness the power of AI to gain a competitive edge is key. Databricks is a data storage and management startup that's now doing lots of deals it says will enable clients to build low-cost language models trained on their own data rather than taking it from somewhere else. The idea is that it will make the process easier, cheaper and quicker. Joini...

The whereabouts of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin are still unknown. In an audio tape released yesterday, Prigozhin said the march to Moscow was a "protest," not a move to oust President Putin. Earlier today, Russia's federal security service that it's dropping the case against the Wagner group rebels, and Prigozhin, for the weekend revolt. Joining Julia to discuss the situation is former Russian F...

The EU foreign ministers are meeting in Luxembourg today, their first chance to respond as a group to the weekend's events in Russia. The countries agreed to an additional $3.8 billion in aid and support to Ukraine. They also assessed their military deployments, with Germany saying it will dispatch 4,000 soldiers to Lithuania to strengthen the eastern flank of NATO. Joining Julia to discuss is Edg...

A search for answers is underway after the missing OceanGate submersible suffered a "catastrophic implosion." Meanwhile, the US Navy says it detected the sound of a possible implosion on Sunday around the same time communication was lost with the vessel. Filmmaker James Cameron, who directed the 1997 movie Titanic and has made more than 30 dives to the wreckage, spoke to CNN about the tragic outco...