LOS ANGELES — It’s easy to take Shohei Ohtani for granted. By now, we’ve settled into the rote comfort: He is the best player on the planet, and that’s that. Ohtani’s baseline is everyone else’s peak. He is judged against himself and himself only.
And it’s human nature that when we watch something often enough — even something as mind-bending as a player who’s a full-time starting pitcher and full-time hitter and among the very best at both — it starts to register as normal.
Which is why his performances on Friday — the unleashing of the full extent of Ohtani’s magic — was the sort of necessary reminder that one of the greatest athletes in the world, and the most talented baseball player ever, is playing right now, doing unfathomable things, redefining the game in real time. And that even when he starts the day mired in an uncharacteristic slump, Ohtani needs only a single game to launch himself into the annals of history.
Where Ohtani’s performance in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series ranks on the all-time list of games will be debated for years. In the celebration following Los Angeles‘ 5-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers, though, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts stood on the field and said, “That’s the greatest night in baseball history,” and no one cared to argue.
Over the course of 2 hours, 41 minutes, in front of 52,883 fans, with millions watching domestically and tens of millions more in Japan, Ohtani threw six shutout innings and struck out 10 in between hitting three home runs that traveled a combined 1,342 feet, including one that left Dodger Stadium entirely. It was the sort of game that happens in comic books, not real life — and it was a game that completed a championship series sweep and sent Los Angeles to its second consecutive World Series. It was the kind of night that leaves patrons elated they saw it and also just a little ruined because they know they’ll never see anything like it again. Everyone was a prisoner, captive to perhaps the greatest individual game in the quarter-million or so played over the last century and a half.
It was, at very least, one of the finest displays of baseball since the game’s inception, up there with Tony Cloninger hitting two grand slams and throwing a complete game in 1966 or Rick Wise socking two home runs amid his no-hitter on the mound in 1971. And unlike those, this came in the postseason, and in a game to clinch Los Angeles the opportunity to become the first team in a quarter-century to win back-to-back championships.
It wasn’t quite Don Larsen throwing a perfect game — but Larsen went 0-for-2 in that game and needed a Mickey Mantle home run to account for his scoring. It wasn’t Reggie Jackson hammering three home runs, either — because Reggie needed Mike Torrez to throw a complete game that night to make his blasts stand up.
Ohtani is the only player who can do this, the offense and the defense — the mastery of baseball, the distillation of talent into something pure and perfect.
Hours earlier, his day had started by navigating the tricky balance of starting and hitting on the same day. His metronomic routine, such a vital piece of his three MVP seasons (the fourth will be made official in mid-November), is upended completely when he pitches. He budgets for the extra time he needs to spend caring for his arm by sacrificing his attendance at the hitters’ meeting, instead getting the intel he needs from coaches in the batting cage about an hour before the game.
Nobody could tell, when Ohtani arrived in the underground cage Friday, that he was mired in a nasty slump that had stretched from the division series through the third game of the NLCS, a jag of strikeouts and soft contact and poor swing decisions and utter frustration that got so bad earlier in the week he had taken batting practice outside at Dodger Stadium, something he never — like, really, never — does. He had decided to do so on the plane ride back from Milwaukee, where the Dodgers had humbled the Brewers with the sort of starting pitching never seen in a league championship series.
Game 4, his teammates were convinced, was going to be a culmination of that extra cage work and the matching of his pitching peers’ dominance.
“You guys asked me yesterday, and I said I was expecting nothing short of incredible today,” Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy said. “And he proved me wrong. He went beyond incredible.”
After walking the leadoff hitter, Brice Turang, Ohtani struck out the next three hitters, popping a pair of 100 mph-plus fastballs and unleashing the most confounding version of his splitter seen all year. He followed by obliterating a slurve from Jose Quintana in the bottom of the inning for a home run, the first time a pitcher ever hit a leadoff homer in the game’s history, regular season or playoffs.
The strikeouts continued — one in the third inning, two more in the fourth, preceding Ohtani’s second home run, which left 50,000 mouths agape. In the stands, they cheered, and in the dugout, they whooped, and in the bullpen, they screamed: “The ball went out of the stadium!” Alex Vesia, the reliever who would come in after Ohtani struck out two more in the fifth and sixth innings, could not conceive that a person could hit a baseball in a game that far. Officially, it went 469 feet. It felt like 1,000.
“At that point, it’s got to be the greatest game ever, right?” said Vesia, who did his part to help keep it so. Ohtani allowed a walk and a hit in the seventh inning, and had Vesia allowed either run to score, the sparkling zero in his pitching line could’ve been an unsightly one or crooked two. When he induced a ground ball up the middle that nutmegged his legs, Mookie Betts was in perfect position to hoover it, step on second and fire to first for a double play that preserved Ohtani’s goose egg.
In the next inning, Ohtani’s third home run of the night, and this one was just showing off: a shot to dead center off a 99 mph Trevor Megill fastball, a proper complement to the second off an 89 mph Chad Patrick cutter and the first off a 79 mph Quintana slurve). If it sounds impressive to hit three different pitches off three different pitchers for home runs in one night, it is. To do so throwing six innings, allowing two hits, walking three and striking out 10 is otherworldly.
“We were so focused on just winning the game, doing what needed to be done, I’m not sure we realized how good it really was,” Dodgers catcher Will Smith said. “I didn’t really appreciate it until after. Like, he actually did that?”
Yes. Yes he did. In baseball history, 503 players have hit three home runs in a game, and 1,550 have struck out 10 or more in a game. None, until Friday, had done both. And that’s what Shohei Ohtani does, who he is. For eight years, he has transformed what is possible in baseball, set a truly impossible standard to match, and now, finally, having signed with a franchise capable of giving his talents the largest stage, Ohtani gets to perform when it matters most.
Milwaukee won more games during the regular season than anyone. Regardless of how impotent the Brewers’ offense was this series, they were a very good team, and the Dodgers flayed them. The final game was an exclamation point — and a warning for the Seattle Mariners or Toronto Blue Jays, whichever survives the back-and-forth American League Championship Series.
Meta has rolled out an opt-in AI feature to its US and Canadian Facebook users that claims to make their photos and videos more “shareworthy.” The only catch is that the feature is designed for your phone’s camera roll — not the media you’ve already uploaded to Facebook. If you opt in, Meta’s AI will comb through your camera roll, upload your unpublished photos to Meta’s cloud, and surface “hidden gems” that are “lost among screenshots, receipts, and random snaps,” the company says. Users will be able to save or share the suggested edits and collages.
If Facebook wanting to look at your unpublished photos sounds familiar, it might be because we wrote about an early test in June. At that time, the company claimed unposted, private photos were not being used to train Meta’s AI, but it declined to rule out whether it would do so in the future.
Well, the future is now, and it sure sounds like Meta wants to train its AI on your photos — under certain conditions. In the Friday announcement of the feature, Meta says, “We don’t use media from your camera roll to improve AI at Meta, unless you choose to edit this media with our AI tools, or share.”
The Verge asked Meta to confirm: Meta will use your camera roll to train its AI if you choose to use this feature, right? We also asked for clarification on when Meta begins using your unpublished photos to train its AI. Does it happen when you opt into the new feature? After you choose to edit something with the tool? Or only after you choose to share the resulting creation?
Meta spokesperson Mari Melguizo sent us the following clarification: “This means the camera roll media uploaded by this feature to make suggestions won’t be used to improve AI at Meta. Only if you edit the suggestions with our AI tools or publish those suggestions to Facebook, improvements to AI at Meta may be made.”
So, Meta will collect and store your photos in the cloud and Meta’s AI will get to look at them, but the company won’t use them to train their AI unless you take an additional action — at least for now, according to Meta. Today, the feature says it will “select media from your camera roll and upload it to our cloud on an ongoing basis”; in June, Meta told us that it might hold onto some of that data for longer than 30 days. The company claims your media “won’t be used for ad targeting.”
Last year, Meta acknowledged that it had already quietly trained its AI models on all public photos and text posted to Facebook and Instagram by adult users since 2007.
Facebook’s blog today shows that users will be asked if they want to “allow cloud processing to get creative ideas made for you from your camera roll.” It’s not yet clear if that prompt will also warn users that the feature may train Meta’s AI on your photos. The company says the feature is meant to help users who enjoy snapping pics but want to improve their photos before posting, or who don’t have time to “create something special.” Facebook says it’ll roll out the feature in the coming months.
Prince Harry and King Charles III Are Not Speaking
Harry told the BBC May 2 that his father King Charles III won’t speak to him “because of this security stuff,” but added that “it would be nice to reconcile.”
The Duke of Sussex, who shares kids Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet with Meghan, said that he would love to reconnect with his family. But the ball is in his dad’s court.
“I can’t see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the U.K. at this point,” he said. “It’s really quite sad that I won’t be able to show my children my homeland.”
“There is a lot of control and ability in my father’s hands, ultimately this whole thing could be resolved through him,” Harry added. “Not necessarily by intervening but by stepping aside and allowing the experts to do what is necessary and to carry on.”
Despite the years of conflict, he’s waving the white flag in hopes of reconciliation. He added, “Life is precious, I don’t know how much longer my father has.”
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What’s a midseason top 25 supposed to look like? As we head into Week 8, we’ve certainly seen new stars emerge (hello, Fernando Mendoza!) and we’ve seen some highly anticipated seasons falter, but with so many games left to play, it’s hard to separate the flash in the pan from the real deal.
So, ESPN’s selection committee (Bill Connelly, David Hale, Max Olson, Adam Rittenberg and Paolo Uggetti) tried to build out this year’s midseason top 25 like a Major League Baseball All-Star team — a few of the biggest names, because their talent is unquestionable, and a few of the plucky upstarts that we may end up regretting if they don’t maintain this hot start through December.
The good news is, we’ll do this all again in another two months, and if your favorite player didn’t crack this list, we’ll be happy to atone for the mistakes then. — David Hale
It’s not enough to simply list off King’s stat line, which is impressive. To fully appreciate what he brings to Georgia Tech requires watching him play and the utter physicality and relentless drive he brings to every snap. Coach Brent Key joked King doesn’t really get going until there’s a little blood on his jersey, and that’s probably about the highest compliment you can give him. — Hale
DE, Ohio State, Senior 2025 notable stats: 31 tackles, 9.5 TFL, 6 sacks 2025 preseason ranking: NR
When Illinois scored a meaningless touchdown with 4:25 to play in a blowout loss in Week 7, it marked the first time all season Ohio State had surrendered a second touchdown in a game. The Buckeyes’ defense has been otherworldly, leading the nation in scoring defense and top 10 in total defense, rushing defense and passing defense. There are plenty of reasons why, but the havoc Curry has created at the line of scrimmage — six sacks, 9.5 TFL, 15.4% pressure rate — is at the top of the list. His 22 pressures are twice what any other Buckeyes defender has recorded, and he has been a nightmare for opposing QBs, who are averaging just 4.4 yards-per-dropback when Ohio State doesn’t blitz. — Hale
How good is Tyson? When Arizona State’s starting QB Sam Leavitt missed Week 7’s game against Utah, forcing the Sun Devils to turn to a struggling Jeff Sims, Tyson was largely thwarted in the passing game — making eight catches for just 40 yards. It would end up being the first game all season he didn’t catch a touchdown pass. So, what did he do instead? Took a goal-line carry into the end zone for a score. Tyson now has the second-longest active scoring streak in the country, and is tied with Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith for the most total touchdowns by a receiver with eight. — Hale
OL, Duke, Junior 2025 notable stat: No sacks allowed 2025 preseason ranking: NR
Few players in the country have been as consistently good as Parker over the past three years. So far this season, Pro Football Focus grades him as the top tackle in the country. For the season, Parker has been on the field for 373 snaps — 95% of Duke’s total offensive downs — and blown just two run blocks, allowed no sacks and has been flagged for just a single penalty. Meanwhile, the Blue Devils have quietly blossomed into one of the most explosive offenses in the country, with 39 plays of 20 yards or more (seventh nationally) this season. — Hale
WR, USC, Junior 2025 notable stats: 7 total TD, 682 yards, 44 catches 2025 preseason ranking: NR
One of two players nationally — and the lone player from the Power 4 — with five games with at least 90 receiving yards this year, Lemon has been a brilliant combination of explosiveness and consistency. He’s second to San José State‘s Danny Scudero in receiving yards nationally with 682, tied for seventh with six receiving touchdowns and is eighth in catches. And in the red zone, he has been virtually unstoppable, catching five of six targets with three touchdowns and two contested catches. — Hale
Reese headlines a new group of stars for the nation’s No. 1 defense. After recording 43 tackles in 2024, Reese has nearly matched that total with 38 in six games, including 4.5 sacks and two quarterback hurries. The 6-foot-4, 243-pound junior has a superb size-speed combination that new defensive coordinator Matt Patricia has maximized. He set career highs for total tackles (9), solo tackles (8) and sacks (1.5) in last week’s win at No. 17 Illinois. — Rittenberg
Despite becoming USC’s starter late this past season, Maiava entered the fall with surprisingly little hype. He has put himself on the national radar with consistent production and efficiency, completing 71.9% of his passes for 1,852 yards and 13 touchdowns. Maiava has thrown only two interceptions on 171 pass attempts. He leads the FBS in yards per attempt (10.83) and QBR (93.1), and leads the Big Ten in passing yards per game (308.7) and yards per completion (15.1). — Rittenberg
Moore essentially took a gap year in 2024, playing behind Dillon Gabriel after transferring in from UCLA. He showed no rust with the layoff, completing more than 74% of his passes in four of his first five starts, and threw three touchdown passes or more in four of his first five starts, including in a thrilling overtime win at Penn State. Although Moore struggled in last week’s home loss to Indiana, he’s completing 72% of his passes with 15 touchdowns. — Rittenberg
DB, Indiana, Senior 2025 notable stats: 19 solo tackles, 4 INT, 1 PD 2025 preseason ranking: NR
Moore returned to Indiana not knowing his playing status, as the 24-year-old sued the NCAA for an extra year of eligibility. He won the case in late September and has had many more victories on the field for Indiana’s surging defense. Moore is tied for third nationally in interceptions with four, while ranking second on the Hoosiers with 37 tackles. He has interceptions in each of the past two games after opening the season with seven tackles and an interception in each of the first two contests. — Rittenberg
CB, Notre Dame, Sophomore 2025 notable stats: 10 solo tackles, 1 FF, 3 INT 2025 preseason ranking: 13
Yes, it’s another Moore! The Irish defense has had a turbulent first half, but the unit is undeniably better when Moore plays. He’s one of the sport’s top cover corners, allowing only six completions on 15 targeted pass attempts. Moore has three interceptions and two pass breakups in only four games, as well as a forced fumble. He had two interceptions, a forced fumble and six solo tackles against Boise State, earning Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week honors. — Rittenberg
CB, LSU, Senior 2025 notable stats: 17 solo tackles, 1 INT, 5 PD 2025 preseason ranking: NR
LSU’s defense has allowed more than 10 points in just one of six games, and a transformed pass defense, led by this Virginia Tech transfer, has been the primary reason. After he shut down Clemson’s T.J. Moore in the season opener, opponents have quickly caught on: His side of the field is increasingly a no-fly zone. His man has been targeted 25 times on the season. Those passes have gained just 80 total yards, and only five have come in the past two games. — Connelly
Love goes where the yards are. If that means grinding away off tackle, so be it. If it means catching balls out of the backfield, that’s good, too. Love has produced at least 114 yards from scrimmage in four of his first six games, complementing eight rushing TDs with three receiving scores. He has enjoyed only one huge, Love-esque burst — a 46-yard score against Purdue— but we know it’s coming. — Connelly
DE, Utah, Sophomore 2025 notable stats: 17 solo tackles, 8 sacks, 2 FF 2025 preseason ranking: NR
We spend eight offseason months talking about who the best college football players are at a given position, and then the season starts and a guy shows up out of nowhere. After recording just five career tackles with one sack over two seasons as an understudy, Daley has suddenly become one of the nation’s best defensive linemen, recording 11 TFLs and eight sacks (both third in the nation) and keying a defense that has allowed more than 14 points just once in six games. — Connelly
He had to wait his turn after transferring from Tulane, but after catching 29 passes during Tennessee’s 2024 playoff run, Brazzell is up to 32 midway through the 2025 season. Oh yeah, and he’s just about the most explosive go-to receiver in the country. He torched Georgia for 177 yards and three scores, and while the Vols’ defense has regressed, Tennessee is still in the playoff hunt because of Brazzell and big-play passing. — Connelly
Bailey was one of the most highly-touted players in the transfer portal after recording eight tackles for loss and seven sacks for Stanford last year. He already has 9.5 TFL and 8.5 sacks, respectively, in half a season in Lubbock. The Red Raiders are in the driver’s seat for a spot in the Big 12 Championship because of a transformed defense, and for as good as Jacob Rodriguez, Romello Height and others have been, Bailey’s explosive pass rushing has played a massive role in the turnaround. — Connelly
DE, Texas A&M, Senior 2025 notable stats: 9 TFL, 8 sacks, 22 pressures 2025 preseason ranking: NR
Howell spent three years at Bowling Green and developed into a third-team All-MAC selection. Now he’s breaking out as the SEC’s sack leader in his second season with the No. 4 Aggies and already has two three-sack performances on the year. The 6-2, 248-pound edge defender is getting pressure on 19% of his pass rushes and is quickly playing his way into first-round draft pick status. — Olson
QB, Miami, Senior 2025 notable stats: 1,213 passing yards, 12 total TD, 3 INT 2025 preseason ranking: 29
After an up-and-down 2024 season cut short by an elbow injury at Georgia, Beck sought a fresh start at a Miami program determined to make the leap and get into the College Football Playoff. So far, so good. Beck’s big-game experience, with his 29-3 record as a starter, has made the difference for the No. 2 Hurricanes in tough tests early on. The veteran passer has raised his completion percentage (73.4%), yards per attempt average (8.7) and QBR (85.0) and has turned Miami into the clear ACC front-runner following a 5-0 start. — Olson
Hardy had an impressive freshman season at UL Monroe in 2024 and has taken his game to another level as the leading rusher in the SEC by a margin of nearly 200 yards. Hardy began his Tigers career with five consecutive 100-yard performances, including a career-high 250 against Louisiana. His toughness and ability to make defenders miss, with 511 rushing yards after contact (3rd in FBS) and 52 forced missed tackles (2nd), has made him a perfect fit for coach Eli Drinkwitz’s rushing attack. — Olson
Smith was No. 1 on this list to start the season, and in a lot of ways nothing has changed. You won’t find a more talented wide receiver in college football. Smith is second in the Big Ten in catches as the go-to target for new starting QB Julian Sayin. While he hasn’t had a 100-yard performance against a Power 4 defense, Smith is still routinely besting opponents’ efforts to take him out of games and has scored touchdowns in each of Ohio State’s past five wins. — Olson
The former five-star recruit came in as a Day 1 starter at right tackle for the Hurricanes. He continues to develop into an All-America talent and projected first-round pick as everyone expected under offensive line coach Alex Mirabal. Mauigoa has surrendered only one sack since the start of the 2024 season and has just one blown block and two penalties through five games as a junior, according to ESPN Research. — Olson
Despite working with the fourth offensive coordinator in his college career, Mendoza appears to have found the perfect fit. The Cal transfer was ready to take the next step and now his move to Bloomington appears fortuitous. Mendoza has looked the part of one of the best quarterbacks in the sport, attracting NFL draft hype, while leading the Hoosiers to an undefeated season so far and a signature win against Oregon last week where he was nearly flawless. — Uggetti
S, Ohio State, Junior 2025 notable stats: 18 solo tackles, 1 INT 2025 preseason ranking: 3
What is there to say about Downs that hasn’t been said before? The unanimous All-American this past season has picked up right where he left off. Put aside the numbers, Downs’ sheer gravity on defense keys the success of the Buckeyes’ unit, which has been one of the two best defenses in the country, despite swapping coordinators from Jim Knowles to Matt Patricia. Downs is a player whose impact will be felt more as Ohio State faces tougher opposition going forward. He’s fourth on the list, but it would surprise no one if he ended up closer to No. 1 by season’s end. — Uggetti
QB, Alabama, Junior 2025 notable stats: 1,678 yards, 18 total TD, 1 INT 2025 preseason ranking: NR
In his first full season as the Tide’s starter, Kalen DeBoer and offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb have unlocked Simpson’s talent and harnessed it into a potential Heisman Trophy-winning season. The junior from Tennessee has a 70% completion rate, 16 touchdowns and only 1 interception. But despite an offensive line that has allowed 12 sacks this season, Simpson has been more than just a steadying presence under center; through six games, he has been arguably the best quarterback in the sport. — Uggetti
If Rueben Bain Jr. has been the best defensive player in the sport, then Rodriguez is right on his heels. The Red Raiders boast the stingiest run defense in the country — allowing only 62.5 rushing yards per game — and Rodriguez is right at the center of it all. The senior has made his impact felt in the ground game and the air game, forcing multiple fumbles, deflecting passes and snatching multiple interceptions. It’s safe to say opposing offenses hate to see him coming. — Uggetti
To say that Bain is a game-wrecker would be an understatement. The junior from Miami has been one of college football’s most unstoppable forces this season — a 6-3, 275-pound difference maker whose combination of versatility, athleticism and production has fueled the Hurricanes’ defense. His season so far makes him worthy of being not just the No. 1 player on this list, but also of receiving plenty of chatter about being one of the top picks in the upcoming NFL draft. — Uggetti
Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for ESPN.com, while making appearances on SportsCenter, ESPN’s NFL shows and ESPN Radio programs. A native of Grapevine, Texas, he graduated from the University of North Texas with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He is an adjunct journalism professor at Southern Methodist University and a member of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA).
CINCINNATI — Ten days ago, Joe Flacco didn’t know whether he’d get to experience again what he felt Thursday night.
Last week, Flacco was a quarterback who had been benched in his 18th NFL season. On Thursday night, he celebrated another comeback win in the AFC North.
Nine days after his trade to the Cincinnati Bengals, he led his new club to a 33-31 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers at Paycor Stadium. Needing points on the final drive to win, Flacco propelled the offense down the field, with kicker Evan McPherson‘s 36-yard field goal with seven seconds left sealing the victory.
Flacco acknowledged the uncertainty he had felt about getting back to the position he was in Thursday night.
“It felt like I might not, to be honest with you,” Flacco said. “It’s pretty special.”
In the second game following his trade from the Cleveland Browns, the 40-year-old helped Cincinnati snap a four-game losing streak. He was 31-of-47 passing for 342 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. It was the first win for the Bengals (3-4) since starting quarterback Joe Burrow suffered a turf toe injury in Week 2.
Burrow watched from the sideline with a walking boot on his left foot as Flacco made plays in the closing minutes to prevent Cincinnati from a devastating collapse. The Bengals trailed by a point after leading for the bulk of the contest when Steelers tight end Pat Freiermuth caught a 68-yard touchdown pass from Aaron Rodgers with 2:21 left.
But in his 23rd regular-season game against the Steelers (4-2), Flacco delivered. With Cincinnati on the cusp of field goal range, he hit wide receiver Tee Higgins for a 28-yard completion down the left sideline that made McPherson’s kick a relatively easy one.
McPherson is among those who have enjoyed having the veteran quarterback on their team.
“I love his attitude and what he brings to the team,” said McPherson, who now has eight career tying or go-ahead kicks in the final two minutes of a regular-season contest. “He’s done a really good job connecting with guys on a really short notice.”
Flacco did most of his connecting with Higgins and wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase against the Steelers. Chase set a franchise record with 16 catches for 161 yards and a touchdown. It was his ninth game with more than 150 receiving yards, passing Jerry Rice for the second most in the first five seasons of an NFL career.
Chase again praised the franchise’s decision to acquire Flacco to be the starting quarterback.
“It’s honestly good having him here for us,” Chase said. “Organization made a big jump on him. We believed in him. We got him. He came in, doing his thing and showing off for us.”
Bengals coach Zac Taylor said Flacco’s experience was crucial in a game that Cincinnati “needed to have.” And the veteran almost made it look effortless.
“It’s easy for him,” Taylor said. “And it’s not, because he’s putting in the work. He’s so experienced in this situation. You gain a lot of confidence from that because he goes out there [and] it’s not too big.”
Last week, Flacco was going down Interstate 75, talking to Taylor on the phone as the coach started explaining as much of the playbook as quickly as possible. Despite his experience, Flacco wanted to make sure he didn’t waste an opportunity.
On Thursday night, Flacco talked about the relief his family probably felt to see him complete another game. In his postgame news conference, Flacco said he was eager to hear how that relief morphed into excitement.
“I can’t wait to talk to my wife tonight and just hear it in her voice and all those things,” Flacco said. “Talking to [family] reminds you of how special this is.”
The new controls will let parents stop their children from speaking with AI chatbots entirely or block access to specific characters they don’t like, Instagram lead Adam Mosseri and Meta chief AI officer Alexandr Wang wrote in a blog post announcing the changes on Friday. Meta’s AI assistant is a notable exception to this rule. The company says it will “remain available to offer helpful information and educational opportunities” with “age-appropriate protections in place.”
Meta said parents will also be given some form of “insight” into how their kids are using AI, though it was light on details for what this might look like in practice. From Meta’s description, it looks like the “insights” will take the form of a high-level summary of “the topics their teens are chatting about with AI characters” and Meta’s AI assistant. The company says it hopes the information will empower parents to “have thoughtful conversations with their teens about AI interactions.”
Mosseri and Wang said they “hope today’s updates bring parents some peace of mind that their teens can make the most of all the benefits AI offers.” Parents will have to wait a little longer to discover said peace of mind though: the controls won’t be available until “early next year.” Even then, they will be limited to Instagram and only for English-speaking users in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. Meta said it plans to expand the controls across its platforms in the future and said it will “have more to share soon.”
This is one of the first major safety updates Meta has made to its AI chatbots since deploying them across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. It comes on the heels of another major update pushed only this week that limits what content teen Instagram accounts can view, in line with what you’d see in a PG-13 movie.
The Atlantic Music Group CEO shared a heartwarming message celebrating Sofia Richie just hours before she announced that she is pregnant with their second child and launched her first fashion line, SRG Atelier.
“I usually forget I even have Instagram, so I never really post,” Elliot wrote on Instagram Oct. 16. “But today’s different… it’s the launch of my incredible wife Sofia’s fashion brand, SRG Atelier.”
For the music executive, making a rare comment on social media was the least he could do after watching Sofia put in so much work on her new business venture. As he put it, “I’ve watched you pour your heart into every detail with your amazing team, and I couldn’t be prouder of you, Sof.”
Elliot—who tied the knot with Sofia in 2023—added, “You inspire me everyday and I love you.”
And that wasn’t the only way the 31-year-old celebrated his partner’s milestone. In addition to the sweet caption, Elliot included several snaps of Sofia looking at samples of her collection, testing out pieces and collaborating with her SRG Atelier team.
“Wait Elliot,” Sofia commented under his post. “Omg I love you so so much! You are my life.”
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