AI video generating tool like Sora has been described as “impressive” and impactful in the film industry, but former Pixar animator has reservations and thinks it’s not ready for serious Hollywood business. Craig Good is not fully convinced that a
Hollywood talent firm Creative Artists Agency has started making virtual clones of top film stars using AI under a project supposedly meant to create new acting opportunities for the humans involved. Dubbed ‘CAA Vault’, the initiative allows the talent agency’s
U.S. filmmaker Tyler Perry stopped the $800 million expansion of his studio in Atlanta over concerns about OpenAI’s new AI model, Sora, which creates ‘realistic’ videos from text prompts. The billionaire planned to add 12 sound stages to his studio
Scarlett Johansson is taking legal action against an AI app developer for using her name and likeness in an online advertisement without her consent. It comes as the fallout between AI and human creators continues to widen. The latest action
Disney is forging ahead with its AI aspirations and has set up a task force to explore ways of integrating the technology across its business units amid the ongoing strike by writers and actors in Hollywood. This is expected to
While artificial intelligence tools are increasingly being used to improve product and service delivery, Hollywood writers and stars are not embracing the idea of AI replacing people in the movie industry. Studios in Hollywood recently put forward plans to use
The British Computer Society CEO Rashik Parmar believes that AI threats to humanity are overstated. He said concerns being expressed “play to the fears that most of society has” and have been shaped by popular science fiction films like Terminator
Hollywood special effects teams are increasingly using metaverse-related technologies to bring fantasy worlds to life. Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), the special effects firm founded by George Lucas in 1975, is among a host of firms pioneering ‘StageCraft’ technology to
The Sandbox, a well-known decentralized gaming virtual world and a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, has announced a new partnership with Meta Hollywood, the largest virtual community for movie lovers, studios, and creators. Meta Hollywood was launched by Animoca Brands in
AI developer Jason Rohrer disputes the portrayal of his chatbot in the ‘Eternal You’ documentary, sparking a debate on the ethics of thanabots. Thanabots have become a subject of discussion on whether some uses of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology
Around 200 music artists, including Nicki Minaj, Kate Perry, Stevie Wonder, and the estates of Bob Marley and Frank Sinatra, signed an open letter calling on AI developers to stop using their work without permission. The letter, released by the
The BBC says it has stopped using AI to promote Doctor Who and does not plan to do so again after it faced a backlash from fans of the popular television program. The broadcaster used AI “as part of a
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