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Sora 2 Shook Hollywood. This AI CEO is Helping the Industry ‘Take a F-ing Stand’
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Sora 2 and the Talent Takedown
How OpenAI’s latest video model is forcing Hollywood’s unions into uncharted territory
Wonder Studios and the Art of Teaching a Machine to Direct
How a U.K. startup is building Hollywood’s first AI-native studio
Ari Emanuel and the Leisure Algorithm
Why the Endeavor chief thinks AI will make free time the next luxury good
Sora 2 Shook Hollywood. This AI CEO is Helping the Industry ‘Take a F-ing Stand’
Backed by CAA and Comcast Ventures, Bryn Mooser and co-founder Natasha Lyonne’s Asteria is an AI model safeguarding IP in an era of copyright chaos
Netflix’s Machine That Dreams in 4K
Inside Netflix’s gamble to fuse storytelling and synthetic intelligence
Akshay Kumar Files Suit to Protect His Likeness as Bollywood Confronts the AI Era
Akshay Kumar moves to court to protect his personality rights
Marc Andreessen Says AI Will Create a New Type of Filmmaker—Hollywood Braces for a Power Shift
Marc Andreessen says AI will give rise to a new type of filmmaker: ‘That’s a reason for profound optimism’
Olivia Williams Calls for ‘Nudity Rider’-Style Rules for AI Body Scans
Olivia Williams says actors need ‘nudity rider’-type controls for AI body scans
CAA Tells OpenAI: Pay the People Who Built Hollywood Before Your Bots Replace Them
The powerhouse agency pushes regulators and studios to guarantee consent, credit, and compensation as Sora’s viral video tool tests how far creators’ rights can bend before breaking.
Sora 2 and the Day Hollywood Went to War
Forget Tilly Norwood. OpenAI’s new cinematic model can fake anyone and anything — and power players finally draw their line
Netflix’s New $700K AI Job Goes to a Human, Not a Machine
The streamer’s latest hire isn’t a robot—it’s a high-priced product manager tasked with building generative tools to make 13,000 employees more efficient.
YouTube Unveils “Likeness Detection” to Help Creators Fight—or Profit From—AI Clones
YouTube CEO outlines upcoming tools to identify synthetic faces and voices, giving creators the power to monetize or remove deepfaked versions of themselves.
Sora Explodes in Popularity - and in Controversy - as OpenAI’s Video App Floods Feeds with Disturbing Clips
The new tool’s instant success has also exposed how quickly synthetic imagery can veer into violence, racism, and unlicensed mimicry before moderation can catch up.
Union Uproar Over Digital “Actress” Tilly Norwood Sparks Hollywood’s First True AI Identity Crisis
The debut of a fully AI-generated actress at the Zurich Film Festival sparks outrage from unions and actors who see the project as a test case for digital displacement.
Zelda Williams Blasts AI Videos of Robin Williams as “Disgusting, Over-Processed Hotdogs”
The actor-director says viral deepfakes mimicking her late father exploit grief and artistry, reigniting Hollywood’s fight over posthumous likeness rights.
‘Run It Through GPT-5’: The Phrase Changing Hollywood Overnight
Showrunners, writers, producers & marketing jumped on OpenAI’s update. Industry jobs will never recover
OpenAI Investor Vinod Khosla Says Hollywood’s “Tunnel-Vision Creatives” Are Missing the Point of Sora
The billionaire venture capitalist argues that AI video will broaden—not shrink—the creator class, even as studios and unions brace for disruption.
Karan Johar Slams AI “Remix” of Bollywood Film Raanjhanaa, Calling It a Violation of Creative Intent
The filmmaker Karan Johar ’s rebuke of an AI-generated alternate ending for Raanjhanaa ignites a wider debate in Bollywood over authorship, consent, and the future of legacy film catalogs.
Disney’s Lawyers Strike Back: Character.AI Ordered to Delete Fan-Made Elsa, Moana, and Darth Vader Bots
The takedown draws a legal boundary between fandom and infringement, signaling how aggressively studios will guard signature voices and personalities in the conversational-AI era.
Hollywood’s New Power Title: “AI Production Engineer”
At Variety’s annual summit, producers report 30 percent faster prep cycles as AI reshapes pre-viz and scheduling—proof that automation is becoming infrastructure, not experiment.