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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.
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 CEO outlines upcoming tools to identify synthetic faces and voices, giving creators the power to monetize or remove deepfaked versions of themselves.
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.
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.
The actor’s emotional plea intensifies calls for stronger posthumous-likeness laws and platform safeguards against unauthorized digital “resurrections.”
The billionaire venture capitalist argues that AI video will broaden—not shrink—the creator class, even as studios and unions brace for disruption.
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.
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.

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INTRO TO AI
Quick Explainers on Basic AI Terms and Tools
We’ve all seen the seemingly magical pitches/scenes ChatGPT is able to create. How does it work?
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Intro to AI: How does ChatGPT work?
We’ve all seen the seemingly magical pitches/scenes ChatGPT is able to create. How does it work?

Intro to AI: Using the ChatGPT App
ChatGPT recently released an app to use on your mobile device

Intro to AI: 4 Things to Keep In Mind When Using ChatGPT
ChatGPT is a powerful tool, but it has limitations and drawbacks

Intro to AI: How to Use ChatGPT Effectively
Some tips to getting the most out of the popular AI tool

Intro to AI: Definitions
Some commonly used AI terms to help you understand the conversation