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Labels are increasingly designing campaigns around synthetic clips, meme formats, and AI-generated fan participation rather than traditional promotion
The agency’s latest negotiations suggest Hollywood is moving toward structured digital-rights management instead of broad resistance to synthetic media
How the company’s internal push toward faster dubbing and translation reflects a broader streaming race to make global releases cheaper and simultaneous
New discussions in April signal a shift toward requiring clearer disclosures from companies developing generative media tools
New features aimed at advertisers show how generative video is being integrated directly into marketing workflows on social platforms
Platform updates introduced this month reflect growing pressure to distinguish between human-made and AI-generated video at scale
New enforcement actions in April highlight growing pressure from rights holders to control how artists’ voices are replicated and monetized
New guidance issued this week by the UK government highlights growing regulatory pressure that could influence how global studios approach generative tools
A fresh wave of complaints in early April underscores how unresolved licensing questions continue to complicate OpenAI’s push into media and entertainment
Reel AI: Erik Barmack’s biweekly article for The Ankler
James Harden, Carmelo Anthony & the AI-Powered Hollywood Pivot
Erik Barmack’s Reel AI Column from The Ankler
Forget star production companies. This company creates athlete IP faster than Hollywood can call ‘foul’
How Adobe, Google and Runway are funding adoption of their tools — even as guilds negotiate against them
Post-Sora, the space is fragmenting into separate ecosystems — and studios and streamers aren’t in any of them
Sam Altman now knows the next AI arms race isn’t about tech — it’s about narrative
It turns out entertainment was too small for OpenAI. The bigger game is still coming.
Hollywood’s answer to the music catalog boom may be here
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?