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A Los Angeles Times review of Hollywood job postings found more than one in 10 open positions was likely connected to artificial intelligence, revealing a widening gap between the industry’s public caution and its internal investment.
The Star Wars creator says artificial intelligence will make movies easier to produce and compares the current anxiety to earlier technological shifts, putting one of Hollywood’s great technical innovators firmly on the pro-AI side.
Particle 6 is building a feature around the synthetic performer who infuriated Hollywood last year. Misaligned will combine AI with human writers, directors and editors, turning an industry provocation into an actual production test.
June wasn't the month Hollywood decided whether to embrace artificial intelligence. It was the month the industry's biggest players quietly accepted that AI is becoming part of filmmaking—and shifted their attention toward who will control it.
Google's investment in independent studio A24 is more than another AI partnership—it signals a shift from Silicon Valley building tools for Hollywood to filmmakers helping shape the technology from the inside.
AI was no longer a sideshow at this year's Marché du Film. From financing presentations to localization platforms, distributors and sales agents increasingly treated artificial intelligence as infrastructure rather than experimentation.
By taking an equity stake in Runway and launching a joint development program, Lionsgate is signaling that generative AI is no longer just a production tool—it is becoming part of the studio's long-term business strategy.
Dreams of Violets, the first AI-generated live-action feature accepted into a major film festival, arrived at Tribeca with modest expectations but sparked one of the industry's biggest creative debates of the summer.
As Getty Images and Stability AI face off in London's High Court, one of the world's most closely watched copyright trials could reshape how studios, artists and AI companies negotiate the value of creative work.
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38% of its top 100 short-form shows now feature ‘digital humans’ as fans cross the uncanny valley with ease
Grok doesn’t need to beat Nolan. It just needs to ride Universal’s $125 million marketing campaign
As with Netflix and other streamers, the audience isn’t infinite. But attempts to hold attention are — and some will get ugly
Yes, the internet hates the new partnership, but the risks fall entirely on one side — and it’s not about jobs
Luma’s COO on the $4 billion bet that the future belongs to Hollywood pros, advertisers and creative teams
New middlemen are breaking the standoff between studios and Big Tech — and bringing in millions for clients
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Q&Ai: Interview with French Producer Martin Rea
We talked with Martin Rea, a top French producer, about what the conversation around AI is like in France, where are artist protections are among the strongest in the world.