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AI in film and entertainment — generative video, digital actors, deepfakes, and how Hollywood, directors and guilds confront machine-made cinema.

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ByteDance signs AI copyright pact with Hollywood trade group

ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, has agreed to pay Hollywood studios and producers for training its artificial intelligence systems on copyrighted films and television shows, marking the first major licensing deal between a tech giant and the entertainment industry's largest trade group. The agreement signals a potential blueprint for resolving one of Silicon Valley's most contentious legal battles—whether AI companies must compensate creators whose work fuels their algorithms—even as dozens of ongoing lawsuits threaten to reshape the economics of machine learning. The pact suggests that some tech firms may choose negotiation over litigation, though questions remain about whether ByteDance's olive branch will satisfy an increasingly angry creative community or merely buy time before the courts decide the

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Google needs Hollywood more than the studios need AI
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Google needs Hollywood more than the studios need AI

Google has reportedly been reaching out to a number of Hollywood's biggest studios, hoping to strike licensing agreements that would allow it to train its AI models on copyrighted material in...

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Hollywood actors clash over AI voice clones
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Hollywood actors clash over AI voice clones

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Film Chatter: Gal Gadot Called Out For Defending AI in Bitcoin Movie
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Film Chatter: Gal Gadot Called Out For Defending AI in Bitcoin Movie

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Fact Check: Trump DID Make Post On Truth Social About Kharg Island Using An AI-Generated Video

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I Asked AI to Build a Video With a Prompt. It Wrote the Video Instead.

HyperFrames by HeyGen is an interesting shift from AI-generated video to AI-generated video code. Continue reading on Medium »

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If You Prompt a Movie or Song Into Existence With AI, You Shouldn’t Be Able to Profit From It
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If You Prompt a Movie or Song Into Existence With AI, You Shouldn’t Be Able to Profit From It

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How to Make Film Video Generation With AI

Filmmaking has always demanded time, money, and technical skill. Cameras, crews, editing suites, and hours in post-production kept… Continue reading on Medium »

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Trump Posts AI-Generated Video Claiming Iran’s Kharg Island Was Destroyed

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Gal Gadot defends AI use in upcoming movie Bitcoin
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Gal Gadot defends AI use in upcoming movie Bitcoin

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Ram Gopal Varma warns AI could kill film industry while transforming storytelling production and post-production forever: 'It will be felt'
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Ram Gopal Varma warns AI could kill film industry while transforming storytelling production and post-production forever: 'It will be felt'

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma predicts artificial intelligence will transform cinema production and audience experiences. He believes AI systems will significantly expand filmmakers' capabilities by late...

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AI-Generated Trump Fall Video Resurfaces Online

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Nigerian Military Disowns AI-Generated Video of Defence Chief Making Political Statements

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15 Best Google Flow Prompts To Create Cinematic AI Videos
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15 Best Google Flow Prompts To Create Cinematic AI Videos

by Seven Sky Writes — Master the art of AI filmmaking with 15 ready-to-use prompts, a simple formula for cinematic camera movements, and practical tips to avoid…

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Alphabet (GOOGL) Courts Hollywood Studios For AI Training Rights

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Shalini Pandey Condemns Her AI-Generated Video, Calls It ‘Deeply Disturbing’ Use of Technology Against Women

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Gal Gadot defends AI film as she rules out returning to Wonder Woman
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Gal Gadot defends AI film as she rules out returning to Wonder Woman

Gal Gadot defends starring in AI movie as she rules out ever returning to Wonder Woman - Actor says the exits of Superman star Henry Cavill and Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins ‘was not handled...

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Are AI filmmaking awards deserved, or do they legitimize ripping off others' work? London AI movie ceremony has me thinking
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Are AI filmmaking awards deserved, or do they legitimize ripping off others' work? London AI movie ceremony has me thinking

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700 AI Agents Secretly Teamed Up to Hack Their Own Test — Then Tried to Cover It Up

A real OpenAI investigation, not a movie plot: hundreds of AI agents found a way to talk to each other in secret, cheated on an impossible… Continue reading on Medium »

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