BBC Boss Watched A 'Pretty Good' AI-Generated Episode Of 'Doctor Who'

The BBC's director of drama has watched an artificially generated episode of "Doctor Who"—and found it competent enough to unsettle the television industry's most powerful players. The demonstration marks a threshold moment in Hollywood's existential debate over AI, suggesting the technology may soon produce not just serviceable scripts but full episodes indistinguishable from human work. As studios and unions grapple with whether to embrace or resist generative AI, the BBC's own appetite for testing the technology signals that even the world's most prestigious broadcasters may not wait for consensus before exploring what AI can do.

Variety·54m ago