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Runway, the AI video generation platform, today announced a partnership with Lionsgate Films that will see the company use Lionsgate Films' catalog of films to train a custom video model. The company's filmmakers, directors and other creative talent will have access to the model to enhance productivity, said Michael Burns, vice chairman of Lionsgate Films. "Lionsgate Films has a great creative team with a clear vision of how AI can help them in their work, and we're excited to help them bring their ideas to life." Runway said the company is considering how to license the model as a template to individual creative...

Members of the American Labor Union representing Hollywood actors and artists plan to strike over concerns about the abuse of artificial intelligence (AI) by video game publishers. According to Cointelegraph, a labor union in the United States representing Hollywood actors and artists is about to strike over concerns about the abuse of artificial intelligence (AI) by video game publishers. The action has raised concerns about how AI is used in the entertainment industry. Source Note: Image generated by AI, image licensing service provider Midjourney The Actors Guild reportedly accused game publishers of over-reliance on…

One of the main challenges in the AI era is how to legally obtain content to train models, so many AI companies have begun to spend money to buy copyrighted content. After OpenAI and News Corporation signed a multi-year cooperation, the latest news is that Meta and Google's parent company Alphabet are seeking to reach an agreement with Hollywood film companies to use their related content. It is reported that the two giants have contacted and negotiated with many Hollywood film companies, and the transactions involved are as high as millions of dollars. These transactions can allow the two companies to obtain authorized video content to train their artificial intelligence models...

Creative Artists Agency (CAA), a top Hollywood talent agency, recently announced a partnership with AI technology company Veritone to jointly create a digital celebrity image library. This initiative aims to protect celebrities' image rights and voice copyrights and prevent them from being abused in commercial cooperation. The digital asset library, called CAAvault, allows the storage and licensing of celebrities' voices and images, facilitating commercial cooperation. It is reported that CAA represents various celebrities, including sports stars, TV and film actors, writers, etc. The agency said that…

Artificial intelligence startup OpenAI is working to enter the film industry. According to people familiar with the matter, OpenAI has arranged to meet with Hollywood studios, media executives and agents in Los Angeles next week to establish partnerships in the entertainment industry and encourage filmmakers to incorporate its new AI video generator into their works. Source note: Image generated by AI, image licensing service provider Midjourney OpenAI seeks to cooperate with Hollywood to promote artificial intelligence technology into the film industry. This move will provide new possibilities for filmmakers to integrate human…

OpenAI plans to hold a meeting with Hollywood studios, media executives and talent agencies in Los Angeles next week, according to Bloomberg. People familiar with the matter said the meeting plans to establish entertainment industry partnerships and encourage filmmakers to integrate its new artificial intelligence video generator into their workflows. OpenAI hopes to promote its AI video generation tool Sora to Hollywood, and the company's CEO Altman has attended several parties in Los Angeles during the Oscars weekend. The OpenAI Sora model can strictly…

Recently, Hollywood ushered in an epoch-making movie feast. The world's first movie completely generated by AI, "Our T2Remake", held a grand offline premiere in Los Angeles. This movie was co-created by 50 artists in the field of AI and is a remake of the classic movie "Terminator 2". The premiere tickets were once sold out, which attracted widespread attention and discussion inside and outside the industry. Based on the original "Terminator 2", "Our T2Remake" made a bold adaptation, closely linking the plot and character settings with the current reality, focusing on OpenAI, ChatGPT and A…

OpenAI's Sora, a text-generated video tool released last week, has caused quite a stir, sparking discussions about how artificial intelligence will change the entertainment industry. However, Hollywood does not seem to be panicking. Sora can quickly generate relatively high-quality videos based on text, but industry insiders believe that such AI tools still have limitations and cannot completely replace the work of human creators. "A lot of people say that Hollywood is finished," said Reid Southen, a film concept artist and illustrator, "but I don't think so. Hollywood's production process is very complex...