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EXCLUSIVE: TCLtv+, the streaming service of the Chinese electronics group that owns the TCL Chinese Theatre, is launching a new, AI-focused accelerator for film and television creatives. The shorts program, called TCL Film Machine, offers development, financial and production support to working…

The eyes of the tech world are focused on Apple’s upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference, which many speculate will unveil its artificial intelligence offerings. Earlier, Google and Microsoft made their developer events showcases for AI, and now Apple is under pressure to do the same. No name for…

EXCLUSIVE: Kartoon Studios has struck its first deal with an AI dubbing platform. The Stan Lee brand owner has tied with Israeli outfit Deepdub on the partnership, which comes as AI dubbing becomes a more established part of the landscape. The deal will see localized content such as Shaq’s Garag…

Residuals, royalties and an end to “exploitative practices” should be enshrined into UK law, according to the Writers Guild of Great Britain (WGGB), which has issued a manifesto for the incoming government. Alongside demands around AI and fair treatment, the WGGB’s ‘Putting Writers at the Heart of…

EXCLUSIVE: Showrunner Industries is now working with the AI startup ScriptGen on a collaboration involving the former’s script development platform WritersRoom Pro. The deal will entail using ScriptGen’s machine learning to develop AI productivity tools within WritersRoom Pro that “will span the…

Google’s head of EMEA has urged the media to play its role in bringing across the positive benefits of AI. Matt Brittin, who has championed generative AI for years, said that the media should go beyond “just writing the headlines” about the growing, invasive tech. “The headlines write…

British news networks will be unable to counter dangerous deepfakes and misinformation swiftly on the day of the general election, the CEO of ITN has raised. According to Rachel Corp, who has been speaking to the government for months about the dangers of AI in news reporting, there is “particular…

The UK Culture Secretary has said she lobbied the BBC during a private board meeting to refer to Hamas as “terrorists” in its news coverage. Lucy Frazer, who has previously said publicly that the corporation should use the term when referring to the group, was put under pressure this morning at a…

When it comes to whether AI is friend or foe, particularly in regards to its place in the film industry, David Cronenberg is both intrigued and terrified. “What do we do? I have no idea,” the Canadian horror sci-fi maestro said Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival, the day after the world premiere of his…

Sony Music, the largest music publisher in the world and the home of artists like Beyonce and Adele, has contacted more than 700 firms, including Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI, to determine if they have used its songs to develop artificial intelligence systems. The publisher wants to stop training…

As SAG-AFTRA and other artists’ groups sound the alarm over the proliferation of AI deepfakes, studios are warning that too sweeping a proposed solution would violate the First Amendment. The alternate views of a draft bill, called the No Fakes Act, were apparent in a Senate hearing on Tuesday…

A well-known BBC wildlife presenter has been caught up in a scam that saw a fake AI-generated program mimic her voice and give permission for her face to be used in an advert. Liz Bonnin and her management team noticed last week that the presenter of Our Changing Planet and Arctic From Above was…