Bodies representing the UK’s directors, writers and actors have written to big tech firms challenging them for using their work to train generative AI models.
The Creators Rights Alliance (CRA) has today penned the letter, citing the need to “safeguard human creativity, truthful content and the…
EXCLUSIVE: Not a day seems to go by that Elon Musk isn't being sued or threatening to sue someone, but now the X/Twitter owner is back in a legal war with OpenAI, with a twist.
Former OpenAI co-founder Musk will square off anew with his old partners CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman in…
Following fierce backlash in recent days, Google has decided to remove an ad promoting its Gemini artificial intelligence tool from NBCUniversal coverage of the Paris Olympics.
Titled “Dear Sydney,” the spot (watch it above) depicts a young girl being taught by her father to use Gemini to write a fan…
Elon Musk has been criticized by the Kamala Harris campaign and prominent Democrats for celebrating a fake, AI-generated video of Harris in which she says she was “selected because I am the ultimate diversity hire.”
The X boss tweeted the video over the weekend with the remark “This is amazing”…
Elon Musk’s X has implemented a default setting for user posts and interactions on the social media platform to be used to help train A.I. chatbot Grok.
“Allow your posts as well as your interactions, inputs, and results with Grok to be used for training and fine-tuning,” the setting language reads…
EXCLUSIVE: Justine Bateman has been warning about the corrosive realities of generative AI for the creative community long before most people started paying any attention to the rise of the machines. Now the Violet director is putting her SOS on the big screen with a no AI-allowed film festival.
Set…
Influential German producer Max Wiedemann has said the likes of OpenAI and Google need to let content owners share in the upside created by new artificial intelligence tools.
"You have to let the rights holders participate in your productivity gains," he said, before suggesting a body similar to…
EXCLUSIVE: A revamp of residuals, artificial intelligence provisions and an end to the misuse of “special stipulations” by the American giants lead the British actors union’s claim for its new film and TV agreements with PACT.
We can reveal that Equity has in the past couple of weeks submitted the…
Al Michaels, whose call of the U.S. hockey team’s Olympics upset over the USSR is a sports broadcasting milestone, will deliver AI-enhanced daily recaps of the Paris Games this summer on Peacock.
NBCUniversal’s flagship streaming service, which is carrying full coverage of all Olympic events, will…
Before announcing its long-anticipated entry into artificial intelligence, Apple kicked off its worldwide developer conference (WWDC) Monday with a plug for Apple TV+, whose fifth anniversary is November 1.
“Before we get into our platforms, let’s talk about Apple TV+,” CEO Tim Cook said. While a…
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…
Molten, a cloud technology firm backed by a number of Hollywood and tech luminaries, has set a deal to provide rights management services to The CW.
The multi-year pact comes three years after Molten raised $7 million in seed funding from investors including actor, producer and entrepreneur Ashton…