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The Animation App That Should Terrify Hollywood

How an addictive AI tool backed by Jared Leto devoured my family — and stands to win the raging war for screen time (h/t Ted Sarandos)

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Erik Barmack
Mar 11, 2025
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IS IT CAKE? What happened when my son Jon decided to use an AI effect of cake-ifying himself. (Screenshots)

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Erik Barmack writes every other Tue. for paid subscribers. He recently wrote about how AI reasoning will DOGE Hollywood’s exec ranks; interviewed writer-director David S. Goyer on his new AI-powered startup; and explained why 2025 will be the year of the full-length AI movie.

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