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Grok, Kling, Runway: AI Video’s Future Has Hollywood on the Outside Looking In
Post-Sora, the space is fragmenting into separate ecosystems — and studios and streamers aren’t in any of them
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Why OpenAI Needs ‘TBPN.’ Badly
Sam Altman now knows the next AI arms race isn’t about tech — it’s about narrative
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AI Can Now Tell if Netflix Will Like Your Pitch
I also reveal how WME is using chatbots every day in part three of our Ankler survival guide
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AI at the Studios: Casting, Script Coverage and Pre-Production
Part two of our Ankler survival guide on new technology and the workforce
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AI at the Studios: The Tools Coming for Exec and Development Jobs
A three-part Ankler survival guide about the new technology about to alter the workforce beyond the creative community
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Fear and Unease: What Happened to VFX-Killer Sora?
OpenAI’s generative AI video tool shocked Hollywood at the start of the year. Since then, it’s been laying low — even as new iterations reveal quiet progress
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AI Chatbots Can Create Big Character IP Faster Than Hollywood
A serendipitous chat with ‘Nicki Minaj’, the exploding world of celeb bots and how agents and studios can own a new frontier with more fans than any TV show or movie
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The Race to Build AI’s TikTok
Underwater fashion shows, the ‘auntiverse’: TV and movies face another time-sucking attention stealer and what Hollywood can do about it while it still can
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Olympics AI: How Al Michaels’ Fake Voice Won Gold (and You Can Too)
Highlight reels narrated by a famous sports voice? Yes, they did – and you can too. How new tech could pay for all those sports rights, reinvent reality TV and make content Gen Z/Alpha love
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Why Did WBD Mention AI 8 Times in One Call?
Our CEOs message savings, not revenue. Here’s how to make making money a reality
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An AI Movie Made in One Text Prompt
Are you ready for a world where viewers can instantly become creators?
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AI, Streaming Ads and the Coming Instagram Effect
Amazon, Netflix and Disney are ready to duke it out with product placement, shoppable elements and more personalization that will upend TV
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The AI Voice Revolution is Bigger Than ScarJo
Global film and TV, libraries and costs are about to be upended by sophisticated speech models and lip-syncing tech. Ready for ‘Oppenheimer’ in perfect Italian?
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How I Used AI to Brainstorm a Show
I asked ChatGPT 4o to help me create an animated series about a European soccer team in the middle of the night. This is what happened
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‘Everything, Everywhere’ Used AI From This Startup. I Went to its Film Festival
Runway is powering thousands of emerging filmmakers in ways breathtaking, fast-improving and sure to unnerve
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True Crime Docs’ Terrifying AI Future
It is one of the genres most susceptible, even as integrity, quality and art take a backseat
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AI Script Coverage: Machines vs. Humans
A seasoned producer breaks down the tech’s strengths and weaknesses when confronted with screening projects
Reel AI from producer Erik Barmack delivers essential insight into the fast-moving role of AI in Hollywood — the platforms, players, fury and future.