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Boy George Drops Out of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ After Backlash From AI-Generated, Pro-Israel Song
“I believe it is my responsibility to make decisions that are in the best interests of my artist while also showing respect to others,” the singer’s manager says
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Amazon Plans to Spend $20 Billion More on AI. Wall Street Loves It
The over 9% gain in the tech giant’s share price stands in contrast to the hit Meta and Alphabet took on their AI investment plans
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Mark Zuckerberg Is ‘Skeptical’ of Silicon Valley Approach to AI: More Openness, Less Doom
“I think it is literally impossible to have a single benevolent superintelligence that is simultaneously aligned with everyone at once,” the Meta boss says
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Can a Copyright Risk Detector for AI-Created Media Protect Artists and Studios? | Exclusive
Startup CopySight is pushing a credit score-like system that it wants to make an industry standard
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Darren Aronofsky’s AI-Driven Studio Primordial Soup Seeks $15 Million
The “Caught Stealing” director and his producing partner Dylan Golden are listed as executive officers
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Netflix Paid $587 Million in Cash for Ben Affleck’s AI Startup InterPositive
The figure was disclosed in a regulatory filing by the streamer on Friday
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Australia vs. AI: Prime Minister Promises Local Creatives ‘Strongest Possible Protection’ Against Copyright Theft
“Let me make this crystal clear: not everything produced in Australia is up for grabs,” Anthony Albanese warns
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CAA, SAG-AFTRA Call on Meta to Tighten Muse AI Likeness Protections: ‘True Innovation Puts Creators First’
“CAA believes in the power of new technology, but not at the cost of individuals’ rights or livelihoods,” CAA writes
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Inside Wonder Project’s Plan to Super Serve the ‘Faith and Values’ Audience
Office with a View: CEO Kelly Merryman Hoogstraten tells TheWrap about the company’s efforts to build franchises and leverage hybrid filmmaking through its Innovative Dreams division
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Trump Posts AI Video of Him Curing Robert De Niro, Rosie O’Donnell and More of TDS
John Leguizamo, Whoopi Goldberg, Edward Norton and Julia Roberts are also included in the president’s Truth Social video post
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Weird Al Yankovic Says He Turned Down ‘A Nice Pile of Money’ to Do an AI Ad: ‘I Can’t Be the Poster Boy’
“I’m not down with that,” the parody musician adds
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Neon Plots Awards Push for Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman Movie ‘Artificial’
The acquisition comes on the heels of Amazon dropping the hot-button project and Netflix, Focus and others passing
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Netflix Recreates Gene Wilder’s Voice With AI for ‘Willy Wonka’ Competition Series
“Wonka’s The Golden Ticket” will embrace the new tech with permission from Wilder’s wife Karen and the family estate
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Jeff Bridges Introduces Theo Von to Making AI Music With Suno: ‘It’s Very Frightening’
“All the guys in Nashville are using it now,” the “Big Lebowski” star says of the artificial intelligence music generator
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A24 Defends AI Partnership After Backlash
“We’d rather have a seat at the table than on the sidelines,” an A24 spokesperson says of the company’s Google DeepMind pact













