AI & The Creative Professional

Who should get the Oscar for a digital performance, the VFX artist or the actor? In this episode, Kat interviews the co-founder of The Creative AI Network in London Petra Molnar, an independent AI artist who went from dentist to artist with the help of AI. They discuss the Oscar's decision to exclude AI actors and generative writing, lawsuits and what made her and three other founders decide that London needed a community to accommodate the AI age.

In this week's episode, Alice and Kat discuss China considering banning deepfakes, Reese Witherspoon's recent embrace of AI, the dangers of AI psychosis and the need for family safe words. Exploring the rapid developments in AI, including China's potential bans on deep fake clones, the rise of agentic AI, and the societal implications of AI psychosis and attention economy. This episode features insights from Alice Fraser and Katharina Gellein Viken on navigating AI's challenges and opportunities.

Claude Mythos broke out of its cage — and got banned before release. A novel was pulled by its publisher over AI writing accusations. And The New Yorker dropped a major investigation into OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's conduct. Comedian Alice Fraser and showrunner Kat Viken (Metrotone Media) break down the week's biggest AI stories and what they mean for writers, filmmakers, and anyone working in the creative industries. Topics: Anthropic Claude safety, AI-written fiction and publishing ethics, Sam Altman New Yorker investigation, OpenAI leadership, generative AI copyright.

In this episode, Alice and Kat host CEO of Mediastream AI, Christopher Kenna. Chris tells his emotional personal story of how he came by making his British sovereign LLM 'Mother' made at Bletchley Park where Turing revolutionized the space, and why that matters right now. In the news: Australia goes further on AI copyright law, Britain kills opt-out and Kat reveals their brand-new microdrama discovery site, Microtone.

In this episode, Alice and Kat discuss Ben Affleck's Netflix deal, Anthropic's red lines and host filmmaker guest Faisal Attrache, who shares his views on generative AI within the filmmaking process.

In our Valentine's episode, Alice and Kat discuss those Super Bowl ads, the virtues (or not) of AI erotica, and dive into the AI hybrid - animated trailer Kat is taking to Berlin film festival.

What would Matthew Fake-conaughey do? Kat discusses AI, voice acting and performer's rights with prolific voice actor David Menkin, known for Lego Luke Skywalker, Final Fantasy and Valorant.

In the new season episode, Alice and Kat get down to it with AI in creative careers with lawyer Kelsey Farish. Basics of copyright, permissible use - and who actually owns an AI image or video?

In this episode, Alice Fraser deep dives into Deepak Chopra's AI agent, why LLM's struggle with Sudoku, and discusses storytelling and LLM capabilities with AI PhD researcher David Wilmot.

In this episode, Alice and Kat discuss Disney and DC Comic's AI stance, and bring on photographer and writer Buki Koshoni to discuss a poignant new AI experiment - changing leads on famous film posters.

In this episode, Alice and Kat discuss the Neo home robot, as well as AI governance and ethics with guest Dr. Henry Fraser at QUT, deep-diving into how AI business models work, and how we can work on better frameworks for safeguarding people.

In this episode, comedian Alice Fraser and AI expert Kat Viken debate the latest AI developments with Criminal Minds showrunner Simon Mirren, delving into wether AI is art, TV structure, and how formulaic crime shows and AI make interesting bedfellows.

In this episode, comedian Alice Fraser and showrunner Kat Viken introduce their podcast, discussing the pros and cons of AI's integration in the media and creative industries.