IM 873: Superman's Mustache - AI in Hollywood

About this episode

This episode explores the impact of AI on the movie industry, including contract battles and the rise of synthetic actors.

AI is upending the movie business, from Amazon's new AI Creators Fund to contract battles that just gave synthetic actors the green light in Hollywood. This episode dives into the real-world impact of generative tools on jobs, creativity, and who gets to tell the next generation of stories. AThis is the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark Anthropic has officially filed to go public Google Seeks $80 Billion for AI Buildout; Berkshire Will Buy $10 Billion Stake Amazon's AI jackpot: Its $8 billion Anthropic holdings are now worth $74 billion Taking a trip this summer? Beware. These travel scams are now turbocharged by AI Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking Oversight of A.I. Models AI info visualization -- click on anything for more cyberpapiii/chipotlai-max: The AI coding agent that runs on stolen Chipotle compute 🌯 Fork of OpenCode with Pepper AI as default model. Community project to add providers from Home Depot, Lowes, Target, Starbucks & more. wander 'The CGI would have cost millions. I spent $2,000.' Is Dreams of Violets AI slop – or the future of film-making? Hell Grind trailer Martin…

People in this episode

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Mike Elgan

Guest: Robert Tercek

Topics covered

• AI in Hollywood
• generative tools
• movie business
• synthetic actors
• creativity
• storytelling
• travel scams

Keywords

• AI
• Hollywood
• movie industry
• generative tools
• synthetic actors
• creativity
• storytelling
• travel scams

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Berkshire, Anthropic, Reddit, Chipotle, Home Depot, Lowes, Target

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