JO LING KENT:
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AI is stealing the Hollywood spotlight. Dreams of Violets,the first-ever fully AI-generated docudrama, premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival next week.
ASH KOOSHA:
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There's no way for me to go get millions of dollars to make this film.
JO LING KENT:
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Director Ash Koosha says the film cost just $2,000 to produce and two months for AI programs to generate all of the film's imagery. No cast, no crew, and a fraction of the money and time it would take with traditional moviemaking. Amazon MGM Studios this week announced three new kids series written and voiced by humans, but animated with AI tools. But after facing backlash, the creator of one of the series, Punky Duck,pulled out just two days later, posting, "I am absolutely understanding the concern of using AI to assist an animation pipeline." And Loryn Brantz, the creator of another character, Cuppy, sharing on Instagram that she's "horrified and disgusted" that the AI series is moving forward without her input. It's that balance of how can it cut costs, which a lot of people hope it will do in some avenues, but also not impinge on creativity. We reached out to Amazon and have not yet heard back. And also, here in Hollywood, Netflix, one of those big streaming giants, announcing that they're starting a new animation studio in-house that will create AI-generated content. Tony. Very interesting. Jo Ling Kent, thank you.
