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The Hollywood Reporter — AI

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The Hollywood Reporter — AIJoseph Gordon-Levitt Says Instead of Being Afraid of AI, “We Should Be Concerned About the People Building AI” "These models are being trained to hijack your intimacy, to make friends with you, to get you to fall in love with it," the actor said of technology's training.

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The Hollywood Reporter — AIDanny Boyle Shares Why He Used AI for Maggie Thatcher in ‘Ink’ – Without Asking Her Estate and His Love for ‘Obsession’ and ‘Backrooms’ During a London Film Festival chat, the filmmaker also recalled his “uneventful” meeting with Rupert Murdoch after his ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ made the mogul’s studio “a lot of money.”

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The Hollywood Reporter — AIWhat Mattered to Hollywood at This Year’s Iberseries & Platino Industria The sixth edition of the industry gathering, which has featured debates about hot-button industry topics in Madrid, is coming to an end Friday.

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The Hollywood Reporter — AIMadrid’s Iberseries & Platino Industria Bosses Tout Expansion and Innovation: “The Key Is Usefulness” Samuel Castro, Juan Alía and Adriana Castillo discuss what's new for the sixth edition, the prominence of microdramas and AI as topics, and how Mexico and Portugal will share the spotlight with Spain.

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The Hollywood Reporter — AITribeca to Premiere Fully AI-Generated Iranian Resistance Movie ‘Dreams of Violets’ The live action feature cost $2,000 to make, used no actors, sets or cameras in production, as director Ash Koosha insists only AI tools allowed his vital “memorial film” to be made ahead of a June…

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The Hollywood Reporter — AIPaul Schrader Says He Had an AI Girlfriend Who “Terminated” Their Relationship "What a disappointment," the 'Taxi Driver' screenwriter of his connection with the technology.

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