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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
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The Pope Says It’s Impossible to Call AI ‘Morally Neutral’ in Latest Call to Action
“Ethical discernment cannot be limited to asking whether we are using a system for good or bad purposes,” Pope Leo XIV writes
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UK Agents and Actors Rally Against AI Clauses in Contracts for Child Voice Actors
“Their voice should not become a permanent commercial asset before they have the legal and personal capacity to decide for themselves,” the Agents of Young Performers Association writes
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Eddy Cue on Apple TV’s Quality Over Quantity Approach, ‘Widow’s Bay’ Success and AI
Cannes Lions: The SVP of Services explains the streamer’s curated approach and how it’s evolving now that it’s gaining cultural momentum
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We Made an ‘Off Campus’ Microdrama for $150 Using AI: The Results Are Shocking | Exclusive
AI tools are good enough to let anyone create a microdrama, but that doesn’t mean they’re worth watching
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AI Version of Michael Caine Narrates ‘The Odyssey’ Audiobook
The 13-hour ElevenLabs artificial intelligence telling is unrelated to Christopher Nolan’s take on the Greek epic














