Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese has joined AI firm Black Forest Labs as an adviser and is using its generative AI technology to storyboard his upcoming films. Scorsese said the tools allow him …
Emily Blunt told "Hot Ones" that she refused to use artificial intelligence for a key scene in Steven Spielberg's upcoming sci-fi film "Disclosure Day," opting instead to record organic sounds for her…
CSI" creator Anthony Zuiker is developing Cinemalistics, a new true-crime app that uses artificial intelligence to generate cinematic and documentary vertical videos of crime stories within hours of t…
Filmmaker Jorge Gutierrez withdrew from Amazon MGM Studios' AI-generated series program Friday after backlash over his involvement with the GenAI Creators' Fund. Gutierrez announced he would not produ…
SXSW London kicks off June 1-6 across 25 Shoreditch venues, featuring more than 800 speakers including Michelle Obama, Tom Quinn, and the Russo Brothers, alongside 200 music showcases and 40 film scre…
CNBC has named Ken Brown managing editor of digital and editorial strategy, effective June 8. Brown, previously at The Information and a longtime senior editor at The Wall Street Journal, will oversee…
San Francisco-based Reactor, co-founded by former Apple Vision Pro technical leads Alberto Taiuti and Bryce Schmidtchen, has raised $59 million in Series A funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, …
CNN sued AI company Perplexity on Thursday, alleging it engaged in "massive copyright infringement" by scraping more than 17,000 of the network's stories, photos, and videos without permission to trai…
Steven Spielberg stated during an appearance on Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson's "IMO" podcast that artificial intelligence should never be used as the final authority on creative decisions in film…
Byron Allen has closed a $120 million deal to acquire a 51% majority stake in BuzzFeed, becoming the company's chairman and CEO. Allen announced plans to transform the struggling digital media company…
The Associated Press and OpenAI have expanded their partnership, with OpenAI licensing AP's election data through the 2028 U.S. elections to provide vote counts for ChatGPT users. The deal aims to imp…
Amazon MGM Studios launched the GenAI Creators' Fund, providing funding and access to AI production tools for filmmakers and digital creators to develop premium TV shows and movies. Under the initiati…
ElevenLabs licensed the voice and likeness of late Marvel Comics writer Stan Lee through a deal with Stan Lee Universe, adding the creator to its Iconic Marketplace for commercial use. The AI-generate…
The 2026 Tribeca Festival will host the world premiere of "Dreams of Violets," the first fully AI-generated live-action film accepted by a major film festival, on June 10. The 75-minute docudrama, pro…
YouTube will begin automatically applying labels to videos its systems detect as containing "significant photorealistic AI use," moving the disclosure from the expanded description to a more prominent…
Spotify launched over 650 narrated long-form magazine articles on Tuesday, available to Premium subscribers within their monthly audiobook allowance or for $1.99 each on the free tier. The curated col…
NewsNation has quietly launched a suite of new podcasts as part of a broader expansion into the format, aiming to reach younger audiences seeking non-partisan, in-depth discussions beyond its cable ne…
Pope Leo XIV issued a new encyclical Monday warning that artificial intelligence controlled by a few powerful private companies risks creating "new forms of dehumanization." The pontiff called for rob…