How Culver City is quietly emerging as a new mecca for AI filmmaking
AI companies are drawn to Culver City as Hollywood experiments with technology.
Read the original →Article digest · Oct 17 PM
AI, Arts & Creativity — what each story says
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16 stories7 with summaries9 topics
🎨 Visual art and image generation1
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- MSU’s ‘Reality Check’ exhibition features short film on AIWLNS 6 News · 10/16 22:39 UTC
🎵 Music3
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- Techno star's GasLab raises $1M to make AI music pay artistsDealroom · 10/16 23:07 UTC
- Ray Ray Blends Classic Tejano Memories With AI Technology in ‘Me Prometiste Más’ Music VideoTejano Nation · 10/16 18:10 UTC
- Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan’s “Expectations” Video Sparks AI Debate: Here’s Why It’s Not AIInMusic Blog · 10/17 01:19 UTC
🎬 Film, video and animation2
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- Wyclef Jean Eyes AI for Haitian Revolution FilmEURweb · 10/17 00:02 UTC
📐 Design and architecture1
“A computer is not going to stop me”: Northern Michigan creators comment on living and working with AI
A graphic designer, an agency owner and an author describe how they use artificial intelligence, what worries them and what they want from the law.
Read the original →🎮 Games2
Konami President Explains Why AI Won't Change Game Development
Hideki Hayakawa believes that AI will never replace the human touch of creation for the video game industry.
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- AI Replicates an Entire Game Console: Is Console Gaming in for a Crisis?Asia Economy · 10/16 22:14 UTC
🏛️ Museums and cultural institutions2
Taika Waititi, Kazuo Ishiguro talk AI as ‘Klara and the Sun’ debuts at London Film Festival
Actors Amy Adams and Jenna Ortega joined New Zealand director Taika Waititi on the red carpet for the London Film Festival debut of his adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s book ‘Klara and the Sun’. The story centres around Klara, an ‘artificial friend’.
Read the original →Women, AI to define future of filmmaking –Chioma Ude, AFRIFF founder
Chioma Ude, founder of the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF), has announced plans to introduce a film market at this year's edition. The market is meant to connect African filmmakers with distributors, investors, and international industry players.
Read the original →✍️ Creators at work1
DJ Reinier Zonneveld launches AI music startup GasLab with $1M pre-seed funding
GasLab is backed by investors including Bitpanda co-founder Eric Demuth and WeTransfer founder Bas Beerens. It aims to ensure artists are credited and compensated when their music contributes to AI-generated tracks.
Read the original →🇯🇵 Arts and AI in Japan3
US Film Studio Appoints First Chief AI Officer as Hollywood Shifts from Hostility to Coexistence
Lionsgate, the studio behind "La La Land" and "The Hunger Games", has created the first chief AI officer post at a major Hollywood studio. The move reflects efforts to find ways to coexist with AI in a film industry where opposition is strong. Chief AI Officer Kathleen Grace spoke to Nikkei about the role.
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- Adobe (ADBE.US): This AI Video Looks More Real and Better Than Live-Action Film, So No One Will Use AdobeMoomoo · 10/17 05:52 UTC
- Deezer to Roll Out Feature Excluding Fully AI-Generated Music from Search Results by End of 2026Zaikei Shimbun · 10/17 02:39 UTC
▶️ AI Videos / Commentary1
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- John Legend on AI in the music industryCNBC Television · 10/16 21:30 UTC
The analysis and visual summary are in the Oct 17 PM issue. Japanese version here.