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As AI Gets Better, Could It Swallow the Companies Building With It? | PRO Insight
OpenAI, Microsoft and Google may never be free of the tension between being AI technology providers and developers themselves
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The Bot Stays in the Picture: How AI Could Transform Acting
New technology is opening up possibilities like a virtual 007 or a “Casablanca” prequel, but old fights around mimicking actors’ likenesses could heat up again
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No One’s to Blame for ChatGPT’s Made-Up ‘Facts’ About ’80s Synth-Pop Icon Howard Jones | PRO Insight
No human, that is — maybe the generative-AI chatbot should be benched, as critics like Elon Musk suggest
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TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube Are All Starting to Look the Same | PRO Insight
The homogenization of social media will have real consequences, including how the apps make money and compete
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This Story Was Not Written by a Robot: AI and the Future of News Media
Media outlets from the AP to local news sites are already using AI to cover sports, weather and finance.
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Hollywood Turns the Page on the Metaverse – and Disney Just Got the Memo | Analysis
The entertainment giant shut down its 50-person virtual reality team, but it’s on the trailing end of enthusiasm that’s already fizzled
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How Hollywood’s Guilds Are Preparing for the Dangers – and Benefits – of AI
“We believe that if done right, AI can expand opportunities rather than take them away,” SAG-AFTRA’s executive director tells TheWrap
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Faced With the AI Revolution, the Entertainment Industry Can’t Pull a Napster | PRO Insight
Lawsuits won’t stop change from coming, so it’s better to learn everything we can about new technology
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Apple and Amazon Are Betting Big on Movie Theaters – and Netflix Risks Being Left Behind | Analysis
The streamer’s Big Tech rivals are seeing the benefits of wide releases and are increasing their investments in cinematic distribution
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TikTok’s CEO Isn’t the Boss | PRO Insight
In a hearing before Congress, Shou Zi Chew came off like an underling
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One of Hollywood’s Top Tech Consultants Calls Out ‘Gendered Feedback’ in the Workplace
Office With a View: Innovation expert Fareeda Ahmed had to get past her own impostor syndrome to emerge as a powerful advisor to studios and other media companies
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House Committee Rails Against TikTok as CEO Defends App: ‘Algorithm Preys on Vulnerable People’
House Energy and Commerce Committee members grilled Shou Zi Chew, expressing a willingness to ban the app over privacy issues
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Web3 Done Right: Token-Gated Access May Be the Ticket for Hollywood | PRO Insight
Keep it simple, give fans something new and memorable and don’t confuse them with talk about NFTs, crypto wallets and blockchain
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How Finance Invaded Tech and Sparked the Silicon Valley Bank Backlash | PRO Insight
People don’t see the technology industry as they once did – and it almost cost the sector a rescue
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Spotify Has Paid Out $40 Billion to the Music Industry – So Why Is No One Happy? | PRO Insight
Maybe the industry should take a closer look at Apple, which set the rules of the game for digital music two decades ago
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