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Google DeepMind invests $75M in A24 to develop AI filmmaking tools amid industry controversy

Google DeepMind has announced a $75 million investment in indie film studio A24 to develop AI tools for filmmaking. The partnership, managed through A24 Labs, aims to create AI-generated storyboards and production tools. But the deal has sparked fierce backlash from A24's loyal fanbase and filmmakers who view AI as a threat to creative jobs and artistic integrity.

Technology15 sources

Google DeepMind invests $75M in A24 to develop AI filmmaking tools amid industry controversy

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TikTok serves 59% AI slop to new users, with children's content hit hardest at 57%

A Kapwing study analyzed 10,742 TikTok videos and found that 59% of content shown to new accounts is AI slop—three times higher than YouTube's 21%. Children's content faces the worst impact, with 57% of kids' videos being AI-generated junk. Educational categories like science, health, and history are also heavily saturated with low-quality AI-generated content.

Entertainment4 sources

TikTok serves 59% AI slop to new users, with children's content hit hardest at 57%

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Amazon drops OpenAI movie after $50 billion investment raises conflict of interest concerns

Amazon MGM Studios has abandoned Artificial, a nearly-complete biographical drama about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, just months after investing $50 billion in the AI company. The decision came despite the film being in postproduction with test screenings already conducted. Multiple major studios have declined to pick up the project, signaling a troubling shift in Hollywood's willingness to critique Big Tech.

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Amazon drops OpenAI movie after $50 billion investment raises conflict of interest concerns

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Reliance Industries bets big on AI infrastructure as Jio files India's largest IPO

Reliance Industries is transforming into Reliance 3.0 with a major push into artificial intelligence, filing for India's largest IPO through Jio Platforms. The company is building sovereign AI capabilities in Jamnagar with computing power equivalent to over 200,000 H100 GPUs, while expanding data centers and digital infrastructure to create a full-stack AI ecosystem for India.

Technology10 sources

Reliance Industries bets big on AI infrastructure as Jio files India's largest IPO

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JioStar unveils GenAI Media Studio with AI Snapshot and in-app shopping at Reliance AGM

Reliance Industries announced JioStar GenAI Media Studio at its 49th AGM, an AI-native content production pipeline spanning ideation to final production. The platform introduces AI Snapshot for personalized recaps and Content Commerce for in-app shopping, aiming to transform how India's 451 million JioHotstar users discover and interact with content.

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JioStar unveils GenAI Media Studio with AI Snapshot and in-app shopping at Reliance AGM

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YouTube AI crackdown punishes faceless creators who never used AI at all

YouTube terminated 16 channels with 35 million subscribers and 4.7 billion views in January 2025 under its inauthentic content policy. But the platform's efforts to combat AI-generated content are now catching legitimate faceless creators in the crossfire. The algorithm now favors videos with real human faces, penalizing off-camera creators who have never used AI tools at all.

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YouTube AI crackdown punishes faceless creators who never used AI at all

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Art Directors Guild accuses Martin Scorsese of betraying human artists over AI endorsement

Martin Scorsese's partnership with Black Forest Labs has ignited fierce backlash from the Art Directors Guild. The legendary filmmaker endorsed using AI for storyboarding, claiming it helps communicate his vision more clearly. But the union representing art department professionals called it a betrayal, arguing the technology threatens jobs while being built on work likely stolen from artists worldwide.

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Art Directors Guild accuses Martin Scorsese of betraying human artists over AI endorsement

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SAG-AFTRA ratifies four-year contract with studios, securing AI protections for actors

Over 90% of SAG-AFTRA members approved a four-year contract with studios and streaming services, establishing protections against synthetic actors created by artificial intelligence. The deal includes compensation gains and extends entertainment industry labor stability through 2030, avoiding a repeat of the 2023 strikes.

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SAG-AFTRA ratifies four-year contract with studios, securing AI protections for actors

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Backrooms Director Kane Parsons Condemns Generative AI as Cultural and Economic Rot

Kane Parsons, the 20-year-old director behind surprise horror hit Backrooms, has voiced strong opposition to generative AI in filmmaking. Despite his movie's success—earning $135 million on a $10 million budget—Parsons says he would make AI disappear if he could, calling it a symptom of cultural and economic rot rather than innovation.

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Backrooms Director Kane Parsons Condemns Generative AI as Cultural and Economic Rot

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Spotify launches verification badges to distinguish human artists from AI music flood

Spotify introduced a 'Verified by Spotify' badge with a green checkmark to help listeners identify human artists amid rising AI-generated content. The company confirms over 99% of actively searched artists will receive verification at launch, while AI personas remain ineligible. This follows reports that 44% of daily uploads on rival platform Deezer are AI-generated tracks.

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Spotify launches verification badges to distinguish human artists from AI music flood

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Val Kilmer's daughter defends AI performance, says actor wanted to set precedent for licensing

Mercedes Kilmer explained why her family supports an AI-generated version of Val Kilmer appearing in the upcoming film As Deep as the Grave. The late actor, who died at 65 in April 2025 after battling throat cancer, wanted to establish structures for actors to own their licensing and ensure fair compensation before AI laws are written. The decision has sparked intense debate in Hollywood about AI technology threatening actors' livelihoods.

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Val Kilmer's daughter defends AI performance, says actor wanted to set precedent for licensing

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Beeple's robot dogs with tech billionaires' heads critique algorithms shaping our worldview

American artist Beeple unveiled an art installation in Berlin featuring robot dogs with hyper-realistic heads of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos. The dogs roam autonomously and produce AI-generated art that reflects each figure's worldview. The exhibit critiques how tech billionaires and their algorithms now shape human perception more than artists once did.

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Beeple's robot dogs with tech billionaires' heads critique algorithms shaping our worldview

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OpenAI-linked site deployed AI journalists posing as humans to gather quotes and push pro-AI agenda

A news website called The Wire by Acutus, with apparent connections to OpenAI's political operation, has been using AI agents impersonating human journalists to solicit interviews and quotes from real experts. The site published 94 machine-generated articles since late December, with its own automated reviewer flagging 42 as unready for publication—yet all were published anyway.

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OpenAI-linked site deployed AI journalists posing as humans to gather quotes and push pro-AI agenda

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Lawmakers honored at Grammys on the Hill for protecting artists from AI-generated replicas

Sen. Chris Coons and Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar received recognition at the 25th anniversary Grammys on the Hill for championing the No Fakes Act, bipartisan legislation targeting unauthorized AI use in music. Musicians including Grace Potter and Taylor Hanson warned that artificial intelligence threatens not just music, but all creative livelihoods and intellectual property rights.

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Lawmakers honored at Grammys on the Hill for protecting artists from AI-generated replicas

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Bond uses AI memories to combat doomscrolling, but its data licensing plan raises questions

Bond, a new social media platform founded by former Index Ventures principal Dino Becirovic, launched on April 21 with no infinite scroll or algorithmic feeds. Instead, the post-feed social network uses AI trained on user memories to recommend real-world activities like nearby restaurants and concerts. But its long-term monetization model of licensing user data for AI training, combined with a launch without end-to-end encryption, creates tensions with its anti-exploitation positioning.

Technology2 sources

Bond uses AI memories to combat doomscrolling, but its data licensing plan raises questions

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