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thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - YouTube offers deepfake detection to Hollywood
YouTube offers deepfake detection to Hollywood
The Standard

YouTube is offering Hollywood celebrities and entertainers a free detection tool to help combat their deepfakes, expanding the Google-owned video platform's efforts to guard against AI-driven impersonations. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Last…

independent.co.uk - Andrew Dalton - Screenwriters overwhelmingly approve a 4-year contract with Hollywood studios
Screenwriters overwhelmingly approve a 4-year contract with Hollywood studios
The Independent

Members of the screenwriters union overwhelmingly ratified a four-year agreement with Hollywood studios and streamers on Friday, bringing an end to a surprisingly smooth and quick process that brought a prolonged strike the last time around. Union…

wsj.com - Ben Fritz - Hollywood Writers Approve Four-Year Deal With Studios
Hollywood Writers Approve Four-Year Deal With Studios
Wall Street Journal

Members of Hollywood's screenwriters' union overwhelmingly approved a new contract with major studios, the latest step toward several years of possible labor peace in an industry where employment has cratered. Some 90% of screenwriters voted in…

winnipegfreepress.com - Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press - Screenwriters overwhelmingly approve a 4-year contract with Hollywood studios
Screenwriters overwhelmingly approve a 4-year contract with Hollywood studios
Winnipeg Free Press

Email Address: I agree to the Terms and Conditions, Cookie and Privacy Policies, and CASL agreement. Already have an account? Log in here - To continue reading, please subscribe: Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com Read the E-Edition…

businessinsider.com - Lucia Moses - AI startups are raising millions to disrupt Hollywood. Read the pitch decks 9 used to get funding.
AI startups are raising millions to disrupt Hollywood. Read the pitch decks 9 used to get funding.
Business Insider

AI is starting to transform Hollywood, whether filmmakers and audiences are ready or not. AI has turned a corner in Hollywood as major studios increasingly adopt it to gain efficiencies in production, marketing, and visual effects. Elsewhere, AI…

cnbc.com - Julia Boorstin - How a new Amazon-backed Hollywood production startup deploys AI for speed and cost-cutting
How a new Amazon-backed Hollywood production startup deploys AI for speed and cost-cutting
CNBC

At a time when Hollywood is torn between fear of artificial intelligence stealing jobs and the pressure to cut costs, a new kind of hybrid production studio is launching with the latest AI tools. Innovative Dreams is a new production services…

smh.com.au - Cameron Woodhead - From Hollywood scandals to transhuman futures: 10 new books to read
From Hollywood scandals to transhuman futures: 10 new books to read
The Sydney Morning Herald

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. From Hollywood's notorious Chateau and transhuman futures in fiction to Franco's Spain and the Gallipoli trenches in non-fiction, this week's picks…

nbclosangeles.com - City News Service - Writers Guild members ratify contract with Hollywood studios
Writers Guild members ratify contract with Hollywood studios
NBC Southern California

Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) overwhelmingly ratified a new four-year contract with Hollywood studios, the union announced Friday while hailing critical gains in health care and other provisions of the deal. According to the WGA…

hollywoodreporter.com - Patrick Brzeski - African Storytelling Is a Growth Market Hollywood Is Missing, Says Next Narrative Africa Fund Study
African Storytelling Is a Growth Market Hollywood Is Missing, Says Next Narrative Africa Fund Study
The Hollywood Reporter

Akunna Cook's Next Narrative Africa Fund has spent the past year making the case that African storytelling is a serious global market that the entertainment industry has consistently underestimated. Now the organization has some numbers to back up…

hollywoodreporter.com - Gary Baum - Hollywood Supported L.A. Mayoral Candidate Nithya Raman. Has She Returned the Favor?
Hollywood Supported L.A. Mayoral Candidate Nithya Raman. Has She Returned the Favor?
The Hollywood Reporter

On Apr. 21, L.A. City Councilmember Nithya Raman released a new campaign video, in the quick-cut, walk-and-talk online style by which Zohran Mamdani updated the Aaron Sorkin ethos. “I'm running for Mayor to make sure Los Angeles stays the…

breitbart.com - Paul Bois - More Hollywood A-Listers Join Petition Opposing Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
More Hollywood A-Listers Join Petition Opposing Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
Breitbart

More Hollywood insiders, including Robert De Niro, Elliot Page, Lilly Wachowski, Sofia Coppola, and Holly Hunter have signed the petition opposing the Paramount Skydance merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched April 13 with 1,000 names, the…

thewrap.com - Jeremy Fuster - The WGA-AMPTP Deal Reflects a Major Shift in Hollywood's Labor Talks
The WGA-AMPTP Deal Reflects a Major Shift in Hollywood's Labor Talks
TheWrap

This weekend will be bookended by two major developments in Hollywood's labor contract cycle. On Friday, the Writers Guild of America will reveal the results of its membership's ratification vote, and on Monday, the AMPTP will resume its contract…

hollywoodreporter.com - James Hibberd - Hollywood Winners & Losers: Why Sydney Sweeney Won and 'Michael' Critics Lost
Hollywood Winners & Losers: Why Sydney Sweeney Won and 'Michael' Critics Lost
The Hollywood Reporter

WON: Sydney Sweeney: Sure, her cameo was cut from The Devil Wears Prada 2. Yes, she has many media and social media scolds in a tizzy over her racy scenes in Euphoria, which is hot garbage this season. Also, nobody can stop talking about her in the…

bristolpost.co.uk - Sara Baalla - BBC The One Show host issues apology after Hollywood star's 'fruity language
BBC The One Show host issues apology after Hollywood star's 'fruity language
Bristol Live

The One Show presenter Lauren Laverne found herself having to apologise during the latest broadcast. Lauren, alongside her co-host Angellica Bell, welcomed the ensemble cast of The Devil Wears Prada 2 onto the famous green sofa on Friday (April…

france24.com - YouTube offers deepfake detection to Hollywood
YouTube offers deepfake detection to Hollywood
FRANCE 24

Last month, YouTube introduced its likeness protection tool -- which helps identify content in which a person's face appears altered or generated using AI technology -- to government officials, journalists, and political candidates. The platform is…

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