The studio behind the “John Wick,” “Hunger Games,” and “Twilight” franchises just made a deal with an artificial intelligence startup to use its back catalog to build a custom AI model. It could be a tipping point.
  • dinckelEnglish
    19•2 months ago

    Huge corporation takes a piss at the people who made it what it is. More at 11

  • @GrimyEnglish
    4•2 months ago

    As long as the government doesn’t bend over and boost copyright laws, these datasets belong to everyone and the field will be very competitive, with multiple companies already coming out with models.

    This is Hollywood losing it’s moat and I’m all for it.

    • BrewchinEnglish
      2•2 months ago

      Agree. It’s definitely popcorn hour.

    • BrewchinEnglish
      3•2 months ago

      Yeah, but also: you couldn’t be more wrong if you tried.

      They’re going for the FX artists.

      • @General_EffortEnglish
        1•2 months ago

        This isn’t sci-fi AI. It’s not going to use itself. It’s a new tool for digital artists, including VFX artists. I expect it will benefit them by making them more useful.

      • @[email protected]English
        0•2 months ago

        they are going after anyone doing an unskilled job that can be automated. FX artists included.