Theater and TV

Contract for Hollywood Actors Includes $40m Yearly in Streaming Bonuses

Contract for Hollywood Actors

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“Studios must obtain an actor’s consent before using their image to create a digital replica, and provide a specific description, he said. The actor would receive payment equivalent to the type of work the digital replica performs on-screen.The contract also protects background performers from the use of their digital replicas without consent, Crabtree-Ireland said. The use of generative AI to […]

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What’s Next, AI Writing an Off-Broadway Musical? It Already Has.

AI Writing an Off-Broadway Musical

Richard Termine

“Don’t get me wrong: The output of actual human artists is not threatened by this bot theater maker (not yet, anyway). As made clear by the team behind “Artificial Flavors” — led by the Civilians’ founding artistic director, Steve Cosson — a text-generating AI program asked to devise original content leans heavily on an archival trove of clichés.” Link to […]

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