The Numbers Behind Furiosa: A Mad Max Story Are Mind-Blowing
“Do you have it in you to make it epic?” That’s the question Chris Hemsworth’s Dementus asks in Furiosa: A Mad Max Story, and for at least one person that…
Google and Universal Music Discuss Making an AI Tool to Replicate Artists’ Voices
Universal Music Group and Google are in discussions to license artists’ voices and melodies for AI-generated content. The two companies are considering developing a tool that people can use to…
Can Congress Catch Up to Deepfakes?
Rep. Yvette Clarke wasn’t exactly surprised when ex-President Donald Trump used an AI voice cloning tool to make Hitler, Elon Musk, and the Devil himself join a Twitter Space to…
A Stunt Performer Set Himself on Fire on the SAG-AFTRA Picket Line
As SAG-AFTRA enters its third week on strike alongside the WGA (which has been on strike since May 2), some performers are doing everything they can to make the Association…
Netflix Found a Way to Make Removing Green Screens Easier by Turning Actors Bright Purple
Powerful software and talented visual effects artists are usually needed to convincingly pull off the effect where an actor filmed against a green screen is inserted into another shot. But…
Louisiana Outlaws Sexual Deepfakes of Children
Louisiana has become one of the first states to pass legislation explicitly criminalizing the creation of deepfaked child sexual abuse material. The legislation, called SB175, makes it a crime to…
Watch this cool special effects sequence wrap up Tokyo 2020
The Tokyo Olympics’ closing ceremony on Sunday, August 8, included a dazzling light show that no one in the stadium saw.