The Hollywood strikes are beginning to hit studios where it hurts. Warner Bros. Discovery says its 2023 earnings will be negatively impacted by $300M to $500M as a result of the stoppages. Variety has more details.

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At SIGGRAPH, the annual computer graphics conference, Hollywood’s ongoing labor disputes, partly driven by AI, were infrequently mentioned in presentations. After-parties, however, were another story. Tech Crunch tells us why the creative side of production is ready to embrace AI — if it can be done in a way that augments rather than replaces artists. https://flip.it/UrfXuw
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Multiple WarnerBrothers films delayed:

"Dune: Part 2" is delayed from November 3, 2023 to March 15, 2024. "Godzilla vs Kong: New Empire" is delayed from March 15, 2024 to April 12, 2024. "War Of The Rohirrim" is delayed from April 12, 2024 to December 13, 2024.

All these come as Warner Brothers is rethinking their upcoming releases amid the ongoing strikes and other issues.

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Hollywood has already been scanning the bodies and faces of background actors, who now worry that this technology will be used to create digital avatars that will replace them. NPR talked to actors about the process, and took a look at how generative AI makes this different from the digital crowd creation that's been done by studios for years.

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Hollywood has already been scanning the bodies and faces of background actors, who now worry that this technology will be used to create digital avatars that will replace them. NPR talked to
actors about the process, and took a look at how generative AI makes this different from the digital crowd creation that's been done by studios for years.

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I'm shocked, disgusted, outraged...

Their cruel statements must be shown to everyone we can as preview of our own future if we let those egotistical vile scoundrels of billionaires to exist and be in charge.

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