What a major movie studio’s AI deal could mean for the future of Hollywood
Lionsgate, the studio behind popular films series’ like The Hunger Games and John Wick, recently announced it’s letting a startup mine its catalog works with the goal of creating an AI model capable of creating storyboards and other pre- and post-production work.
Lionsgate Dives Into AI With a New Deal for Its Movies and Shows
In return for allowing AI video company Runway access to its content catalog, Lionsgate will get a custom AI model.
Lionsgate signs deal to train AI model on its movies and shows
AI startup Runway has made a name for itself building generative models seemingly trained on unlicensed content from around the internet. Now, the company has signed a deal with Lionsgate that will give it access to the studio’s massive portfolio of films and TV shows.
'Hunger Games' studio Lionsgate announce AI video deal
Entertainment giants Lionsgate are partnering with artificial intelligence (AI) company Runway to allow a new AI model to be trained on their extensive film and TV archive. Lionsgate, the studios behind series such as The Hunger Games and John Wick,
Lionsgate signs a deal with the devil (an AI startup)
Remember when the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and SAG-AFTRA went on strike for months, in great part to get protections against AI? Well, while they did get some stipulations in there, it's not stopping AI from coming to Hollywood anyways.
Runway Wants to Train an AI on Lionsgate's Movie Catalog
There are very few details about how the model will actually operate, beyond reportedly generating "cinematic video" that can then be further refined and iterated upon using the rest of Runway's AI tool suite.
Lionsgate’s New Deal Is a Test of Hollywood’s Relationship With AI
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.
Landmark AI deal sees Hollywood giant Lionsgate provide library for AI training
AI video synthesis firm Runway and entertainment company Lionsgate announced a partnership to create a new AI model trained on Lionsgate's vast film and TV library. The deal will feed Runway legally clear training data and will also reportedly provide Lionsgate with tools to enhance content creation while potentially reducing production costs.
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Generative AI startup Runway inks deal with a major Hollywood studio
Runway, a startup developing AI video tools, including video-generating systems, has inked a deal with Lionsgate to develop a ...
Lionsgate Partners With Runway AI to Create Tools for Storyboarding, Post-Production
Lionsgate is partnering with AI company Runway to create a new AI model, based on the movie studio's archive film and TV ...