AI plundering scripts poses ‘direct threat’ to UK screen sector, says BFI

The makers of The Brutalist, a US-UK-Hungary co-production, used AI to tweak the Hungarian dialogue of its lead stars, Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones. Photograph: A24 via AP

Artificial intelligence companies are plundering 130,000 film and TV scripts to train their models in a raid on copyrighted material that poses a “direct threat” to the future of the UK screen sector, according to the British Film Institute.

In a wide-ranging report analysing the benefits and threats posed by AI to the UK’s film, TV, video game and visual special effects industries, the BFI also raises fears that automation will eliminate the entry-level jobs that bring in the next generation of workers.