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Disney wanted to create a generative AI character for Tron: Ares and explored putting The Rock's head on a different body using deepfake tech for the live-action Moana remake

Disney has apparently tried - and failed - to make use of generative AI in two of its upcoming blockbusters

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Lisa Kudrow says Tom Hanks movie Here is ‘an endorsement for AI’

The former Friends star criticised the film which makes extensive use of an AI-driven tool called Metaphysic Live to de-age and face-swap actors

The Guardian - UK

This is how Tom Hanks was so convincingly de-aged in Here

Actors were able to watch their young selves in real time.

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Eminem's MTV Awards show featured the most convincing live deepfake we've seen

No wonder this team won the Best VFX Award.

Creative Bloq

Four ways criminals could use AI to target more victims

Warnings about artificial intelligence (AI) are ubiquitous right now. They have included fearful messages about AI’s potential to cause the extinction of humans, invoking images of the Terminator movies. The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has even set up a summit to discuss AI safety.

The Conversation

How A.I. is reshaping the way movies get made

But Hollywood’s embrace of A.I. does raise a lot of questions.

Fortune

‘We’re going through a big revolution’: how AI is de-ageing stars on screen

Stars like Tom Hanks and Harrison Ford are being rendered younger digitally but voices in the industry express concern about where we might be heading

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Robert Zemeckis Has Found His Latest Tech Tool With AI De-Aging — And That’s Good

The divisive director is once again using cutting-edge technology for its own sake, and that's pretty neat.

Inverse

Tom Hanks to be de-aged using AI in new film from Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis

New artificial intelligence tool will be used ‘extensively’ in film set entirely within one room

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