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Reel AI: Erik Barmack’s biweekly article for The Ankler
The Animation App That Should Terrify Hollywood
How an addictive AI tool backed by Jared Leto devoured my family — and stands to win the raging war for screen time (h/t Ted Sarandos)
Erik Barmack’s Reel AI Column from The Ankler
INTRO TO AI
Quick Explainers on Basic AI Terms and Tools
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Refik Anadol’s New AI-generated Art Premiered in Las Vegas
World-renowned digital media artist Refik Anadol presents another large-scale AI-generated artwork on the world’s largest LED screen in Las Vegas.
OpenAI is developing AI creative writing tools — and they’re far better than ChatGPT
In a Time Magazine essay, screenwriter Simon Rich details how good OpenAI’s not-yet-available generative AI tool, code-davinci-002 is at creative writing.
AI might be both a Contract Negotiation Point and an Existential Crisis
AI is not necessarily the most important issue during labor negotiations for the double strikes in Hollywood, but it may have developed from a contractual dispute to artists’ existential crisis.
AI-Generated BARBENHEIMER Trailer Went Viral
The AI-generated “BARBENHEIMER” trailer that combined the two widely-hyped blockbusters only took four days to make and went viral online.
SOUTH PARK Episode Generated by AI as Press Demo from Fabel Studio
Fabel Studio released an AI-generated episode of SOUTH PARK to demonstrate the capabilities of their AI tool, but it raises more complications amidst the double strikes in Hollywood.
AI-generated Short Film Marks Another AI ͏Development in Entertainment
A short film fully generated by AI showcases the continuing development and influence of AI video technologies in the filmmaking and advertising industries.
Can ChatGPT Improve THE GODFATHER (1972) script?
We asked Chat GPT to make critical notes and make improvements on the script of the all-time classic, THE GODFATHER.

Writers’ Realistic Approach to AI
As opposed ͏to fully banning͏ AI, the WGA and screenwriters in general view it as͏ a tool to be used͏ with limitations.

Can ChatGPT Write a Script?
We asked ChatGPT-4 to Generate 5 minute Romcom Scripts to test it out
Can AI Make a Show All By itself?
With its current capabilities, AI still can’t make a quality show from start to finish, but it can certainly speed up the traditional process
Check Out This AI Generated Film Trailer
Joona Kortesmäki, Head of Programming at Elisa Vihde Viaplay put this trailer together using several AI tools in just a few hours.

ChatGPT Pitches Streaming Shows, and It’s Not Great
ChatGPT gets some things right, but overall it’s suggestions are not particularly compelling
How Will AI Transform Animation?
In a world where technology and entertainment intermingle, the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has been a transformational wave in the animation industry.