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Lots of people are against the use of AI in comic book artwork creation Some for diluting the role of artists, some for the work stealing using pirated versions of art from specific creators, and there are lawsuits against the main AI art-generating companies as a result But from a corporate company approach, there is[...]

Close to three weeks after the SAG-AFTRA National Board approved a tentative agreement on a three-year contract for television and feature film animation with the AMPTP, members of the union voted overwhelmingly to ratify the 2023 Television Animation Agreement and the 2023 Basic Cable Animation Agreement (approved by a vote of 95.52% to 4.48%). "The foundation of this[...]

And… well, you can guess what's coming. One of the winners, Luis Ruiz, using the name robot9000 on Instagram, is a regular AI prompt writer and regularly posts pictures created using AI, including Gunslinger Spawn, to which he credits MidJourney as well as art programmes Procreate, Midjourney, Photoshop, and Maya Despite this, the images that were created[...]

Slow Horses series director James Hawes has stated that a TV series completely made by generative AI is only three to five years away As reported by Deadline, Hawes had been speaking with legal teams at SAG-AFTRA and the WGA and undertook a poll with fellow directors and VFX workers after the BBC canceled its[...]

Despite the recent popularity of the spinoff sequel audio series Slayers, Disney has refused to let a second series go ahead, which implies the studio might still be trying to develop a new version of the series or something along those lines. We decided to try a little experiment to see just how far along AI[...]

While the narrative has shifted over the years, technology has advanced through leaps and bounds to the point where AI can produce scripts, replicate likenesses and sounds, and even create original content It became a sticking point during the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes of 2023 One of the strike captains was Star Trek: Picard star[...]

With My Chemical Romance kicking things off with "Sing" (BCTV DD's unofficial "official" theme song), we welcome you back to the BCTV Daily Dispatch! Here's where we look back at what we've been doing for the past 24 hours that you might've missed or might want to check out again We're talking about everything from news[...]

Several franchises from Terminator, Marvel, DC, The Twilight Zone Doctor Who, and many others have attempted to answer that question about synthetic lifeforms gaining sentience and if they can co-exist with humanity It's certainly been one of the most recurring ideas in Star Trek, with its best examples in Lt Commander Data (Brent Spiner) and[...]

While there's still some debate over how much SAG-AFTRA actually gained in its new three-year deal with the studios, the problems with protecting individuals from having their very likenesses used in some truly disgusting ways aren't going away – and they're going to get a whole lot worse by the time a new contract negotiation[...]

As the daughter of George Carlin, Kelly Carlin is always on guard when it comes to protecting his legacy, like how Shannon Lee does the same for her legendary father, Bruce Lee – earning the younger Carlin praise from his fans As several comedians have been influenced by George's work, one company Dudesy, a comedy[...]

It was inevitable how far down the rabbit hole artificial intelligence has gone, not to mention one of the biggest sticking points of the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the role of AI in creative media from writing and performing Dudesy, a comedy AI that hosts a podcast and a YouTube show with Mad TV[...]

A class-action copyright lawsuit was first filed almost a year ago in the Northern District of California, targeted at Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt for their use of AI generative imagery Now, a list of 16,000 artists has been included as part of an amendment and the submission of 455-pages of supplementary evidence filed last year[...]

But there are a number of both new and remaining issues that need to be addressed – and some of those issues were addressed with a panel of top entertainment industry executives & producers in a piece by the Los Angeles Times earlier today One of those taking part was Sam Register, president, Warner Bros[...]

During the weeks leading up to what would end up being a vote to ratify the tentative agreement that the union had reached with the AMPTP, SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher, Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, and other members of the negotiating team found themselves defending what the union had gained in terms of issues pertaining to[...]

That news came our way courtesy of SAG-AFTRA General Counsel Jeffrey Bennett, who also took to social media over the weekend to push back on points regarding AI & consent that were raised by Matthew Modine, Justine Bateman, and others as reasons for them not voting in favor of the agreement "Consent may never be[...]

While it might be Thanksgiving (at least here in the U.S.), that doesn't mean the business side of the entertainment industry is taking a break In terms of the ongoing SAG-AFTRA vote to ratify a new three-year agreement, union president Fran Drescher took to Instagram to announce the full 128-page Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) detailing[...]

Whether it was his column for Entertainment Weekly back in the day to his current social media postings, the bestselling author is never at a loss for words when it comes to the world around him Lately, one of those subjects has been Elon Musk and how much he dislikes what Twitter/X's owner has done to[...]

Discover dazzling universes, soaring beyond superheroes and clichés! A realm awaits It's as if Manga and HBO teamed up to craft spellbinding comics Brace yourself for mind-blowing diversity! Experience the joy of endless binge-reading We globalize manga and manhwa, making them fun and accessible So, sit back, relax, and let our comics transport you to[...]

"OpenAI's latest image generation model, DALL-E 3, makes it SO easy to create comic books! Here are 4 panels for a fan-made Batman comic made in under 5 minutes." With images that clearly used the work of Mike Allred, Brian Bolland, Kevin Nowlan, Lee Bermejo and Charles Burns to generate the following images from the[...]

Writing for The Atlantic, Alex Reisner has published a new online tool for authors to discover if their work is being used to train AI – artificial intelligence from Meta/Facebook Based on a database called Book3, listing 191,000 books "based on a collection of pirated ebooks, most of them published in the past 20 years."[...]

While we await some wisdom to settle upon the folks at the AMPTP, the SAG-AFTRA & WGA strikes rage on – but that doesn't mean that all of that protesting and time spent on picket lines isn't having an impact In fact, the unions have had "professional journalist"/world-class comedian Triumph the Insult Comic Dog & handler[...]

Basically, they are saying a) you can, but b) it has to be transparent and seems to suggest that you might need permission from those whose artwork the AI projects scrape Which might mean c) no using Midjourney, Dall-E or Bing Which would be quite a clever way to ban AI, without actually banning AI[...]

There's something to be said about George Carlin's timeless legacy as a counterculture comedian So many of his fans wonder what he would have to say about the culture today had he not passed in 2008 Carlin certainly didn't have a shortage of cynicism to dole around throughout his 52-year career It's something his daughter[...]

And that's all before we get to what series star Lena Hall (Miss Audrey) had to share on social media regarding filming on the final season and a situation that they found themselves in that strikes eerily familiar with what the AMPTP was proposing regarding AI usage – one of the reasons SAG-AFTRA has joined[...]

By the time the opening sequence had rolled, there were a lot of viewers left wondering if AI (artificial intelligence) was used to create it Speaking with Polygon, Selim confirmed that the intro was designed by Method Studios using AI – and that it fits perfectly with the shape-shifting vibe of the streaming series[...]

While that's already raised concerns among some voice actors that the policy could end up hurting voice actors, another individual brought up the question as to whether AI might be brought in pretty much remove voice actors from the process – with the belief being that voice roles will eventually end up being "AI-generated from[...]

Aimed at a young female audience, and often involving tales of mystery, horror, romance and depressing slice-of-life calamities, including titles such as Bunty, Mandy, Judy, Misty and Tammy, they included work by creators who would get greater fame on the likes of 2000AD and Judge Dredd Megazine There's still a lot of nostalgia for that[...]

With today's "Long-Distance Dedication" bringing us Kings of Leon with "Manhattan," welcome back to the BCTV Daily Dispatch! Here's where we look back at what we've been doing for the past 24 hours that you might've missed or might want to check out again We're talking about everything from news and reviews to interviews and opinion[...]

If you're reading this, you're probably familiar with the main points of the Writers Guild of America's (WGA) strike The WGA strike is important to the profession of screenwriting because television networks have been undercutting the ability of screenwriters for television to make a living writing for television Shorter seasons and smaller writers' rooms mean[...]

A team of special agents discovers a revolutionary new computer program to bait and trap online predators After teaming up with the program's troubled developer, they soon find that the AI is rapidly advancing beyond its original purpose. Castle Talk logo and The Artifice Girl poster used with permission The director talks about the opportunities of telling[...]