Nicola Coughlan, Matt Lucas and Hugh Bonneville are among the high-profile names backing a new campaign against AI voice cloning. Titled “Save Our Voices Now,” the initiative calls for greater protections against AI technology being used to replicate a person’s voice, according to The Guardian. The group of over 80 industry names — which also
French President Emmanuel Macron honored five major figures in international cinema at a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris on July 15: Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri, the producer behind the films “Despicable Me” and “Minions,” the highest-grossing animated franchise of all time, with more than $5.7 billion at the global box office;
George Lucas has a problem with Hollywood when it comes to focus groups and test screenings. The “Star Wars” creator, who left the franchise in 2012 after selling Lucasfilm to Disney in a $4 billion deal, recently told A Rabbit’s Foot (via IGN) that Hollywood’s overreliance on focus groups has created studio films dictated entirely
