Ben Affleck says he used AI for “many things” in Animals, without saying which
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At a Bloomberg event, Ben Affleck said he used AI for “many things” in Animals, his new film for Netflix, but declined to explain which ones, arguing that revealing the process would damage the illusion of reality. He described the movie as “very human” and defended ethical use of AI as a post-production tool, not to fabricate people or replace professionals.
The following day, Affleck told The Hollywood Reporter that the technology used for the film was trained on a proprietary dataset and that he would never use systems trained on copyrighted works. According to Xataka, the actor founded the AI company InterPositive in 2022, and Netflix later acquired it in March this year for about US$600 million.
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The lack of detail about where AI was used makes it harder to assess its impact on the film’s result and on professionals’ work. Affleck’s statement about proprietary data and copyrighted works, alongside Netflix’s acquisition of InterPositive, also puts copyright and corporate control at the center of this creative use.
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