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LA Film Festival Showcases Rapid Evolution of AI Tools And What They Can Pull Off
The OpenAI logo is seen displayed on a cell phone with an image on a computer screen generated by ChatGPT's Dall-E text-to-image model, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston.
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An AI film festival held in Los Angeles last week showcased the rapidly developing state of artificial-intelligence tools and the creativity they can exhibit.
Why it matters: Hollywood has been fixated on the potential — and the potential disruption — that AI could cause within the production of entertainment. Runway, a 5-year-old startup valued by investors at $1.5 billion, was used in the production of Everything Everywhere All At Once and is being deployed by studios today in part to expedite post-production work. On May 1, the company hosted its second annual film festival, bringing it to Los Angeles for the first time.
What AI can do today: The company received 3,000 submissions this year, 10 times as many as last year. The films were are also longer, but most notably, more human. The 10 experimental films selected by the jury showcased an array of personal storytelling, revealing what AI tools can enable for filmmakers without massive resources. The winning film, for example, titled Get Me Out, tells the story of a man repeatedly attempting — unsuccessfully — to leave a house, a meditation on anxiety.
How to see the films yourself: On May 10, all the films will be available on Runway’s AI Film Festival website. You can check out the 2023 finalists today to compare and see how far filmmakers and AI software has come in the last year.
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