{"id":2344600,"date":"2024-09-22T20:04:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T00:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-wick-and-hunger-games-studio-lionsgate-under-fire-after-unprecedented-ai-deal\/"},"modified":"2024-09-22T20:07:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T00:07:07","slug":"john-wick-and-hunger-games-studio-lionsgate-under-fire-after-unprecedented-ai-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-wick-and-hunger-games-studio-lionsgate-under-fire-after-unprecedented-ai-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018John Wick\u2019 and \u2018Hunger Games\u2019 Studio Lionsgate Under Fire After Unprecedented AI Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjohn-wick-and-hunger-games-studio-lionsgate-under-fire-after-unprecedented-ai-deal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2344600&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Lions\u2064 Gate Entertainment Corp., known for\u2062 popular\u2064 franchises like &#8220;John Wick&#8221; and\u200b &#8220;The Hunger Games,&#8221; is facing \u2063backlash due \u200bto a groundbreaking agreement with AI startup\u200d Runway. \u2064According to the Wall Street Journal, this partnership\u2064 involves giving Runway access to Lionsgate&#8217;s \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/end-of-an-age-dvds-are-heading-down-the-vhs-path-of-extinction\/\" title=\"DVDs are following VHS into extinction.\">extensive content library<\/a>\u2063 in exchange for a custom AI model intended to assist in editing and production\u200c efforts for \u2063films and TV shows.\u2064 <\/p>\n<p>This collaboration is \u2062viewed as a significant step in integrating generative \u2062AI into \u2064Hollywood, but it has sparked controversy among creatives, actors,\u200d and industry\u200b executives debating the implications of such \u2064technology. Critics, including filmmaker Justine\u2063 Bateman\u200b and\u200c Gavin Michael Booth, have voiced\u200b concerns\u200c about the potential impact on jobs and the motivations behind studio\u200b agreements\u2063 with AI companies, suggesting that the studios may be seeking to \u200bcreate proprietary versions of AI rather than defending copyright. <\/p>\n<p>Supporters of the deal argue that generative AI could enhance creative work and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cia-sends-message-to-take-havana-syndrome-seriously\/\" title=\"CIA sends message to take \u2018Havana syndrome\u2019 seriously\">provide financial relief<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-england-fishermen-rally-at-scotus-to-save-their-industry-from-environmental-bureaucrats\/\" title=\"New England fishermen unite at SCOTUS to protect industry from environmental bureaucrats\">struggling industry<\/a>. However, the ongoing debate raises\u200c questions about the\u2064 future of filmmaking and \u2062the protection of\u2063 creative rights in light of technological advancements.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A major Hollywood studio in charge of one of the most explosive action franchises is facing equally explosive pushback.<\/p>\n<p>But it&rsquo;s got nothing to do with any of the movies themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. is taking flak for a &ldquo;first of its kind&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-doubles-free-speech-offers-ominous-warning-artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">artificial intelligence<\/a> deal.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/media\/lionsgate-studio-behind-john-wick-signs-deal-with-ai-startup-runway-f2180245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>, the studio in charge of films like &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/john-wick-crushes-woke-competitor-box-office-wins-fans-outstanding-95-rt-score\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Wick<\/a>&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Hunger Games&rdquo; has inked a major AI deal with Runway, a &ldquo;fast-evolving AI startup.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Journal described this deal as a bit of a mutual exchange.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Lionsgate will give Runway &ldquo;access to its content library in exchange for a new, custom AI model that the studio can use in the editing and production process.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The longtime entertainment company will reportedly seek to use &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wall-street-ends-sharply-lower-on-bank-contagion-fears\/\" title=\"Wall Street ends sharply lower on bank contagion fears\">generative artificial intelligence<\/a> in the creation of its new movies and TV shows, a sign of the emerging technology&rsquo;s advance in Hollywood.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The report continued: &ldquo;The deal &mdash; the first of its kind for Runway and one that could become a blueprint in the entertainment industry &mdash; comes as creatives, actors and studio executives debate whether to use the new technology and how to protect their copyright material.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Advocates say generative AI can enhance creators&rsquo; work and help a cash-strapped industry save time and money.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While the advocates may argue for that, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/taylor-swift-comedy-legend-george-carlins-estate-ramping-war-artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">critics of AI<\/a> were swift to condemn this deal in a myriad of ways.<\/p>\n<p>Filmmaker and author Justine Bateman blasted the ulterior motives she believed were at the root of this deal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Over a year ago, I told you that I assumed the studios were NOT sending lawyers to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AI<\/a> companies over their models injesting their copyrighted films, because they wanted their own custom versions.<br \/> Well, here you go. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t21mtqEGT8\">https:\/\/t.co\/t21mtqEGT8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eucJw709sK\">pic.twitter.com\/eucJw709sK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Justine Bateman (@JustineBateman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustineBateman\/status\/1836417823444435444?\">September 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Over a year ago, I told you that I assume the studios were NOT sending lawyers to the #AI companies over their models injesting their copyrighted films, because they wanted their own custom versions [of generative AI],&rdquo; Bateman posted to X on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>She added, along with a screen shot of the WSJ article, &ldquo;Well, here you go.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Filmmaker Gavin Michael Booth took to X to ask AI advocates how, exactly, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saturdays-fun-fraud-facts-seven-unexplainable-results-that-reveal-democrats-didnt-even-try-to-hide-their-fraud\/\" title=\"Saturday&#039;s Fun Fraud Facts: Seven Unexplainable Results that Reveal Democrats Didn&#039;t Even Try to Hide Their Fraud\">wasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t going to impact jobs:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ok people, tell me generative AI won&rsquo;t take filmmaking jobs again now Lionsgate has a deal with Runway AI. This isn&rsquo;t going to stop and it is only going to speed up.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gavin Michael Booth (@GavinBooth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinBooth\/status\/1836433578713899346?\">September 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ok people, tell me generative AI won&rsquo;t take filmmaking jobs again now Lionsgate has a deal with Runway AI,&rdquo; Booth posted. &ldquo;This isn&rsquo;t going to stop and it is only going to speed up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Instead, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. is under fire for a groundbreaking artificial intelligence agreement. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the studio behind hits like &#8220;John Wick&#8221; and &#8220;The Hunger Games&#8221; has entered into a substantial AI partnership with Runway, an innovative AI startup. This arrangement is described as a reciprocal exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Lionsgate will provide Runway with access to its content library in return for a tailored AI model that the studio can utilize during editing and production. The established entertainment company aims to incorporate generative artificial intelligence in creating new movies and TV shows, highlighting the technology&#8217;s growing presence in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>The report noted that this deal\u2014being unprecedented for Runway\u2014could serve as a template within the entertainment sector at a time when creatives, actors, and studio leaders are debating how to leverage this new technology while safeguarding their copyrighted materials. Proponents argue that generative AI can enhance creative work and help an industry facing financial challenges save time and resources.<\/p>\n<p>However, critics of AI quickly voiced their disapproval of this agreement through various channels. Filmmaker Justine Bateman criticized what she perceives as hidden motives behind this deal. She previously speculated that studios were not pursuing legal action against AI companies over copyright issues because they desired custom versions of generative AI.<\/p>\n<p>Filmmaker Gavin Michael Booth also expressed concerns on social media about how this development might affect jobs in filmmaking: \u201cTell me how generative AI won\u2019t take filmmaking jobs now that Lionsgate has partnered with Runway,\u201d he wrote, emphasizing his belief that such trends will only accelerate moving forward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2344601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Lionsgate-AI.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[41478,37184,41477,41476,26772],"class_list":["post-2344600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ai-deal","tag-entertainment-industry","tag-hunger-games","tag-john-wick","tag-lionsgate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Lionsgate-AI.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2344601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}