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Filmustage leverages AI to break down film scripts, create shooting schedules and more

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An AI platform for the film industry, Filmustage , is today announcing new funding. The company also plans to use the funding to acquire new B2B customers, which include “several major players in the film industry,” Filmustage told TechCrunch. Christian spoke about Filmustage during the 2022 European Film Market event.

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Atomic-backed Jumpcut uses data to advance diversity in film

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Set in India, his script garnered some interest from producers, but no one took the plunge to fund a film by a first-time Indian director. Now, films featuring diverse casts are gaining traction – this year, Chloé Zhao became the first woman of color, and only the second woman ever, to win the Academy Award for Best Director.

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Artificial Intelligence 101: What It Is, Its Evolution and Potential Jobs

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Artificial Intelligence 101 has become a transformative force in many areas of our society, redefining our lives, jobs, and perception of the world. Artificial Intelligence 101: What is Artificial Intelligence?

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Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Shaun White, Shawn Mendes get behind Shelf Engine

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Shelf Engine’s grocery order automation technology applies advanced statistical models and artificial intelligence to deliver accurate food order volume so that customers can reduce their food waste by as much as 32% while increasing gross margins and sales of more than 50%. This includes a $12 million Series A from 2020.

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Andre LeBlank on Artificial Intelligence and the future

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The video at this link and embedded below by Andre LeBlanc on Artificial Intelligence (filmed at a TEDx event) captures the many points technologists (specially Ray Kurzweil ) have been articulating on the future for quite a while, but is notable for Andre's focus on AI vice just the future of computing.

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China’s work automation startup Laiye raises $160M, acquires France’s Mindsay

TechCrunch

Guanchun Wang, Laiye’s founder and CEO, saw the “value of artificial intelligence” in the years he worked at Baidu’s smart speaker department after his film discovery startup was sold to the Chinese search engine giant.

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VFX artists show that Hollywood can use AI to create, not exploit

TechCrunch

Hollywood may be embroiled in ongoing labor disputes that involve AI, but the technology infiltrated film and TV long, long ago. At SIGGRAPH in LA, algorithmic and generative tools were on display in countless talks and announcements. We may not know where the likes of GPT-4 and Stable Diffusion …

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