This episode discusses host Peter Csathy's upcoming article about the breaking news that Google's DeepMind just invested $75 million into powerhouse taste-making, auteur-driven, boutique studio A24.

Yes, A24 — the darling of film hipsters everywhere — just jumped the AI shark. The studio behind breakout hit Backrooms and Academy Award-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once just shook hands with the biggest of Big Tech bros, Google. The mandate? To develop custom AI tools for A24 filmmakers.

A24's talking points about the deal focus on non-threatening storyboarding AI use cases. But make no mistake. Storyboarding is just the Trojan Horse for AI going mainstream into the full pre-production, production, and post-production workflow -- every step of the way.

Csathy's virtual co-hosts discuss it all here -- including what this deal means to the overall Hollywood creative community. Csathy listened to - and approves - the episode's contents and vouches for the insights.

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Remember when ByteDance’s AI video model Seedance was a four-letter word in Hollywood? That was only four months ago, when it was Public Enemy #1 — the AI thief caught red-handed lifting Hollywood’s IP.

Fast forward to today. Seedance now firmly wears the crown with Hollywood creatives. Ask leading AI filmmakers — the ones building the future of video production — and they’ll tell you the same thing. Seedance is the most powerful AI video model on the planet. Full stop.

In this episode, Google NotebookLM's hosts discuss Peter Csathy's article of the same name from his "the brAIn" newsletter. Peter has listened to the contents - and vouches for its P.O.V. and overall utility.

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Peter Csathy recently sat down with Character.AI CEO Karan Anand. While their conversation focused on the notorious chatbot pioneer’s surprising pivot to entertainment and its aggressive courtship of Hollywood IP, it sparked a related new phenomenon — we have now entered the era of the “Always On” celebrity.

In this episode -- based on Peter's recent article of the same name -- Peter's hosts explore the issues raised by Peter's article (and the opportunities it explores).

Imagine living — and even deceased — artists, athletes, and performers completely freed from the physical constraints of time, travel, and human exhaustion. Always available to “work,” and always collecting the scaling revenues that flow from it.

This new “Always On” celebrity opportunity dovetails perfectly with the related concept Peter and Anand previously discussed — “Living IP.” For the last century, Hollywood’s monetization model has essentially relied on a predictable, rigid formula — develop IP, control its distribution window, and charge a passive audience a fee to watch it. It’s a top-down experience controlled by the studio.

The evolution of interactive AI completely flips this script, giving the audience agency. Instead of waiting two years for the next movie featuring their favorite superhero character — or for their favorite musician’s next album — fans can now engage in ongoing, continuous, interactive, two-way experiences with that IP (characters, music).

It's a fascinating podcast, hosted by Google NotebookLM's co-hosts. Peter listened to the entirety of the episode and approves its content.

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