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Forget the Force, AI brings the late James Earl Jones’ iconic Darth Vader voice to Fortnite

Disney and Epic Games have announced the return of Darth Vader's iconic voice, despite James Earl Jones passing away last year.

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Acclaimed horror director says anti-AI campaign against The Brutalist was Weinstein-esque

‘We mess with actors’ voices all the time,’ said the director of ‘The Fly’

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David Cronenberg defends The Brutalist over AI use

David Cronenberg believes there was a "campaign against" 'The Brutalist' following the criticim the movie received over the use of AI.

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The Brutalist producer defends Oscar frontrunner after AI controversy

Stan Brooks says they have ‘done tiny things to enhance voice performances’

The Independent UK

Brady Corbet hopes audiences have strong opinions on The Brutalist

'The Brutalist' director Brady Corbet is keen for viewers to have strong opinions on the movie, regardless of whether they're positive or negative.

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AI voice technology used in The Brutalist is nothing new – the backlash is about transparency

Director Brady Corbet’s stunning new film, The Brutalist, has won three Golden Globes and remains a frontrunner for this year’s Oscars despite a controversy over its use of AI which erupted this week. (The film has received 10 Oscar nominations, including best film, best director and best actor.) The growing…

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Film director clarifies that historical epic The Brutalist did use AI during production, but not how you think

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The Brutalist director Brady Corbet speaks out after claims AI controversy will hurt film’s Oscar chances

‘The aim was to preserve the authenticity of Adrien and Felicity’s performances in another language, not to replace or alter them’

The Independent UK

The Brutalist director defends Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones' performances amid AI dialogue backlash

Brady Corbet says stars’ performances ‘completely their own’ after it emerges AI technology was used to edit their scenes spoken in Hungarian

Evening Standard

Brady Corbet defends The Brutalist stars amid criticism of use of AI technology

Brady Corbet has defended Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones' performances in 'The Brutalist' after it emerged AI technology was used to "refine" their Hungarian speech.

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Two Oscars Frontrunners Face Backlash Over AI Use: ‘It’s A Slippery Slope’

An Academy Award-winning director has also admitted to testing out ChatGPT to come up with movie plots.

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The Brutalist and Emilia Perez’s voice-cloning controversies make AI the new awards season battleground

Two leading contenders for Oscars this year have revealed use of artificial intelligence in the editing suite – will it affect their chances?

The Guardian - UK

Why the passing of James Earl Jones doesn't mean you won't hear Darth Vader's voice again

James Earl Jones approved an AI voice clone to be used for Star Wars projects before he passed.

TechRadar

James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader voice lives on through AI. Voice actors see promise and peril in that

Over the course of an acting career that spanned more than six decades, James Earl Jones’ voice became an indelible piece of his work as a performer

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Voice actor James Earl Jones, who died at 93, was paid just $7,000 for his Darth Vader role

Jones was not originally credited in the first two 'Star Wars' movies, his name first appearing in 1983’s 'Return of the Jedi.'

Evening Standard

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AI deepfakes in campaigns may be detectable, but will it matter? - Roll Call

New tech that easily makes real-looking fake audio and video could fuel campaign dirty tricks when public already divided and distrustful.

Inverse

10 years ago Disney bought Star Wars — did it change sci-fi at all?

The 2012 Disney purchase of Lucasfilm saved Star Wars. But what about the rest of the genre? Here's how Star Wars has, and hasn't impacted the rest of the world a decade later.

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Actors voice concerns over the rising use of AI in film industry

While James Earl Jones has given Disney permission to generate his Darth Vader voice using AI, others in the space haven't been as fortunate.

The Guardian - UK

The droids you’re looking for: how Ukrainian AI recreated Darth Vader’s voice

A Kyiv startup helped ‘clone’ the voice of legendary actor James Earl Jones, 91, for the recent Obi-Wan Kenobi series

Inverse

World’s largest radio telescope picks up peculiar signals from space

In this edition of Inverse Daily, learn more about China's search for alien life and a digital cloning technology that has reshaped the future of Star Wars.

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How one company’s controversial cloning technique is changing Star Wars forever

Respeecher is the world's leading company for "voice cloning." But, they still need human input. Here's how this audio A.I. company works with Lucasfilm to de-age Luke Skywalker and maybe...Darth Vader.

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