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Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech

Explores the latest news in Hollywood"s AI-driven tech and film industry disruption, exploring the latest trends, startups, and research in AI entertainment and media. Digital Afterlife News explores digital afterlife technology and startups. Ginger Liu: Founder of Ginger Media & Entertainment, a creative consultancy focused on promoting Hollywood and international film, AI film tech, and AI visual media. She is a multimedia journalist, MFA-trained artist, and AI visual media

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00:15:23

Entertainment and AI News

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/10/06

Hollywood’s AI arms race is intensifying as legacy studios and tech upstarts race to embed generative tools across the entertainment pipeline. Netflix, Amazon MGM, and Lionsgate have appointed AI executives, with Netflix reporting that roughly 300 titles use generative AI after its nearly $600 million acquisition of Ben Affleck’s InterPositive. At the same time, companies like Particle 6, Higgsfield, and Runway are pushing AI into production workflows, from AI-led features to creator festivals. The

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00:12:28

Entertainment and AI News

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/09/30

Generative AI in Movies Market Set to Double by 2030, Pixverse Builds Creator Economy for AI Video With Monetization Push, Stivio Debuts Image-to-Video AI Generator With Six ModelsGenerative AI in Movies Market Set to Double by 2030, Pixverse Builds Creator Economy for AI Video With Monetization Push, Stivio Debuts Image-to-Video AI Generator With Six Models, AI Documentary “Be Brave” Pushes Cinema Boundaries at Venice, and other news.Studios and streamers are scaling microdramas as a core vertical

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00:12:17

Entertainment and AI News

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/09/29

Generative AI in Movies Market Set to Double by 2030, Pixverse Builds Creator Economy for AI Video With Monetization Push, Stivio Debuts Image-to-Video AI Generator With Six Models, AI Documentary “Be Brave” Pushes Cinema Boundaries at VeniceStudios and streamers are scaling microdramas as a core vertical. Variety’s Entertainment and Technology Summit focused on fan economies and consumer strain. The global market for generative AI in movies is projected to reach $1.03 billion by 2030. Pixverse

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00:14:26

Entertainment and AI Tech News

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/09/22

In this week’s Entertainment and AI Tech News, Google is reportedly in talks with Hollywood studios to license film and television libraries for AI training. No formal agreements have been reached with Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery or Universal, amid ongoing copyright, legal and labor concerns. Amazon Web Services and Amazon MGM Studios unveiled a generative AI film fund and production platform for emerging filmmakers. The first all-AI FAST channel also launched on Roku, while Flick released 17

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00:08:05

Entertainment and AI Tech News

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/09/15

AI-Native Studios Reshape Hollywood as Directors Split on Tech, Microdramas Surge as AI and Hollywood Bet on Vertical Video, AI-Native Films Find New Home in Dedicated Festival Circuit and other news.Anyone with a soft spot for the 1990s indie film boom will recognize the same energy in today’s AI filmmaking wild west. Back then, cheaper cameras and new distribution channels let outsiders tell stories the studios wouldn’t touch, until indie itself became too expensive for truly independent voices

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00:19:46

Entertainment and AI Tech News

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/09/08

WildBrain Buys Personality AI for $11M, Higgsfield AI Releases 110-Minute Feature “The Cully Hill Boys” in Four Weeks, Hollywood’s creator boom creates ownership disputes, COL AI Studios Launches to Scale IP Across Formats and Global Markets, MPA and ByteDance Agree Framework to Protect Film and TV IP in AI Models, and other news.Hollywood and the global entertainment industry are moving quickly to define how generative AI fits into production, distribution, and audience engagement. This week’s

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00:18:07

Entertainment and AI Tech News

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/09/01

In this week’s Entertainment and AI Tech News — Yoroll’s AI Odyssey turns Homer’s epic into a playable, branching film built in two days on a ~$250 budget, while independent channel IncredibleXvision has crossed 10,000 YouTube subscribers with AI-generated shorts, suggesting synthetic content can build repeat audiences, not just one-off virality. On the studio side, Warner Bros. is facing significant backlash after promoting The End of Oak Street with an AI-generated dog podcast, a campaign many

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00:15:30

Digital Afterlife AI News

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/08/25

Digital replica APIs market projected to reach $2.4 billion by 2036, South Koreans use AI videos to remember deceased loved ones, China curbs AI companions as tech companies limit chatbot featuresArtificial intelligence companies are expanding digital replica technology across business, marketing and bereavement services, as developers build systems that can generate personalized videos, simulate emotional conversations and recreate deceased loved ones. The digital replica APIs market is projected

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00:08:02

Entertainment and AI Tech News

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/08/20

Europe’s AI funding is surging, with capital concentrating in a handful of breakout startups and the U.K. pulling ahead as the region’s leading market. At the same time, AI is moving deeper into entertainment production, with digital twins, generative video and VFX tools reshaping how film, TV, gaming and live experiences are made. The result is a clear picture of an industry shift: investment is accelerating, a small number of companies are capturing most of the money, and AI is spreading from

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00:15:50

Entertainment AI Tech News with Ginger Liu

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/08/11

BAFTA adds AI disclosure rule to awards submissions, Aronofsky seeks new funding for Primordial Soup, Gossip Goblin’s AI film set for theatrical release, Anthropic settles landmark author piracy case for $1.5 billion, and other news.Gossip Goblin’s Gods Don’t Give Gifts is headed to U.S. theaters on Oct. 30, Ash Koosha’s Dreams of Violets was the first fully AI-generated film to screen at Tribeca earlier this year, and Koosha has now released Odysseus: The Fall to coincide with Christopher Nolan’s

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00:14:29

Entertainment AI Tech News

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/08/06

Entertainment AI Tech News with Ginger LiuAI-generated Odysseus: The Fall released ahead of Nolan’s The Odyssey, Netflix admits generative AI used in 300 TV shows and films, PixVerse raises $439 million as AI video Netflix has confirmed that generative AI was used in the production of around 300 films and television series in 2026, underscoring how rapidly the technology is becoming embedded in mainstream entertainment.Singapore-based AI video-generation startup PixVerse has raised an additional

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00:11:50

Entertainment AI Tech News

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/07/28

Oscars draw firmer line on AI, Art Directors Guild Criticizes Scorsese’s AI Storyboarding Promotion, London Startup Cascade Opens AI-Native Production Platform Ginger Liu is the founder of Hollywood PR agency, Ginger Media & Entertainment, journalist and researcher on technology and entertainment, an MFA photographer and filmmaker, and host of the podcast Digital Afterlife: Hollywood & AI Tech

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00:09:20

Entertainment AI Tech News

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/07/22

Google DeepMind’s new partnership with A24 signals how AI filmmaking tools are moving into mainstream production, with the focus on storyboards, workflows, and creative support rather than training on studio IP. This episode also covers SAG-AFTRA’s expanded AI protections, Obsidian Studio’s human-plus-AI filmmaking model, legal pressure on Meta over AI training, the proposed No Fakes Act, and backlash in China over AI actors and portrait rights.Google DeepMind’s $75 million partnership with A24

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00:10:37

Entertainment AI Tech News

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/07/14

Hollywood studios drop Sam Altman biopic after Amazon exit, Michael Caine’s AI voice to narrate new Odyssey audiobook ahead of Nolan film, The new AI film battleground is usability, not raw model power, and other news.Hollywood’s response to AI is becoming a business story as much as a creative one, with Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial and the Sam Altman biopic controversy showing how distributor politics, studio relationships, and AI partnerships can shape what reaches audiences. This episode also

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00:08:09

Digital Afterlife AI News

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/06/24

Meta once explored an AI system that could keep posting on behalf of users after death, simulating their likes, comments, messages, and even calls from beyond the grave. This episode also looks at the wider rise of grief tech, AI resurrection tools, and new research warning that digital likenesses and chatbots can turn the dead into monetized “spectral labor” while raising serious questions about consent, memory, and digital afterlife cultureMeta’s old patent for an AI system that could simulate

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00:08:47

Entertainment AI Tech News

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/06/17

Entertainment Media Market to hit USD 6,165.06 Billion by 2035, AI video generator market set to surge from $5.4bn to $83bn by 2035, Oscar winners are more likely to drive theater viewership.Ginger Liu is the founder of Hollywood PR agency, Ginger Media & Entertainment, journalist and researcher on technology and entertainment, an MFA photographer and filmmaker, and host of the podcast Digital Afterlife: Hollywood & AI Tech

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00:07:11

Entertainment AI Tech News

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/06/10

Artificial intelligence is now reshaping every stage of film and TV production, from script development and planning to editing and viewer analytics. Streaming platforms are racing to feed global audiences, and AI tools that speed up workflows and reduce costs are becoming essential in the cutthroat competition. Actors face little direct threat. Synthetic performers and digital doubles are still experimental. The bigger change is in the production engine, with scheduling software, editing systems,

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00:09:20

Entertainment AI Tech News

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/06/03

OpenAI Pulls Plug on Sora and Drops $1bn Disney Deal, Broadcasters Urge EU to Smart TV Platforms, AI Personalization and Streaming Market SurgeGinger Liu is the founder of Hollywood PR agency, Ginger Media & Entertainment, journalist and researcher on technology and entertainment, an MFA photographer and filmmaker, and host of the podcast Digital Afterlife: Hollywood & AI Tech

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00:06:19

At Cannes Marché du Film 2026, AI Takes Center Stage

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/05/28

At Cannes Marché du Film 2026, AI Takes Center StageDuring Marché du Film, I spoke with and listened to a film industry immersed in AI technologyAt Marché du Film, AI felt like a business model taking shape in public rather than a distant abstraction. The language had shifted, with AI now framed as production support that helps with brainstorming, editing, analysis, VFX, and workflow, while the creator remains human. That distinction mattered. In Cannes, the conversation centered on control, and on

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00:05:58

Entertainment AI Tech News

Digital Afterlife: Hollywood and AI Tech ·

2026/04/28

New framework for content ROI in streaming era.Film market growth accelerates for Disney, Lionsgate, and Columbia Pictures.Europe’s €141 billion audiovisual sector expands, but streaming pay and authors’ rights lag.BTS and Stranger Things top 2025’s most loved entertainment.Ginger Liu is the founder of Hollywood PR agency, Ginger Media & Entertainment, journalist and researcher on technology and entertainment, an MFA photographer and filmmaker, and host of the podcast Digital Afterlife:

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