This news comes as Hollywood is grappling with the implications of AI, which has been a point of contention in recent writers' and actors' strikes. Jeffrey Katzenberg, co-founder of DreamWorks, suggested that AI could significantly reduce the labor required to make animated films. Warner Music has only created a proof of concept for the film so far and plans to partner with a studio to produce the full-length film.
Key takeaways:
- Warner Music is planning to use artificial intelligence to recreate the voice and image of French artist and singer Edith Piaf for a biopic, nearly 60 years after her death.
- The AI technology will be trained on hundreds of voice clips and images to "revive" Piaf's voice for the film, which will be set in Paris and New York between the 1920s and 1960s.
- The use of AI in film production has been a point of contention in Hollywood, with concerns raised during recent writers' and actors' strikes over the use of the technology.
- Jeffrey Katzenberg, co-founder of DreamWorks, has suggested that AI could dramatically reduce the labor required to make animated films.