Entertainment and AI Tech News

<p>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 viewers say made them less likely to see the Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor thriller. AI is reshaping production and policy: Roku added a 24-hour AI channel via Fairground to its FAST lineup; Autodesk is rolling out 3D controls in Flow Studio for finer command over AI scenes; Brad Pitt argues AI could revive mid-budget films if used as a cost-saving tool rather than a performer replacement; Chinese models like MiniMax’s Hailuo 3 and ByteDance’s Seedream 5.0 are reigniting Hollywood’s copyright concerns; SAG-AFTRA is pushing back on weakening performer protections around digital replicas; the EU has begun enforcing transparency rules requiring clear labeling of AI-generated or significantly altered content; and Internet Cinematic’s new India–Japan AI film studio in Tokyo signals growing cross-border collaboration aimed at making ambitious filmmaking more accessible while keeping human artists central.</p><p><strong>Ginger Liu is the founder of Hollywood PR consultancy </strong><a href="https://www.gliumedia.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener ugc nofollow"><strong>Ginger Media &amp; Entertainment</strong></a><strong>, a </strong><a href="https://www.gingerliu.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener ugc nofollow"><strong>j</strong></a><strong>ournalist and </strong><a href="https://gingerliu.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener ugc nofollow"><strong>researcher</strong></a><strong> on technology and entertainment, an MFA photographer and filmmaker, and host of the podcast </strong><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/digital-afterlife-hollywood-ai-tech/id1647066879" target="_blank" rel="noopener ugc nofollow"><strong>Digital Afterlife: Hollywood &amp; AI Tech</strong></a></p>