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Martin Scorsese Becomes the Latest — and Most Unlikely — Hollywood Voice for AI
The caveat is that one of the world's most famous living directors is using the tech solely for storyboarding.
TL;DR
- Martin Scorsese has become a partner and adviser to AI image-generation startup Black Forest Labs.
- Scorsese will use the AI technology exclusively for storyboarding his films.
- He stated the tool helps him communicate his vision faster and more efficiently.
- Black Forest Labs is a German startup that powers image features for Adobe, Canva, Microsoft, and Meta.
- The company was valued at $3.25 billion and was founded by the team behind Stable Diffusion.
- The startup previously declined a partnership with Elon Musk's xAI.
- This move indicates a softening of Hollywood's resistance to AI.