{"id":216314,"date":"2026-05-18T21:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T01:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/a-filmmaking-tool-or-an-existential-threat-cannes-film-festival-weighs-the-rise-of-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T07:16:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:16:50","slug":"a-filmmaking-tool-or-an-existential-threat-cannes-film-festival-weighs-the-rise-of-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/a-filmmaking-tool-or-an-existential-threat-cannes-film-festival-weighs-the-rise-of-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"A filmmaking tool or an existential threat: Cannes Film Festival weighs the rise of AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/newsradiowrva\/entertainment\/cannes-ai-artificial-intelligence-ae1a0675087211195d6e2b1f40a9ddd1\">A filmmaking tool or an existential threat: Cannes Film Festival weighs the rise of AI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/newsradiowrva\/entertainment\/cannes-ai-artificial-intelligence-ae1a0675087211195d6e2b1f40a9ddd1\">https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/newsradiowrva\/entertainment\/cannes-ai-artificial-intelligence-ae1a0675087211195d6e2b1f40a9ddd1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-18 21:05:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.audacy.com\">www.audacy.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The 79th Cannes Film Festival became a focal point for discussions on artificial intelligence (AI), with its potential to transform the movie industry generating considerable debate.<\/li>\n<li>For the first time, Cannes has collaborated with Meta, which employed its AI tools, including in Steven Soderbergh&#8217;s documentary &#8220;John Lennon: The Last Interview&#8221;, sparking both criticism and experimentation discussions.<\/li>\n<li>Filmmakers and actors at Cannes are expressing varied views on AI, with some like Demi Moore feeling it&#8217;s an inevitable battle and others, like Peter Jackson seeing it as no different than other special effects.<\/li>\n<li>Recent guidelines from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists focus on AI&#8217;s application in the film industry, highlighting the ongoing negotiation of AI&#8217;s role.<\/li>\n<li>Despite stringent red carpet rules, Cannes has not instituted a ban on films using AI, with its artistic director believing in the necessity of controlling AI while supporting artists&#8217; jobs.<\/li>\n<li>Experts like Scott Mann from Flawless argue that while unregulated generative AI poses risks, thoughtful, regulated use of AI could benefit the film industry, necessitating a technological evolution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A filmmaking tool or an existential threat: Cannes Film Festival weighs the rise of AI&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/media-library\/france-cannes-2-26.jpg?id=66750756&width=1200&height=600&coordinates=0%2C416%2C0%2C417","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20,19],"class_list":["post-216314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-generative-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216316,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216314\/revisions\/216316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}