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Atomic-backed Jumpcut uses data to advance diversity in film

TechCrunch

Set in India, his script garnered some interest from producers, but no one took the plunge to fund a film by a first-time Indian director. Now, films featuring diverse casts are gaining traction – this year, Chloé Zhao became the first woman of color, and only the second woman ever, to win the Academy Award for Best Director.

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AI touches everything, everywhere all at once at Disrupt

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In the past six months alone, TechCrunch has written nearly 600 articles focused on the impact of AI technology in our lives across industries as varied as film , healthcare , marketing and supply chains to name but a few. Like it or not, AI is part of our lives from here on out — for better or worse. Buy your pass now and save up to $625.

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10 Trends of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in 2020

iTexico

10 Trends of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in 2020. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been predictable for decades, probably because the technology was associated with robots. So, if you consider the fact that only one in ten films are profitable, it is apparent that the use of AI in this sector is inevitable.

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Step Inside the Future: Experience Exhilarating Virtual Worlds with Immersive Technology

CableLabs

The newest film in the “Near Future” series shows what a day in the life of a family looks like as technology transforms how they work, study and engage with each other. This is the future that the “Step Inside” film explores—and it’s not that far off. This is the future that the “Step Inside” film explores—and it’s not that far off.

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Generative AI won’t automate your way to business model innovation

CIO

Integrating artificial intelligence into business has spawned enterprise-wide automation. The more successful companies will augment and empower employees and reimagine roles with artificial intelligence to outperform everyone else. Artificial Intelligence, Business

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Papercup raises $20M for AI that automatically dubs videos

TechCrunch

Dubbing is a lucrative market, with Verified Market Research predicting that film dubbing services alone could generate $3.6 Founded in 2017 by Shemen and Jiameng Gao, Papercup offers an AI-powered dubbing solution that identities human voices in a target film or show and generates dubs in a new language. billion annually by 2027.

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Remento, a storytelling app for preserving family stories, raises $3M and debuts its iOS app

TechCrunch

Remento was founded in 2020 by Charlie Greene, who came up with the idea for the company after filming a series of interviews with his mother shortly after she was diagnosed with cancer. In the future, the app will use artificial intelligence and natural language processing to automate the organization process once content is created.

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