Five AI-generated films made from OpenAI's text-to-video model Sora will be screened at the Tribeca Film Festival amid industry concerns about the technology.
Bloomberg reported last Friday that the film festival commissioned the ChatGPT-maker to produce short films with five notable filmmakers to see "how these filmmakers are extending their creativity with Sora."
The selected filmmakers include "Nanny" director Nikatyu Jusu, "Prisoners of the Ghostland" writer Reza Sixo Safai, Bonnie Discepolo, Ellie Foumbi, and Michaela Ternasky-Holland.
The report follows a few months after OpenAI was reported talking with Hollywood studio executives to bring its flagship AI model to film and show productions.
More Filmmakers Lean into Generative AI
The Tribeca Film Festival is not the only cinema event that has started showcasing AI in its line-ups as more filmmakers lean into the perceived boons of generative AI.
The Cannes Film Festival was earlier reported to have screened several feature and short films that used generative AI in their production, including a biopic that added an AI-generated version of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The same event also sparked discussions on introducing generative AI into film productions with many prominent figures giving their takes on the subject.
The same trend can be seen in the recent release of Google's AI video generator Veo where the tech giant collaborated with Donald Glover's film studio to showcase its capabilities.
Several features of the technology noticeably try to attract filmmakers and directors with Google claiming that the AI can even understand and produce cinematic techniques like "timelapse" and "aerial shots of a landscape".
AI Presence in Hollywood Remains a Concern
Despite filmmakers and producers slowly leveraging generative AI into production, crews and staff remain concerned about the technology's presence in the industry amid emerging risks with its current applications.
Days before OpenAI announced its collaboration with Tribeca Film Festival, the AI startup was embroiled in a controversy with Scarlett Johansson for supposedly using her voice to power one of its new AI voice assistants.
Hollywood actors' guild SAG-AFTRA later came in support of Johansson, calling for "federal legislation that would protect" actors' likenesses from "unauthorized digital replication."
The SAG-AFTRA headed the historic actors' strike last year where one of the main points raised was in protecting actors and staff from the effects of generative AI.
