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Late Night With the Devil, a new retro indie horror film starring character actor David Dastmalchian as a 1970s talk show host who attempts to commune with the incarnation of evil on live TV, was one of the most buzzed about projects to emerge from this year’s South-by-Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, earning an impressive 100% “fresh” rating on the the review aggregator service Rotten Tomatoes, for a time.
But the film and its co-director brothers Cameron and Colin Cairnes now find themselves at the center of a controversy on X and other social platforms over the usage of AI-generated imagery as retro TV graphics in the film, including one of a skeleton.
Another apparently AI-generated interstitial (in between) title card shows an owl.
As more people have begun seeing the film — it officially begins playing widely in theaters in the U.S. tomorrow, Friday March 22, 2024, though it has been viewable previously at SXSW earlier this month and in select locations — a number of users on X, Reddit, and movie review site Letterboxd have posted to express their disappointment at the AI generated imagery.
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Instead, they believe the filmmakers should have used more traditional technologies or contracted an artist, called the usage of AI “depressing” and saying it “broke” their “heart.”
Some, including AI-critic and visual artist Karla Ortiz — one of the leading plaintif …
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Join Gen AI enterprise leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversations surrounding data integrity. Request an invite here.
Late Night With the Devil, a new retro indie horror film starring character actor David Dastmalchian as a 1970s talk show host who attempts to commune with the incarnation of evil on live TV, was one of the most buzzed about projects to emerge from this year’s South-by-Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, earning an impressive 100% “fresh” rating on the the review aggregator service Rotten Tomatoes, for a time.
But the film and its co-director brothers Cameron and Colin Cairnes now find themselves at the center of a controversy on X and other social platforms over the usage of AI-generated imagery as retro TV graphics in the film, including one of a skeleton.
Another apparently AI-generated interstitial (in between) title card shows an owl.
As more people have begun seeing the film — it officially begins playing widely in theaters in the U.S. tomorrow, Friday March 22, 2024, though it has been viewable previously at SXSW earlier this month and in select locations — a number of users on X, Reddit, and movie review site Letterboxd have posted to express their disappointment at the AI generated imagery.
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The AI Impact Tour – Atlanta
Continuing our tour, we’re headed to Atlanta for the AI Impact Tour stop on April 10th. This exclusive, invite-only event, in partnership with Microsoft, will feature discussions on how generative AI is transforming the security workforce. Space is limited, so request an invite today.
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Instead, they believe the filmmakers should have used more traditional technologies or contracted an artist, called the usage of AI “depressing” and saying it “broke” their “heart.”
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