Dominic Lees

Associate Professor in Filmmaking, University of Reading. Expert in deepfakes and synthetic media; makes films, writes about films. @UniofReading

[Dominic Lees @dominiclees]

The controversy over a modest use of AI in 'The Brutalist' has got out of hand. Here's my take on the argument: https://t.co/H02MsGcJwU

[Connecting Research @UniRdg_Research]

'Performers are the canaries in the coalmine': experts from @ftt_reading Synthetic Media Research Network weigh in on the need for AI regulation in the UK's film and TV industries at Parliament inquiry.

🔗https://t.co/bRoNkNTHiR

[Dominic Lees @dominiclees]

I've just come back from the Slobodna Zona (Free Zone) Film Festival in Belgrade, a superb human rights focused event. Thanks to Lena Trifunović and Tamara Mylo at the SONAR sidebar talks, who invited me to speak on the panel on AI in film. @ftt_reading @UniRdg_Research

[Dominic Lees @dominiclees]

The recording of my public lecture on 'Deepfakes and AI in Film and Media' is available to view here: https://t.co/oYhSiuToLq

[Benjamin Field ❎ @Benjamin_field]

Our AI Michael Parkinson spoke publicly for the first time on this morning on @BBCRadio4! @ImJamieAnderson & Mike Parkinson had a discussion about 'Virtually Parkinson', which comes out later this year. The pod follows all the guidelines of Pact & Equity UK & has a twist to it!

[Connecting Research @UniRdg_Research]

This #MediaLiteracy Week, the spotlight is on generative AI - and it's potential to distort and disinform.

In this month's public lecture, @DominicLees asks can you still trust what you see?

30 Oct, 19:30-20:45. Sign up for the livestream now: https://t.co/gvngZ1rUHX

[Dominic Lees @dominiclees]

Here's the trailer for my Public Lecture, 'Deepfakes and AI in film and media', 30th Oct 2024. In person tickets have sold out, but please join us on the livestream. https://t.co/dOhh4oZMhX @UniofReading @UniRdg_Research @ftt_reading @CommonsCMS @responsibleaiuk

[Dominic Lees @dominiclees]

I'm looking forward to delivering a public lecture on Generative AI in film and its cultural and political implications - please join us on 30th October. Book here 👉 https://t.co/m8mNKXqQpW

[Dominic Lees @dominiclees]

Many thanks to Documentary Campus for inviting me to speak on AI and filmmaking at the CineLink Industry Days. @30thSFF is fantastic! I also gave talks on AI to the inspirational Talents Sarajevo young filmmakers. @Doc_Campus @UniRdg_Research @ftt_reading

[Sight and Sound magazine @SightSoundmag]

“Documentary makers Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck present us with a dilemma: now that AI can achieve a simulated conversation with your dead loved one, would you take up the offer?”

@dominiclees reviews Eternal You, out now. https://t.co/8F0VEegcYU

[Dominic Lees @dominiclees]

@Mathilde_Pavis Fabulous that you will be making a big contribution to UNESCO, Mathilde.

[Dominic Lees @dominiclees]

Thanks to https://t.co/gB2lTTkNAn for hosting a series of very important discussions on AI and film, at HFF Munich 1-3 May. Honoured to join these great thinkers for a panel on ethics and AI - Cassie Quarless, Stefanie Urchs and @NadineHammele
@UniRdg_Research @ftt_reading

[Dominic Lees @dominiclees]

I'm honoured to have been invited to join the panel on AI and Ethics at DOKfest Munich. These debates will shape the future of our industry. https://t.co/22ZcODn6ur @UniofReading @UniRdg_Research @ftt_reading @Doc_Campus

[Respeecher @respeecher]

📢We are excited to announce that our very own Alex Serdiuk, Respeecher CEO, had a captivating interview on @BBC Radio 4!🎙️

Tune in at the 49-minute mark to get a glimpse of the innovative technology reshaping the sound industry 👉🏻 https://t.co/VrESaJ3ITD

#voicecloning #AIVoice

[Dominic Lees @dominiclees]

Honoured to be invited to deliver a keynote on actors and AI at the ZFICTION conference next week https://t.co/dI6Nyzjm9m @UniRdg_Research @ftt_reading @EquityUK #AI @UniofReading

[Dominic Lees @dominiclees]

Here's an in-depth podcast discussion about issues in the creative use of deepfakes in filmmaking. Thanks to the great team at 'The Last Human Voice'. @UniRdg_Research #deepfakes #ArtificialIntelligence #VirtualMaggie #uniofreading @ftt_reading https://t.co/IB3THCzpor

[Respeecher @respeecher]

Voice actors & the National Association of Voice Actors are voicing the need for "consent, compensation, & control" in AI #voiceovers. Leading the charge, #Respeecher champions #ethicalAI, ensuring creator protection.

👉 https://t.co/IjhnXe4rZU #voicecloning #videogame

[Dominic Lees @dominiclees]

Watch Marco Tempest's beautiful use of GenAI to tell the story of Ada Lovelace https://t.co/YmU612VnJ3

[Dr Mathilde Pavis @Mathilde_Pavis]

OpenAI's new #AI video tool shows us that market domination can leverage legal uncertainty, lack of or high-level regulation to its advantage. How will that support innovation, creative workers' rights or citizen welfare?

We talk this through w/ @symeonbrown on @Channel4News

[Dr Mathilde Pavis @Mathilde_Pavis]

The UK government's strategy on AI throws the ball to Labour and ultimately.. lower case 'labour' @technollama

Creative workers and SMEs are at serious risks of being squeezed out of their market without safeguarding regulation.

Link to the AI strategy: https://t.co/DB0FNwVqlh