Erik Barmack

Wild Sheep Content / Former Netflixer / Author / Football Fan

[Erik Barmack @ebarmack]

This week, for @TheAnkler, we discuss Protege AI, and the new middlemen of Hollywood: AI data brokers.

https://t.co/qM9oOHAIDs

[Erik Barmack @ebarmack]

This week, for @TheAnkler, I cover how @nyuniversity, @USC, @sundanceorg and others have had their curricula taken over by stealth AI.

https://t.co/zd9mmFSeut

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This week, for @TheAnkler, we explore @grok, @Kling_ai, @runwayml, the death of Sora, and the future of text-to-video.

https://t.co/RCxSv9PJkn

[Erik Barmack @ebarmack]

This week, for @TheAnkler, we cover Sam Altman, @OpenAI's acquisition of @tbpn, @runwayml, and why AI content companies need better PR:

https://t.co/snGQxJ2OE5

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Today, for @TheAnkler, we cover @OpenAI and its decision to shut down Sora, the fallout from its deal with @Disney, and the ransacking of Hollywood.

https://t.co/oA2qr1wsiK

[Erik Barmack @ebarmack]

This week, for @TheAnkler , we discuss Val Kilmer's role in the after-life, and the possibility that Hollywood's biggest stars will become immortal (as residual IP).

https://t.co/viJa7LwB55

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Hollywood stars and their love/hate relationship with AI, @netflix and @BenAffleck all covered on this week's column for @TheAnkler.

https://t.co/Y3z04jfkED

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This week, for @TheAnkler, we cover a fake @TomCruise and Brad Pitt fight, @BytedanceTalk and its war with Hollywood.

https://t.co/1z5brJfbeT

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This week, we discuss the rise and fall of
@OpenAI's Sora 2, its relationship to @Disney, the costs to produce AI videos, when old media and new media deals go bad, and whether doom and gloomers like me were wrong about Robots taking over short-form.

https://t.co/aL574Dmk5p

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This week, for @TheAnkler, we discuss @TheAcademy, "don't ask, don't tell" with respect to AI, and why most Oscar nominees will have AI baked into their artistic processes.

https://t.co/gzuwa2FTbB

[Erik Barmack @ebarmack]

This week, for @TheAnkler, we discuss @AnthropicAI, its investors (@Microsoft, @nvidia, @Google and @amazon), $350b market caps, and why Big Tech could overwhelm Hollywood with LLMs that have been fed the same IP that studios use to make movies.

https://t.co/yKtXr9X7Rs

[Erik Barmack @ebarmack]

This week, for @TheAnkler, we discuss @realDonaldTrump's AI executive order, @CAgovernor's response, and what it means for Hollywood.

https://t.co/8LJkqBM7Sh

[Erik Barmack @ebarmack]

This week, for @TheAnkler , we discuss why @disney
cut a deal with @OpenAI, scars from the original streaming wars with @netflix , and why Mickey Mouse is no longer IP but instead an API.

https://t.co/HDzzJQi9Qf

[Erik Barmack @ebarmack]

This week for @TheAnkler, we delve into why Hollywood execs must pay attention to AI search, and why our robot overlords believe that @harrypotter is the best IP in town.

[The Ankler @TheAnkler]

As audiences shift from searching to asking, AI becomes Hollywood’s unofficial curator. @ebarmack reports on Literate AI’s findings about superhero fatigue, video-game IP momentum and the surprises buried in AI’s information diet https://t.co/afLHqhCejl

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This week, for @TheAnkler, we follow up on @janicemin's excellent article on Tilly Norwood, @Particle6P, @sagaftra, and the coming revolution of AI actors.

https://t.co/FP9HqKzRpj

[Erik Barmack @ebarmack]

This week, for @TheAnkler , I look into the relentless drive of Big Tech to downsize Hollywood, @OpenAI and the apocalyptic loss of jobs in the coming years.

https://t.co/kospDYijMW

[The Ankler @TheAnkler]

.@ebarmack talks with Bryn Mooser, the founder behind @Asteria, an AI company that’s training models only on licensed, legally defensible material. The goal: safeguard IP and give studios AI tools that respect creativity rather than replace it https://t.co/o6Egka2bNN

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This week, for @TheAnkler, I chat with Bryn Mooser, founder of Asteria, about ethical AI, @OpenAI and why Hollywood needs to take a f***ing stand.

https://t.co/mf3FgnPmZW

[The Ankler @TheAnkler]

Sora 2 let anyone generate performances with real actors’ faces unless they opted out. WME said enough and OpenAI blinked. @ebarmack lays out the next steps in Hollywood's fight: https://t.co/ascHUxiXtD

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As promised, for @theankler, we have part II of our
@openAI series, this one focused on the devastating impact of Sora 2 to Hollywood, and @WME's historical revolt against it.

https://t.co/WHuyrpaFEH