The American Society of Cinematographers is releasing StEM3-VP , a set of open reference assets built to evaluate and calibrate in-camera visual effects stages, and the material is joining the Ac
Disney is putting digital creators on a Hollywood red carpet and opening its Burbank studio lot for a new two-day gathering called Created in LA. The event, which Disney describes as its fi
Netflix disclosed that generative AI workflows were used in roughly 300 of its titles in 2026, the clearest number the company has put on its production-side AI use so far. The figure app
Foundry launched Griptape Enterprise, a new license tier of its Griptape AI workflow orchestration platform built to run generative pipelines entirely inside a studio'
LTX is spinning off from Lightricks to operate as an independent company built around open "world models," AI systems designed to understand and simulate physical and virt
Netflix's Production Technology Resources channel released a technical deep dive on the ACES Metadata File , the sidecar file that carries a color pipeline from the set thro
Midjourney is pushing a federal court to make Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. disclose how the studios use artificial intelligence inside their own operations, putting Hollywo
A world model and GenAI hackathon, Worlds in Action Hack [02-LA]: SIGGRAPH Edition , runs July 18-19, 2026 at the Arizona State University California Ce
Sony Pictures Entertainment is investing $100 million in Cosm for a minority stake in the immersive venue company, according to The Hollywood Reporter . SPE chairman and CEO Ravi Ahuja will join Cosm
Martin Scorsese has signed on as an advisor to Black Forest Labs , the AI lab behind the FLUX image model family, with the company framing his role around using its tools for pre-produc
Google is putting a reported $75 million into A24 and pairing the studio with Google DeepMind to develop AI filmmaking tools, according to the companies' research p
DreamWorks' MoonRay Keynote Headlines ASWF Open Source Days in LA June 22, 2026 The Academy Software Foundation released the full schedule for Open Source Days , its annual open source program for motion picture and media technology. The event runs July 19-20, 2026 at the J.W
DreamWorks' MoonRay Renderer Becomes an ASWF-Hosted Project May 19, 2026 DreamWorks Animation's MoonRay renderer — the path-tracing engine behind every DreamWorks feature film since 2019 — has joined the Academy Software Foundation as an official hosted project. For VFX a
Chinese short-video platform Kuaishou is preparing to spin off its Kling AI video generation business into a standalone company at a target valuation near $20 billion, according to The Information . The unit i
Two AI tools aimed at independent filmmakers launched at the Cannes Marché du Film from Chris Bird, the former managing director of Prime Vide
Aronofsky-Produced AI Hybrid Short 'Goodnight, Lamby' Premieres at Cannes Classics May 16, 2026 Goodnight, Lamby , a live-action and animation hybrid short film produced by Darren Aronofsky's Primordial Soup and built in part with Google DeepMind's generative AI t
Viewers Downgrade Art When Told It's AI, Even When It's an Actual Monet May 16, 2026 A viral X post asked followers to explain, in as much detail as possible, what made an "AI-generated Monet" inferior to a real Monet painting. The image was a real Monet. The cr
Netflix's INKubator Brings GenAI-Native Animation Pipelines to Shorts and Specials May 16, 2026 Netflix has been building an internal animation studio called INKubator (INK) that will produce short-form animated content using generative AI, The Verge reported . The unit launc
SAG-AFTRA's Tentative AMPTP Deal Expands AI Guardrails, Stretches to Four Years May 06, 2026 SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers reached a tentative agreement on a successor to the 2023 TV/Theatrical Contracts, according to Deadline . AI guar
The Visual Effects Society has launched VFX Women Who Lead , a new initiative chaired by Neishaw Ali (founding partner, CEO, and executive producer of Spin VFX ) that aims to address systemic barriers fa
Wonder Project, the faith-and-family streaming platform behind House of David , has partnered with generative AI lab Luma AI to launch Innovative Dreams , a production company and R
Avid and Google Cloud have signed a multi-year partnership to embed Gemini models and Vertex AI into Avid Media Composer and Content Core, Avid's new cloud-native SaaS platform, acco
Axle AI has purchased the Portfolio digital asset management product line from Extensis, a Monotype company. The acquisition reflects a broader industry shift toward on-premise workflows driven by cost concerns and fears
LucidLink has launched Connect , an API-driven access layer that enables teams to stream data directly from existing AWS S3 buckets in real time. Connect is now generally available on Enterprise plans, with AWS Ma
