TechGoogle needs Hollywood more than the studios need AI

Google is reportedly approaching major Hollywood studios with offers worth hundreds of millions of dollars for licenses to train AI models on copyrighted libraries. The deals could give studios short-term revenue and help Google make generative AI seem more acceptable, but they also expose the entertainment industry to significant risks and could backfire.

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