James Cameron criticised for joining AI company [Video]

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Titanic and Avatar director James Cameron is facing backlash after it was announced that he has joined the board of an artificial intelligence start-up.

The 70-year-old will be joining Stability AI, the London-based maker of text-to-image generator Stable Diffusion.

In August 2023, the company was part of a lawsuit which saw three visual artists attempt to protect their copyrights and careers by suing makers of AI tools that can generate new imagery on command.

CNBC reports that after OpenAI unveiled the first short films created using its new video AI tool Sora in March, Hollywood executives began talking to the AI firm to discuss the potential of using the technology in films.

Cameron has now become one of the first major Hollywood names to make the jump to AI, becoming the …

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