Is AI-Restoring Orson Welles or the Wizard of Oz a Good Idea?
In 1986, The New York Times ran a screed against a film-restoration trend gaining steam. Published in the thick of the “colorization” craze of…
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Why is an Amazon-backed AI startup making Orson Welles fan fiction?
On Friday, a startup called Fable announced an ambitious, if head-scratching, plan to recreate the lost 43 minutes of Orson…
Orson Welles Estate Blasts AI-Generated ‘Magnificent Ambersons’ Footage
The Orson Welles estate objects to AI startup Fable Studio‘s plans to “reconstruct” lost footage of the director’s 1942 feature…
AII Company to Reconstruct Orson Welles’ ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’
Since the rise of generative artificial intelligence in 2022, the technology has mostly been plugged into parts of the production…
Orson Welles AI-Generated Voice Added to Storyrabbit App
Nearly 40 years after his death, Orson Welles is back — as a disembodied AI-generated voice in location-based storytelling app…