Last Updated on October 2, 2026 by Cliche
Ben Affleck‘s latest film, “Animals,” arrives on Netflix on October 9 and will also be shown in select theaters. He also directs the crime thriller and stars alongside Kerry Washington. Recently, after admitting the new movie used artificial intelligence, the Hollywood icon shed more light on how the technology was used while also addressing problems beyond AI that the movie business has suffered from.
Ben Affleck Discusses His Use Of AI In ‘Animals’
The Hollywood Reporter interviewed Affleck on the red carpet at the premiere of “Animals.” During the conversation, he was asked about his earlier statements about the film in which he revealed that artificial intelligence was used in the production. Notably, many have since wondered how extensively it was used.
Regarding his approach to the technology, he said, “I wouldn’t use something that trains on or has learned from any work that is copywritten, or that is an intelligence created by a peer of mine or somebody that I look up to.”
The 54-year-old continued, “That was why we created a dataset that was proprietary, so that it wouldn’t have to be extractive.” After that, Afflect stated that he...