Rushdie and Streaming Industry React to AI

After the fifth and final season of “Hacks” broke the record for most-nominated comedy series at the Emmys, it’d be natural to hope for more of the beloved show in the future. But speaking with Variety this morning after nominations were announced, co-creator and star Paul W. Downs

Since Casey Bloys took over HBO programming in February 2016, he and his team have been responsible for 1,208 Emmy nominations and 276 wins. This morning, the company landed another 122 nominations, thanks to record hauls for Hacks and huge performances for The Pitt, which landed 24 and 25 noms, res

Salman Rushdie has declared that artificial intelligence has no role to play in literature, cinema or storytelling of any kind, dismissing the technology as fundamentally incapable of originality. “Nothing. Zero,” Rushdie tells Variety when asked what part AI should play in creative work

EXCLUSIVE: As churn continues to bedevil top streamers, one emerging firm has hit on interactive, AI-driven ways to keep viewers in the fold. Versus, which has been operating in stealth mode, has worked with platforms like Disney+, Paramount+ and HBO Max, along with the NFL and content providers lik