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NAZA: When technology makes killing a calculation

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GOA, India – There are films that recount the horrors of war, films that make audiences feel the pain of those who endure it, and films that take us somewhere far more disturbing: into the machinery that makes such horrors possible. NAZA, the documentary by Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, belongs to this…

Fleming wins Emmy for AI technology: ‘Making Tom Hanks 20 years old again’

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The company BRAHMA AI, founded by Flemish entrepreneur Jo Plaete, has won a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for AI-based visual effects. The technology allows actors in films to be made to look decades younger or to speak a different language, whilst their voice and facial expressions remain the same. “This means a Flemish film…

Videoworks and Coton: sound technology in yacht design

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Videoworks, a global leader in the design and integration of AV/IT, security, automation and entertainment systems for luxury yachting, and Coton, a Japanese sound design company founded in 2019 out of the Tokyo University of the Arts, have unveiled a new collaboration dedicated to integrating sound into yacht design through the Immersive Audio Experience. The…

“Make friends with AI”: Rajkumar Hirani on the technology reshaping creativity

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Rajkumar Hirani did not set out to make an AI film simply because the technology was new. When he came on board to create Bajaj’s 100-year corporate film, the idea had already been developed around the company’s historical connection with Mahatma Gandhi. His task was to turn that idea into almost 10-minute film that could…