Secret Hollywood Group’s AI Plan Focuses on Defining How AI Is Used — While Keeping Humans in Control

Home Biz News Aug 21, 2026 4:12pm PT Secret Hollywood Group’s AI Plan Focuses on Defining How AI Is Used — While Keeping Humans in Control By Corbin Bolies Plus Icon Corbin Bolies Latest Apple Music to Label AI-Made Tracks Later This Year 1 day ago AI Music Companies Udio and GRAI License Swath of Patents From UMG-Backed Music IP Holdings (EXCLUSIVE) 1 day ago Hook, AI-Powered Music Remixing App, Strikes UMG Deal as It Takes Social-Forward Approach to Fan-Created Remixes (EXCLUSIVE) 2 days ago See All Getty Images for Disney A group of Hollywood filmmakers, executives and actors has spent the last three years secretly meeting with Silicon Valley executives to try to address a simmering issue in the industry: how to define where AI is useful in the context of a human-controlled creative process. The meetings were first convened in November 2023 by LucasFilm pioneer Kathleen Kennedy and American Film Institute dean Susan Ruskin. After a meeting last weekend of about 120 participants, the coalition landed on a framework that outlines how AI is already present in the film industry and defines ways humans can maintain control of other use cases — and potentially use AI to produce copyrightable work. Related Stories 'Wonder Man' Co-Creator Says 'Contracts Were Signed, Schedules Were Cleared' Before Marvel Series Was Canceled: 'This Is Not a Marketing Stunt'