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A24 Teams with DeepMind Amid Directors' Anti-AI Outcry

6/27/2026

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A24 announced a partnership with Google’s DeepMind to develop AI tools for filmmakers.
The deal lets A24 Labs use DeepMind’s research while keeping its library private and gives Google no data rights.
Directors Kane Parsons, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods denounced generative AI, with Parsons calling it cultural rot and Beck and Woods adding a “no AI used” disclaimer to the film “Heretic”.

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A24 announced a partnership with Google’s DeepMind to develop AI tools for filmmakers.
The deal lets A24 Labs use DeepMind’s research while keeping its library private and gives Google no data rights.
Directors Kane Parsons, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods denounced generative AI, with Parsons calling it cultural rot and Beck and Woods adding a “no AI used” disclaimer to the film “Heretic”.