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Foster, Lynton Flag AI Threat to Actors at Aspen Festival

7/3/2026

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Jodie Foster and CEO Michael Lynton discussed AI at the Aspen Ideas Festival.
Foster said the Brad Pitt film “F1,” which earned $634 million, seemed AI-made.
She said studios use AI to replace actors, cut costs, and aid pre-visualization, but it may eliminate jobs without union-negotiated repeat-use fees.
She cited a nonsensical sequence in “My Private Life,” and Variety got no comment from her, Apple or writer Ehren Kruger.

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Jodie Foster and CEO Michael Lynton discussed AI at the Aspen Ideas Festival.
Foster said the Brad Pitt film “F1,” which earned $634 million, seemed AI-made.
She said studios use AI to replace actors, cut costs, and aid pre-visualization, but it may eliminate jobs without union-negotiated repeat-use fees.
She cited a nonsensical sequence in “My Private Life,” and Variety got no comment from her, Apple or writer Ehren Kruger.