{"id":30662,"date":"2026-08-07T04:28:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30662"},"modified":"2026-08-07T04:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:28:28","slug":"fear-loathing-and-endless-potential-at-ai4-conference-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30662","title":{"rendered":"Fear, Loathing and Endless Potential at AI4 Conference in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn today\u2019s episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/p\/daily-variety-podcast\/\">\u201cDaily Variety\u201d podcast<\/a>, <em>Variety<\/em>\u2019s Corbin Bolies reports from Las Vegas where he is <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/inside-googles-efforts-creatives-hooked-on-ai-1236827944\/\">covering the AI4 conference with a slew of top leaders<\/a> and true believers. The excitement around generative AI is still as hot as the temperature in Sin City, but the polarizing effect of the technology is evident as well, Bolies reports.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"pmc-protected-embed-2\" class=\"pmc-protected-embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/strictly-business\/daily-variety-fear-loathing-and-endless-potential-ai4-conference-takes-stock-of-transformative-technologies\/embed?media=audio&amp;size=wide&amp;style=cover\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBolies, who joined <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/digital\/news\/variety-hires-corbin-bolies-ai-reporter-1236758899\/\"><em>Variety<\/em> earlier this year as our first AI beat reporter,<\/a> made the trek to Las Vegas in part to moderate a session with filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/scott-mann\/\" id=\"auto-tag_scott-mann\" data-tag=\"scott-mann\">Scott Mann<\/a>, who heads the AI tech firm Flawless. There is <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMann\u2019s focus is on guiding the creative community to an understanding of \u201cjust how people can navigate this conversation in a way that amplifies filmmaking and creativity, while keeping humans at the forefront in this era of AI slop,\u201d Bolies explains. \u201cYou have Hollywood studios and creatives afraid of just what AI\u2019s impact on the industry can be, from both the models that are trained and scraping their copyrighted work to generated content that people fear may take the place of traditional films and traditional TV shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFlawless focuses on tools that help filmmakers more easily handle dubbing of content for various markets. Mann emphasizes the benefits of that AI tech can offer in handling certain post-production functions that can otherwise be very costly. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWhen people hear the word AI, their first thoughts are the extremes, and Scott\u2019s hoping that Flawless and other filmmakers who are working in the same space as him can break through that noise and show that AI can be additive to Hollywood and helpful while keeping humans and creatives working in partnership with them,\u201d Bolies says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/ai4\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ai4\" data-tag=\"ai4\">AI4<\/a> conference, held at the Venetian Las Vegas, casts a wide net on AI\u2019s impact well beyond entertainment and content creation. Bolies says the coming wave of robotic devices will be capable of mind-blowing functions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve seen at least three different types of humanoid robots today alone \u2014 one that looks straight out of Will Smith\u2019s [2004 thriller] \u2018I, Robot,\u2019 \u201d he says. \u201cThey looked a little freaky to me, but it just shows what the mobility of these robotics are. We\u2019ve seen AI on a software level, but on a hardware level, that\u2019s going to be a big impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/daily-variety\/\">Listen to Daily Variety<\/a><\/em><\/strong><em><strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/269-daily-variety-287806641\/\">iHeartPodcasts<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1119-strictly-business-30950719\/\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Variety\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCPo1esChL02h3WQo69TiAag\">YouTube Podcast<\/a>\u00a0channel,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/57f4fab9-d055-4e4f-9bbd-a33a01dd6a40\/strictly-business\">Amazon Music<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0gXghvpBqLBXznnxGVsPt5\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and other podcast platforms.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today\u2019s episode of \u201cDaily Variety\u201d podcast, Variety\u2019s Corbin Bolies reports from Las Vegas where he is covering the AI4 conference with a slew of top leaders and true believers. 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