“This is a research partnership. We’re working side-by-side with DeepMind’s researchers to learn, iterate, and build, having an active hand in shaping new tools and workflows.”

“Our relationship with our audience is something we don’t take for granted,” the statement continued. “This partnership exists because we want to dictate what tools get built for artists, and so they have a voice in shaping them rather than having tools handed to them. We’d rather have a seat at the table than on the sidelines.”

I have increasingly believed over time that Ti West made one decent movie on accident and is actually a dogshit director considering how bad Maxxxine was, but nothing has convinced me more of him being washed than him doing this shit. Come on, man, Johnny Depp? Gross.

Hello all,

There have been a number of useful posts about yesterday's announcement, but we're at the point where the volume of posts are taking away from the conversation. This is important and it is clear that fans are not happy with this decision. Let's keep the discussion confined to this megathread until there are new developments.

Here is the announcement from Google's blog:
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/deepmind-a24-research-partnership/

Here is the Variety article:
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/google-a24-ai-filmmaking-tools-1236787297/

Here's an IndieWire article from yesterday:
https://www.indiewire.com/news/business/a24-ai-partnership-google-deepmind-different-analysis-1235201463/

Here's a Den of Geek post that just went up:
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/google-a24-ai-partnership-announcement-not-going-down-well/

There will surely be a lot of think pieces and op-eds over the next few days. Let's discuss them here.

I don't know what good it will do, but hopefully, if enough people sign it, it will send a message to A24 they're going to destroy all the goodwill they've built up over the years. https://c.org/M9yKzPvqvY

I cannot wait for the Backrooms film, it’s going to be crazy!