Tyler Perry Halts $800M Studio Expansion, Citing Concerns Over OpenAI’s Sora

Tyler Perry has halted his planned $800 million studio expansion in Atlanta due to concerns over developments in artificial intelligence, specifically OpenAI’s text-to-video tool Sora. Perry expressed a need for the industry to get ahead of AI’s potential impact, saying, “There’s got to be some sort of regulations in order to protect us. If not, I just don’t see how we survive.” He fears for the jobs that could be lost to automation. “It makes me worry so much about all of the people in the business. Because as I was looking at it, I immediately started thinking of everyone in the industry who would be affected by this, including actors and grip and electric and transportation and sound and editors, and looking at this, I’m thinking this will touch every corner of our industry,” he said

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