Darren Aronofsky’s First Gen-AI Film with Google DeepMind Goes Inside the Womb

Darren Aronofsky’s First Gen-AI Film with Google DeepMind Goes Inside the Womb

After officially announcing a new partnership with Google DeepMind to produce short films with Gen-AI and some of Google’s newly announced tools last month, filmmaker Darren Aronofsky has unveiled the first of three planned shorts created using generative AI. Directed by Eliza McNitt and produced by Aronofsky, the short is entitled “Ancestra,” and it will premiere at the Tribeca Festival on Friday night. Per an official statement, the 8-minute s…

Primordial Soup Used Google DeepMind's Generative AI Models to Help Produce 'Ancestra' Short Film

Darren Aronofsky, the famed filmmaker behind Black Swan and Requiem for a Dream, has never been one to play it safe with storytelling. His latest venture, Primordial Soup, partnered with Google DeepMind to explore the world of generative AI. Their debut project, an eight-minute short called Ancestra directed by Eliza McNitt, premiered at the Tribeca [...]