{
  "id": 13148520,
  "title": "Lost generation: the AI threat to Britain’s next great directors",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/lost-generation-the-ai-threat-to-britains-next-great-directors",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-09T15:00:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/09/ai-threat-britain-directors-ridley-scott-guy-ritchie"
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  "summary": "Commercials once launched careers from Ridley Scott to Guy Ritchie, now automated production is cutting costs – and the chance to learn by doing When Ridley Scott was awarded the UK’s highest accolade for a glittering career directing films from Alien and Blade Runner to Gladiator and The Martian , he reminded those attending the Bafta event eight years ago that making commercials had been his…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}