{
  "id": 18455450,
  "title": "Hollywood Has Flipped on GenAI, Says ‘Avatar’ VFX House Weta FX Chief: ‘If You Don’t Have an AI Strategy, Don’t Bother’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/hollywood-has-flipped-on-genai-says-avatar-vfx-house-weta-fx-chief-if",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-06T06:46:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/markets-festivals/hollywood-flipped-genai-avatar-vfx-house-weta-fx-1236941070/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Major Hollywood studios have gone from banning generative AI outright to shunning visual effects vendors that lack an AI plan, according to Daniel Seah, CEO of “The Lord of the Rings” and “Avatar” VFX house Weta FX. Seah spoke to press in Taipei on Friday, after Weta FX signed a partnership with the Taiwan Creative […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}