{
  "id": 220593,
  "title": "James Gray Says AI Is ‘Worthless’ and Young People Won’t Stand for It: They ‘Have a Real Hunger for Interesting, Honest Stuff’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/james-gray-says-ai-is-worthless-and-young-people-wont-stand-for-it",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-06T11:50:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/awards/awards/james-gray-ai-locarno-award-paper-tiger-scarlett-johansson-1236828875/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Over 30 years into his career, James Gray isn’t following any trends. And he’s not about to start now. “This idea that we’re supposed to always try to be ‘new’… That doesn’t really mean anything. Many people say: ‘Oh, it’s important for a work to be fresh.’ The older I get, the more I realize […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}