Lionsgate Vice Chairman: AI Will Save Company Tens of Millions Annually, AI Firms Could Be Future Buyers
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Dade Hayes
Summary
Lionsgate Vice Chairman Michael Burns stated at the Gabelli Sports & Media Symposium that AI will save the company "tens and tens of millions of dollars a year" across film/TV production and FAST channel curation. He also suggested AI firms could be "wild-card" candidates to eventually acquire Lionsgate, which has long been considered a ripe acquisition target. Burns described the pace of AI advancement as "Moore's law on crack."
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· 3 pulledAI will save the company 'tens and tens of millions of dollars a year'
It's like Moore's law on crack
wild-card candidates to one day buy Lionsgate
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