AI Startup Falsely Claimed Its Film Premiered at Cannes; Festival Confirms It Was Never in Official Program
Last week an AI startup called Higgsfield announced it had premiered a fully AI-generated feature film at Cannes. The Wall Street Journal covered it. The founder posted on LinkedIn that "for decades…
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