Ben Affleck Says He Used AI For 'Lots Of Things' In New Movie 'Animals'
The actor-director reveals his ethical approach to using artificial intelligence in the Netflix thriller Animals, which he co-wrote and starred in.
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The story so far
5 publishers have covered this in 7 articles since 1 Oct 2026. The Hollywood Reporter published first, on 1 October at 03:41 UTC; The A.V. Club followed 10h 25m later. The most recent article, from The A.V. Club, appeared on 2 October at 15:47 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), Variety (major outlet), The A.V. Club, Deadline, Rolling Stone.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- The Hollywood ReporterBen Affleck Used AI “For Lots of Things” in His New Netflix Movie ‘Animals’
- The A.V. ClubBen Affleck praises his "ethical" AI use in new film Animals
- DeadlineBen Affleck Used AI For “Lots Of Things” In Netflix’s ‘Animals’: “It’s A Very Human Movie”
- The Hollywood ReporterBen Affleck Explains His Approach to Using AI Ethically on New Movie ‘Animals’: “It’s Not About Making Fake People or Replacing Anybody, Ever”
- VarietyBen Affleck’s ‘Animals’ Cast Wants Him to Run for Office: ‘Maybe They Hate Me’
- Rolling StoneBen Affleck Says He Used AI for ‘Lots Of Things’ in His New Movie ‘Animal’
- The A.V. ClubBen Affleck's Animals cast wants him to run for political office
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Ben Affleck’s ‘Animals’ Cast Wants Him to Run for Office: ‘Maybe They Hate Me’ Variety ·
- Ben Affleck Explains His Approach to Using AI Ethically on New Movie ‘Animals’: “It’s Not About Making Fake People or Replacing Anybody, Ever” The Hollywood Reporter ·
- Ben Affleck Used AI “For Lots of Things” in His New Netflix Movie ‘Animals’ The Hollywood Reporter ·
- Ben Affleck's Animals cast wants him to run for political office The A.V. Club
- Ben Affleck Says He Used AI for ‘Lots Of Things’ in His New Movie ‘Animal’ Rolling Stone
- Ben Affleck Used AI For “Lots Of Things” In Netflix’s ‘Animals’: “It’s A Very Human Movie” Deadline
- Ben Affleck praises his "ethical" AI use in new film Animals The A.V. Club
In this story
- Ben Affleck
- Animals
- Netflix