CONVERGER’S AI in Hollywood News Roundup

All the news that's fit to stack about AI's collisions with the film business in July and August

Aug 18 • Kevin Bankston

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When Villains Rule: How Marvel and DC Comics Became the Unexpected Anti-Trump Art Form

Across the comics multiverse, authoritarian villains rule while insurgent superheroes fight the power...for now.

Aug 11 • Kevin Bankston

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July 2026

CONVERGER #5 — How to Copyright AI-Generated Works, From the Lawyer Who Did It for "Critterz"

Also: The A24/Google Deal and Other Team-Ups Between Studios and AI Labs; Hollywood’s New Short Story Gold Rush

Jul 7 • Kevin Bankston

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CONVERGER #4.5 — The Anthropic Fable FUBAR

How the White House is Censoring Our AI Future

Jul 1 • Kevin Bankston

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June 2026

CONVERGER #4 — How I Got an AI-Generated TV Series Cancelled (Accidentally)

ALSO: ‘AI on the Lot’ Conference Takeaways, Tech Brother vs. Hollywood Brother, and the Last Edition of Hannah Einbinder’s Swirlie Watch!

Jun 11 • Kevin Bankston

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May 2026

CONVERGER #3 — The Cannes AI Vibe Shift

Also: mapping the microdrama megatrend, how I “engineered wonder" by making comic books, and more!

May 26 • Kevin Bankston

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CONVERGER #2 — YouTube’s Chilling Crackdown on AI Creators

Also: AI labs hypocritically condemn everyone else's internet scraping; viral internet creators dominate horror cinema; Noah Hawley is the franchise…

May 7 • Kevin Bankston

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April 2026

CONVERGER #1 — Super-Sized First Edition

Mapping the content singularity where all media collapse into one

Apr 21 • Kevin Bankston

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