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George Clooney Warns AI Could Blur the Line Between Fact and Fiction in Creative Industries

From Republika · () Indonesian

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  • George Clooney warned at the Venice Film Festival that AI is making it harder to distinguish fact from fiction.
  • He said the greater danger may come when people begin doubting authentic evidence as well as fabricated content.
  • Clooney also criticized concentrated media ownership and received the festival’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

George Clooney accepted Venice’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement with a warning that artificial intelligence could make truth increasingly difficult to recognize. The actor said the technology poses problems not only for creative industries, but also for journalism and society.

It is becoming harder for us to distinguish the truth. I do not want to appear in an advertisement for women’s sanitary pads 20 years after I die. I really do not want that.

· George ClooneyHe described his concern about unauthorized AI or deepfake uses of his face and voice.

Clooney said he was concerned that his face or voice could be misused in deepfake or AI-generated content. “It is becoming harder for us to distinguish the truth. I do not want to appear in an advertisement for women’s sanitary pads 20 years after I die. I really do not want that,” he said.

For Clooney, the most dangerous outcome is not simply that people believe fake material. It is that they begin to doubt everything, including genuine evidence. “The more dangerous thing is when people start doubting all information. If there is a constant assumption that something may be true or may be false, eventually people may look at something that is actually real and say, ‘Oh, that is fake,’” he said.

The more dangerous thing is when people start doubting all information.

· George ClooneyHe warned that AI could undermine trust in authentic evidence.

The Oscar-winning actor said he had met leading AI developers, but those conversations had not convinced him that safeguards were advancing fast enough. “Everyone is working hard to deal with it, and I have not seen much progress in making that successful,” he said.

Everyone is working hard to deal with it, and I have not seen much progress in making that successful.

· George ClooneyHe assessed the efforts of AI developers to build effective safeguards.

He linked the AI debate to the state of journalism and raised concerns about wealthy individuals controlling major information sources. Clooney referred to Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk while saying that the world’s richest people own The Washington Post, Twitter and much of the media people rely on. He nevertheless said information would ultimately find its way to the public. Clooney received the award on September 2, following a relationship with Venice stretching back nearly three decades and appearances in films including Out of Sight, Good Night, and Good Luck, Michael Clayton and Gravity.

The state of journalism is always changing and always facing challenges. But I believe information will find its way out.

· George ClooneyHe discussed journalism’s resilience while criticizing concentrated media ownership.
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Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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