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Donna Langley Says AI’s Impact on Film and TV Production Will Be Incremental: ‘A Lot of the Panic Was a Bit Premature’


The creative community's angst over AI 'was a bit premature,' NBCUniversal chief Donna Langley said during her keynote at CNBC's Changemakers summit.

NBCUniversal chief Donna Langley spoke candidly about leading in challenging times, managing the expectations of high-wattage talent in a changing marketplace and how the entertainment industry has reacted to the dawn of generative AI. When pressed by Boorstin on how NBCUniversal is dealing with the economic pressures that are bearing down on TV and film production, Langley brought up the wry humor in the new Apple TV+ series “The Studio,” which skewers contemporary Hollywood. The conversation concluded with Langley offering her thoughts on what Boorstin acknowledged was a big question — the future of film and TV and how the new-model NBCUniversal will operate after the company completes the divestiture of seven linear cable channels, which is expected by year’s end.

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