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Using AI efficiently and ethically: beyond the hype

How AI levels the playing field

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Aug 26, 2025
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Ben Field, Co-Founder & CEO, Deep Fusion Films

AI is changing the industry - cutting costs and speeding up development.

But, with around 32,000 AI tools out there and issues over copyright, the subject can seem “hugely overwhelming” says Deep Fusion Films co-founder and CEO Ben Field.

Used well, AI can help small indies behave like bigger ones. But with legislation emerging and court cases over copyright changing the boundaries, it can also be a legal and ethical minefield.

As the managing director of consultancy AIMICI Kathryn Webb says, budgets cuts and market contraction means there is “increasing pressure on everybody to do more” for less - motivating many to use AI.

She says the tech is being adopted by around 66% of TV broadcasters globally and although, “lots of people” are using it, many are “nervous to talk about it.”

This week’s The Indie Hustle will help you navigate the shifting sands around the emerging technology so read on and you will learn the latest thinking, plus:

• How AI levels the playing field

• The ethical and legal minefield around training data, copyright and visuals

• Which tools are really worth using

• How you can de-risk

• How AI could change the commissioning and distribution power dynamic

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