the brAIn - real AI intelligence for media & entertainment
Peter Csathy, media, entertainment, AI & tech expert (chairman of Creative Media)
All about how generative AI is transforming the world of media and entertainment - hosted by leading expert Peter Csathy of Creative Media (creativemedia.biz). "the brAIn" features Csathy's "insider" insights about the latest developments in generative AI and its impacts on media, entertainment, and the entire creative community. It also features interviews with leading artists, innovators, entrepreneurs, executives, and influencers. Each episode starts with Peter's humorous rundown of the latest key headlines in the world of AI, media and entertainment. The podcast is the companion to his newsletter "the brAIn" that reaches thousands of "movers and shakers" in the industry. You can find it at themediabrain.substack.com. Peter is a renowned dealmaker, serial entrepreneur, business advisor, Harvard trained lawyer, writer, speaker, and overall creative force. He writes a weekly column about AI and the media industry in leading entertainment publication TheWrap. He has negotiated over $4 billion in deals, served as CEO and President of several pioneering media-tech companies that achieved successful exits, and as a senior dealmaker in major studios. Peter has been a key driver and force for opening up entirely new markets, including on demand music streaming, online video platforms, and live social video streaming and chat. He is a believer that artists and creators sit at the center of the overall media, entertainment and tech universe. He also hosts the podcast series "The Story Behind the Song" on Consequence, where he interviews the most legendary artists of the past several decades about their most iconic songs. You can find that podcast at consequence.net/category/consequence-podcast-network/the-story-behind-the-song.reach out to Peter at bizdev@creativemedia.biz.
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Feb 16, 2025 • 12min
Court Rejects AI's "Fair Use": Now What?
This episode is a discussion of host Peter Csathy's new article titled, "Court Rejects AI's Fair Use: Now What?" (generated using Google NotebookLM). Csathy's article discusses all the issues raised by (and ramifications of) Judge Stephen Bibas's recent game-changing rejection of "fair use" as a defense to unlicensed AI scraping in the Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence case: (1) now what will generative AI companies do (how will they act)?, (2) how would courts even begin to assess damages in this "horse is already out of the barn" scenario where the entire internet has already been scraped, (3) how would the Supreme Court rule when that AI training "fair use" issue inevitably reaches them?, and (4) would Congress itself create a new "fair use" exception to permit unlimited unlicensed AI training on copyrighted works (especially in the face of the new co-sheriffs in town, President Trump and Elon Musk)?Csathy approves the contents of this episode, and believes it is an accurate reflection of the issues (and his overall analysis). BUT there is one part of the discussion near the end of the episode that focuses on training on "synthetic data" - and Csathy strongly disagrees on that point.Sign up for the companion "the brAIn" newsletter via this link.Check out Peter and his firm Creative MediaCheck out Peter's LinkedIn bio here.And send feedback to bizdev@creativemedia.biz.
Feb 13, 2025 • 8min
Bombshell AI "Fair Use" Court Win for Creators & Media: What It Means?
In this special episode, based on host Peter Csathy's most recent emergency newsletter about the recent bombshell Thomson Reuters court ruling, Csathy's synthetic co-hosts discuss the court's rejection of "fair use" as a defense to AI training on copyrighted works without consent and compensation. It's the first "fair use" decision in the world of copyright litigation filed by creators and media/entertainment against generative AI developers. This episode was generated using Google NotebookLM (and Peter approved its content, believes it accurately summarizes his article, and is helpful and insightful).Sign up for the companion "the brAIn" newsletter via this link.Check out Peter and his firm Creative MediaCheck out Peter's LinkedIn bio here.And send feedback to bizdev@creativemedia.biz.
Feb 2, 2025 • 17min
DeepSeek: What It Means for Media & Entertainment
This special episode discusses host Peter Csathy's latest article about DeepSeek and its potential massive implications on the media and entertainment industry (not to mention U.S. generative AI developers). The conversation is hosted by Google NotebookLM's synthetic co-hosts (but Csathy has listened to the generated podcast, and believes it is largely consistent with the perspectives he voices in his article).Sign up for the companion "the brAIn" newsletter via this link.Check out Peter and his firm Creative MediaCheck out Peter's LinkedIn bio here.And send feedback to bizdev@creativemedia.biz.
Jan 29, 2025 • 45min
Conversation with Andy Beach (fmr. CTO Microsoft): AI, DeepSeek & Hollywood
Host Peter Csathy of Creative Media sits down for an exclusive conversation with Andy Beach, former CTO of Microsoft's Media and Entertainment group, who just left his position after being with Microsoft for 10 years. The two discuss and debate how generative AI is impacting Hollywood and the entire creative community today, and where they believe it's all going in the years to come. They also discuss how China's DeepSeek earthquake has changed Silicon Valley's generative AI game - and whether that's hype, or reality. Andy's and Peter's conversation and debate are frequently spirited (they certainly don't agree on everything), but they are also insightful and even entertaining. Andy was able to be particularly candid in his views since he is now fully "independent" and outside Microsoft. It's a fascinating discussion.Sign up for the companion "the brAIn" newsletter via this link.Check out Peter and his firm Creative MediaCheck out Peter's LinkedIn bio here.And send feedback to bizdev@creativemedia.biz.
Jan 28, 2025 • 14min
Volume Is Out, "Fine Tuning" Is In for GenAI Video Licensing
There was a time when “bulk” was the metric that mattered most to Big Tech for video content (“data”) needed for GenAI training purposes. In fact, those times were just months ago. “The more, the better!” was Silicon Valley’s mantra. But those times are over, and they aren’t coming back. Licensing’s life-cycle has moved on. Welcome to the brave new world of video licensing — GenAI “fine tuning” style. Peter Csathy's synthetic co-hosts from Google NotebookLLM discuss Peter's latest newsletter about it all -- which lays out the parameters that matter most right now for the major generative AI developers in terms of what they want for video licensing purposes. Those parameters and needs have evolved significantly over the course of the past several months.Sign up for the companion "the brAIn" newsletter via this link.Check out Peter and his firm Creative MediaCheck out Peter's LinkedIn bio here.And send feedback to bizdev@creativemedia.biz.
Jan 25, 2025 • 19min
AI Litigation Tracker (for week ending 1/25/25)
This episode features a summary and discussion of the latest developments (as of January 25th, 2025) in 10 key litigations brought by media companies and individual creators against generative Ai developers (on the issues of copyright infringement and related legal claims). Partner Avery Williams of leading rights-holder law firm McKool Smith compiles, discusses and regularly updates the "AI Litigation Tracker" (and this summary and discussion was generated using Google NotebookLLM).Sign up for the companion "the brAIn" newsletter via this link.Check out Peter and his firm Creative MediaCheck out Peter's LinkedIn bio here.And send feedback to bizdev@creativemedia.biz.
Jan 22, 2025 • 28min
AI Litigation Tracker (for week ending 1/19/25)
This episode features a summary and discussion of the most recent major developments in 10 key litigations brought by media companies and individual creators against generative Ai developers (on the issues of copyright infringement and related legal claims). Partner Avery Williams of leading rights-holder law firm McKool Smith compiles the "AI Litigation Tracker" (and this summary and discussion was generating using Google NotebookLLM).Sign up for the companion "the brAIn" newsletter via this link.Check out Peter and his firm Creative MediaCheck out Peter's LinkedIn bio here.And send feedback to bizdev@creativemedia.biz.
Jan 21, 2025 • 14min
Generative AI & Copyright: Analysis of 10K+ Submissions on "Fair Use" (Key Themes, Sentiment)
Peter Csathy's synthetic co-hosts summarize and discuss the new exclusive analysis by NYU Professors Howie Singer, Joao Sedoc, and Foster Provost of the 10,000+ submissions to the U.S. Copyright Office commenting on the question of copyrightability and fair use in the context of generative AI. This analysis is the first comprehensive analysis of every single submission, which was able to be done leveraging the power of AI (but with human quality control all along the way). NOTE: this episode was generated using Google NotebookLLM (and Peter listened to it - and approves its content as being an accurate discussion of this new Analysis).Sign up for the companion "the brAIn" newsletter via this link.Check out Peter and his firm Creative MediaCheck out Peter's LinkedIn bio here.And send feedback to bizdev@creativemedia.biz.
Dec 30, 2024 • 22min
10 Predictions for AI, Media & Entertainment in 2025
Host and AI/media expert Peter Csathy, Chairman of Creative Media, lays out his closely-watched annual 10 predictions for how generative AI will impact the world of media and entertainment in 2025.Sign up for the companion "the brAIn" newsletter via this link.Check out Peter and his firm Creative MediaCheck out Peter's LinkedIn bio here.And send feedback to bizdev@creativemedia.biz.
Dec 20, 2024 • 46min
Interview with Will Kreth, CEO of HAND - The World's First "Talent ID" Database for AI
In this episode, Peter features his exclusive interview with founder and CEO Will Kreth of HAND (Human and Digital), a company focused on developing the world's first standardized "talent ID" system for generative AI and more -- i.e., the first global B2B Talent ID registry platform for efficient discoverability, royalty collection, and revenue tracking of notable legal and natural persons and control of consent-based digital replicas for thousands of major Hollywood celebrities and the most notable Major League Baseball (MLB) and National Football League (NFL) players.Sign up for the companion "the brAIn" newsletter via this link.Check out Peter and his firm Creative MediaCheck out Peter's LinkedIn bio here.And send feedback to bizdev@creativemedia.biz.
