Entertainment giants Lionsgate are partnering with artificial intelligence (AI) company Runway to allow a new AI model to be trained on their extensive film and TV archive. Lionsgate, the studios behind series such as The Hunger Games and John Wick, will benefit by being able to use the resulting AI technology in future productions.

The deal between Lionsgate and Runway will the latter to train a new generative AI model on Lionsgate content. The model will be exclusively for Lionsgate's own use, and the compa

Lionsgate, the studio behind the John Wick and The Hunger Games franchises, has raised some eyebrows by signing a deal with AI firm Runway to train an AI model on its film and TV library.

Runway will use Lionsgate's vast catalog to train a model that the studio's filmmakers can then use to help make new content.