Actress accuses James Cameron of stealing her likeness for Avatar character

LOS ANGELES — A German-American actress accused Canadian writer-director James Cameron of stealing her likeness to create an Avatar character in a lawsuit filed on May 5 in California. The case reflects a core fear among Hollywood performers in the age of artificial intelligence: losing control of their own faces. Q’orianka Kilcher also sued Disney, which controls the multibillion-dollar Avatar film franchise (2009 to present). READ: Will ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ bring people back to the cinema? “In the age of AI, our likeness is no longer safe,” Kilcher, 36, said in an interview. “While what happened to me is […]...

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