CONVERGER at kevinbankston.substack.com. Senior Advisor on AI Governance @cdt.org. Teaching AI law @georgetownlaw.bsky.social. Imagining futures @imaginationasu.bsky.social. My opinions, not theirs.https://bsky.app/profile/bankston.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bankston.bsky.social/post/3mqa3fs3dr22mThis is the most delightful nerd news I've heard in awhile. Look forward to getting the literal magazine in my mailbox. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jul 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:fpuqesldjwanucepchoapyhh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqa3fs3dr22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/bankston.bsky.social/post/3mp24encmnc25Sadly ironic that today's the 55th anniversary of an overreaching White House going to the Supreme Court to try to block the Pentagon Papers' publication, and now with Anthropic's Fable we're seeing another historic prior restraint by an equally lawless administration. #FreeFable24 Jun 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:fpuqesldjwanucepchoapyhh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp24encmnc25https://bsky.app/profile/bankston.bsky.social/post/3mog2wkbz322uGreat thread from @cdt.org's First Amendment maven, @kateruane.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jun 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:fpuqesldjwanucepchoapyhh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mog2wkbz322uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bankston.bsky.social/post/3modcwswn522lMy brother's a Hollywood creative exec. I dragged him to the 'AI on the Lot' conference to see the future. Then I interviewed him: “They keep talking about saving time and money. I live in Burbank, man—that ‘time and money’ are all my neighbors.” https://converger.kevinbankston.com/i/201583118/ai-on-the-lot-debrief-iii-technology-brother-vs-hollywood-brother-with-matthew-bankston15 Jun 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:fpuqesldjwanucepchoapyhh/app.bsky.feed.post/3modcwswn522lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bankston.bsky.social/post/3mo67r6e7bs2rUh, I think cyberattacks happen on the internet. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jun 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:fpuqesldjwanucepchoapyhh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo67r6e7bs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bankston.bsky.social/post/3mnz7enh7rs2cConfession time: I helped murder Punky Duck. Accidentally. Which I guess makes it duckslaughter? A couple weeks ago I went to the AI on the Lot conference in LA, and unexpectedly found myself at the center of Hollywood’s AI controversy of the week... https://converger.kevinbankston.com/p/converger-4-how-i-got-an-ai-generated11 Jun 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:fpuqesldjwanucepchoapyhh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnz7enh7rs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/bankston.bsky.social/post/3mnugcmizvk2tWe didn't get the data portability we wanted for social networks in time to matter. Now the same fight's shaping up around AI. In my 1st guest post for @mbogen.bsky.social's AI policy newsletter Elicitation, I lay out what real AI portability would look like. https://elicitation.substack.com/p/dont-let-perfect-be-the-enemy-of09 Jun 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:fpuqesldjwanucepchoapyhh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnugcmizvk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bankston.bsky.social/post/3mniusfm4js2vWhy do this? Do we need even more national guards standing around doing nothing? [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jun 2026 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:fpuqesldjwanucepchoapyhh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mniusfm4js2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bankston.bsky.social/post/3mnftsgezdk24There were signs: Scorcese spoke positively of the next generation using these tools in a recent BFI interview. I covered that, and other directors' comments indicating the ongoing AI vibe shift (most recently visible at Cannes) in my newsletter Converger https://converger.kevinbankston.com/p/converger-3-the-cannes-ai-vibe-shift [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jun 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:fpuqesldjwanucepchoapyhh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnftsgezdk24https://bsky.app/profile/bankston.bsky.social/post/3mndcwarfck27We are all in horrible danger when our nation’s intelligence apparatus is run by a corrupt regime loyalist with no relevant experience [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jun 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:fpuqesldjwanucepchoapyhh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mndcwarfck27https://bsky.app/profile/bankston.bsky.social/post/3mna6wzno6224Backrooms and Obsession have set off a small-budget big-box office revolution, but Parsons and Barker are just two of the many creators making the YouTube-to-cinema leap. Check out my roundup of the next gen of viral video-to-horror feature directors: https://converger.kevinbankston.com/i/196771089/the-youtube-generation-has-taken-over-horror-cinema01 Jun 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:fpuqesldjwanucepchoapyhh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mna6wzno6224https://bsky.app/profile/bankston.bsky.social/post/3mn3cotdhhk2lThe AI vibe shift at Cannes that I just wrote about in Converger was in full effect at AI on the Lot this past week in LA as studios & networks like Fox, Paramount, MGM, & AMC were all there talking about integrating AI--though not without pushback. https://converger.kevinbankston.com/p/converger-3-the-cannes-ai-vibe-shift30 May 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:fpuqesldjwanucepchoapyhh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn3cotdhhk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bankston.bsky.social/post/3mmyz44jrrs27That Texas Blood is an exceptional book. Very excited for the creators; FX should be a great home for this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 May 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:fpuqesldjwanucepchoapyhh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyz44jrrs27https://bsky.app/profile/bankston.bsky.social/post/3mmtl7xgukc25In LA today for the AI on the Lot conference, looking forward to meeting new people & learning new things about the intersection of AI and film, which I'm covering in my tech & media newsletter Converger (latest issue at https://converger.kevinbankston.com/p/converger-3-the-cannes-ai-vibe-shift). Drop a line if you'll be around!27 May 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:fpuqesldjwanucepchoapyhh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmtl7xgukc25https://bsky.app/profile/bankston.bsky.social/post/3mms25sh6gk2hFrom pro-AI comments by filmmakers like Peter Jackson & Steven Soderbergh to screenings by new AI film creators & toolmakers, the Cannes Film Festival made it clear: a vibe shift is happening in the film community around AI. Read more in Converger: https://converger.kevinbankston.com/p/converger-3-the-cannes-ai-vibe-shift26 May 2026 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:fpuqesldjwanucepchoapyhh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mms25sh6gk2h