Kim Warns of AI Token Fees Above 35mm Costs — SkimNews
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- AI is already slashing the cost of commercials, Kim said.
- Runaway token fees could leave feature producers paying more than they did in the days of 35mm film, Kim warned.
- Piecemeal revisions were cited alongside runaway token fees in Kim’s warning about higher feature-production costs.
- Kim Kwang-jib, founder and CEO of an AI content studio, delivered the warning at TCCF in Taipei.
Why it matters: Commercial producers gain the immediate benefit Kim described: AI is already lowering production costs. Feature producers face a different equation, with runaway token fees and piecemeal revisions cited as reasons spending can exceed the 35mm-era benchmark, making the savings sector-specific rather than universal.
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