AI offers hope for young filmmakers dreaming of an Oscar

Studying at the film school where Oscar-nominated "Sinners" director Ryan Coogler honed his craft, SiJia Zheng dreams of winning an Academy Award. "That's a chance for beginners like me who can use AI to just make a film and to announce to the world that I have the ability to be a director," he told AFP. Zheng, 29, who hails from China, is one of a burgeoning class of students at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, studying animation in a place that...