What is Alice Taylor's new role at BBC Studios?

Alice Taylor is taking on the role of heading BBC Studios' new AI Creative Lab, starting in five days.

How will AI be used at BBC Studios under Alice Taylor's leadership?

Taylor will build a team to explore how AI can be used across BBC Studios' content, from concept development to production workflows, in order to unlock new storytelling possibilities.

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Tech Innovator Alice Taylor to Lead BBC Studios' AI Creative Lab

Q: What was Alice Taylor's previous experience?

Prior to joining BBC Studios, Alice Taylor spent the past decade at Walt Disney Studios as the Director of Technological Innovation, where she oversaw the StudioLAB initiative.

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Alice Taylor joins BBC Studios to head AI Creative Lab
Taylor previously worked at Disney overseeing StudioLAB
AI to be used across BBC Studios content, from concept to production

Tech Innovator Alice Taylor to Lead BBC Studios' AI Creative Lab

In a significant move, BBC Studios has announced that Alice Taylor will be taking on the role of running their AI Creative Lab, starting in five days. Taylor, a native Brit, has spent the past decade at Walt Disney Studios as the Director of Technological Innovation, where she oversaw the StudioLAB initiative and delivered projects like the interactive content "Remembering" on Disney+.

At the BBC, Taylor will be tasked with building out a team of two to three people as she creates a "roadmap" for the lab that will see AI used more extensively across BBC Studios' content. Recent examples of the broadcaster's foray into AI include resurrecting Agatha Christie's voice and using CGI filmmaking in "Prehistoric Planet."

Supporting teams across various genres, Taylor will seek to "bring together AI specialists, creative talent, and producers to explore how AI can unlock new possibilities, from concept development to production workflows." BBC Studios has emphasized that Taylor's work in AI will be "ethical," a crucial consideration given the ongoing debates around the responsible use of this technology.