Is the Anthony Bourdain AI Voice in ‘Roadrunner’ an Ethical Lapse? Maybe So, but Documentaries Have Been Sliding Away From Reality for Years (Column)

The director of Framing Britney Spears has nothing but empathy for Britney Spears’ conservatorship battle — despite the singer’s previous criticism about how her life was portrayed on screen.

The minds behind “The New York Times: Framing Britney Spears” insist that they are on Team Britney even if the singer doesn’t always see it that way.

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Anthony Bourdain say words he never spoke has drawn criticism amid ethical concerns about use of the powerful technology.The movie “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” appeared in cinemas Friday and mostly features real footage of the beloved celebrity chef and globe-trotting television host before he died in 2018.

For movies, the best thing to happen last week was documentarian Morgan Neville’s flip response to The New Yorker’s query about his having covertly used artificial intelligence to voice some of Anthony Bourdain’s lines in the film Roadrunner.

Anthony Bourdain say words he never spoke has drawn criticism amid ethical concerns about use of the powerful technology.The movie “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” appeared in cinemas Friday and mostly features real footage of the beloved celebrity chef and globe-trotting television host before he died in 2018.

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, has been released in the US.

according to an interview with The New Yorker. Neville pored over hundreds of hours of footage of Bourdain to stitch together voice-overs for the film, which hits theaters Friday, he told the outlet.When he couldn’t find an existing narration to match an email he wanted read in the film, he made it up, according to the report.“There were three quotes there I wanted his voice for that there were no recordings of,” Neville reportedly said.

A new documentary about Anthony Bourdain is being labelled “grotesque” and “upsetting” for using AI technology to recreate the voice of the late celebrity chef. 

The New Yorker published Thursday, documentarian Morgan Neville explained his decision to use AI to recreate the voice of the late Bourdain. Writer Helen Rosner asked Neville “how on Earth” he nabbed a recording of Bourdain reading a particularly sensitive email aloud.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDocumentary filmmaker Morgan Neville paints a raw and personal image of Anthony Bourdain in his new documentary, “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” which opens in theaters on Friday.In the documentary, editors Eileen Meyer and Aaron Wickenden weave in narration by Bourdain pulled from audio clips, show outtakes, video interviews and audiobooks.

Framing Britney Spears, the New York Times documentary that brought renewed attention to the pop singer’s conservatorship, earned an Emmy nomination today for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special.

Britney Spears about representing her in her conservatorship battle, and plans to attend a hearing in Los Angeles on Wednesday, according to reports in the New York Times and TMZ over the weekend.

Jamie Lynn Spears, 30, wants fans to know she’s not dependent on her sister Britney Spears, 39, for money. The former Nickelodeon star took to her Instagram story to respond to a headline summarizing Ronan Farrow and Jia Tolentino‘s recent report in the New Yorker that alleged Jamie Lynn, along with older brother Bryan Spears, mom Lynne Spears, and her dad (and conservator of Britney’s estate) Jamie Spears have been supported by the pop star.

Setting the record straight. Jamie Lynn Spears spoke out about a report that claimed she is the only member of her family not on sister Britney Spears’ payroll amid the pop star’s conservatorship battle.

Courtney Love is showing her support for Britney Spears.

After Britney Spears’ horrific testimony about her cruel conservatorship, new revelations are being made. And a new report via The New Yorker suggests that the pop star had been trying to get help to end her conservatorship for a while now.

Britney Spears is reported to have called 911 to report herself as a victim of conservatorship abuse, it has been claimed.The Toxic singer, 39, is said to have made the call in Venture County, California the night before her bombshell hearing last month.The recording is understood to be sealed due to an "on going investigation" but, two sources confirmed the call to The New Yorker.