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A cinema chain kills AI film screenings amid a moral panic

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AI films were to begin screening in AMC Theatres before the chain killed the plan, while ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 fulfilled childhood wishes to see fictional characters fight across franchises.

Reporting date: 2026-02-23 (not necessarily the event date)

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A cinema chain kills AI film screenings amid a moral panic
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Reporting date: 2026-02-23
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-02-23-amc-kills-ai-film-screenings
Claim: AI films were to begin screening in AMC Theatres before the chain killed the plan, while ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 fulfilled childhood wishes to see fictional characters fight across franchises.
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- Welcome to February 23, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-february-23-2026
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