Did The Brutalist Use Ai In The Movie Controversy Explained

Yes, The Brutalist Used AI for Improving Hungarian Dialogue, As Per the Editor

In the interview, Jancsó confirmed that they used Ukranian software called Respeecher to improve the Hungarian dialogue by lead actors of the movie including Adrien Brody (whose mother is a Hungarian refugee), Felicity Jones, and Guy Pearce.
Jancsó further explained that they tried to ADR the dialogue in the Hungarian language with lead actors and other actors, but the results were not satisfactory. Both Brody and Jones agreed to use Respeecher to make the Hungarian dialogue in the movie clear and accurate for the native speakers of the language.
The process involved mainly replacing some letters and no performances in the English language were affected or altered using the tool, says Jancsó. Another usage of generative AI in The Brutalist that Jancsó highlighted in the interview is seemingly coming out to be a major concern for movie critics. Jancsó said that they used AI in “a sequence at the Venice Biennale to conjure a series of architectural drawings and finished buildings in the style of the fictional architect.” He mentioned this was done to speed up the process and save money.
He said that it is something that has been done before and the use of AI in movies should not be a controversial topic.
The Brutalist is about the renowned architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet who fled war-torn Europe in 1947 to America. There they meet Harrison Van Buren, an industrialist who commissions László to build a structure in honor of his mother. This project brings a life-changing experience for László, in both good and bad ways.
Now that the controversy of using generative AI for architectural drawings in The Brutalist has erupted, fans are calling out the hypocrisy of the movie makers, considering the entire plot of the movie revolves around a man who comes to an untraveled country to become a prolific architect. Some X users said that The Brutalist should be disqualified from The Oscars for the use of artificial intelligence.
Now, The Brutalist director Brady Corbet has issued a statement to Deadline clarifying that the use of AI was done to smoothen the Hungarian accent in the movie and it did not affect the performances by Adrien and Jones.
He also said that AI was not used to render any drawings of the structures in the movie. All the images were hand-drawn by artists.
While The Brutalist has found itself embroiled in the AI controversy, another Oscar contender Emilia Perez, a musical drama by Netflix has also found itself in the midst of it.

Emilia Perez AI Controversy

Emilia Perez is about four women, one of which is Emilia, a Cartel leader. She takes the help of her lawyer to fake her death and start afresh. The movie has been nominated for 11 BAFTA awards and has garnered positive reviews from critics. In an interview at the Cannes Film Festival, it was confirmed that AI was used to enhance the range of the singing voice of Karla Sofìa Gascón in the movie.
Respeecher, the software used to refine Hungarian dialogue in The Brutalist, was used in Emilia Perz as well. Now, that the movie is one of the frontrunners for the Oscars, fans have started calling out the AI usage and are demanding disqualification.