Artificial intelligence dominated the conversation in Hollywood this year, from stars like Sheryl Crow and Simon Cowell expressing concerns, to others like Howie Mandel embracing the technology.

AI expert Marva Bailer explains how, even though there are currently laws in place, the average person has more access than ever to create deepfakes of celebrities. Ridley Scott, director of sci-fi classics like "Alien" and "Blade Runner," is terrified about AI technology running away with society. In an interview with Rolling Stone promoting his film "Napoleon," Scott was asked if artificial intelligence worried him, and the answer was an emphatic yes. "We have to lock down AI. And I don't know how you're gonna lock it down," he told the outlet.

AI expert Marva Bailer explains how, even though there are currently laws in place, the average person has more access than ever to create deepfakes of celebrities. Julia Louis-Dreyfus was mistaken for another Hollywood star, but not by a fan -- by a machine. The "Veep" star was the entertainment honoree at the WSJ. Magazine 2023 Innovator Awards earlier this month and revealed she used AI chatbot ChatGPT to help write her speech for the event. "As an entertainment innovator, I am very, very busy innovating," Louis-Dreyfus began, in a clip shared by the outlet on their TikTok.

The NIH has awarded High-Risk, High-Reward grants to three Emory University researchers pursuing highly innovative research that has the potential for broad impact. The program this year awarded a total of 106 grants totaling approximately $329 million over five years to support research proposals that, due to their inherent risk, may struggle in the traditional peer review process despite their transformative potential. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is awarding Chethan Pandarinath the 2021 Director's New Innovator Award, an honor that recognizes exceptionally creative early career investigators. Pandarinath, an assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (Coulter BME), is using artificial intelligence to build brain-machine interfaces to assist people with paralysis, specifically those with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Part of the NIH's High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, Pandarinath's $2.4 million award grant will support his team's launch of a clinical trial this fall, implanting sensors into the brains of paralyzed people with ALS.