{"id":265960,"date":"2025-07-29T12:05:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-contagion-screenwriter-on-writing-a-sequel-with-ai-terms-of-service\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:05:06","slug":"the-contagion-screenwriter-on-writing-a-sequel-with-ai-terms-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-contagion-screenwriter-on-writing-a-sequel-with-ai-terms-of-service\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;Contagion&#8217; screenwriter on writing a sequel with AI | Terms of Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/JnxLtyGQw3c\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The 'Contagion' screenwriter on writing a sequel with AI | Terms of Service\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JnxLtyGQw3c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The 2011 medical thriller Contagion had a big resurgence in popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic. Scott Z. Burns, the screenwriter behind the film, started getting questions about a possible sequel. But he wasn\u2019t quite sure where to start, so he decided to see if AI could help. After documenting the project in his new podcast, What Could Go Wrong?, Scott shares how he sees this controversial technology changing Hollywood in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the full episode on CNN&#8217;s Terms of Service podcast.<\/p>\n<p>#cnn #news #tech #artificialintelligence #screenwriting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2011 medical thriller Contagion had a big resurgence in popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic. Scott Z. Burns, the screenwriter behind the film, started getting questions about a possible sequel. But he wasn\u2019t quite sure where to start, so he decided to see if AI could help. 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