Descriptions:
This episode of The AI Daily Brief covers two significant AI stories. The first involves the late actor Val Kilmer, who has been digitally resurrected to star in the film “As Deep as the Grave” — a role he was originally cast in during 2020 but was unable to shoot before his death from throat cancer. Director Querte Vorhees created the full performance using AI tools, with written permission from Kilmer’s estate and the active support of his children. The production used Kilmer’s actual speaking voice — altered by tracheal surgery in 2015 — and followed SAG guidelines, with the estate compensated for the appearance. The discussion covers both supportive perspectives from the Kilmer family and critical responses, including filmmaker Raymond Aoyo’s argument that AI-generated performances strip actors of the spontaneous creative choices that define great work.
The second story covers a notable reorganization at Microsoft. The consumer and commercial Copilot teams are being merged under Jacob Andrew, promoted to Executive Vice President of Copilot with a new direct reporting line to CEO Satya Nadella — bypassing AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. Suleyman will now concentrate on Microsoft’s proprietary model training and superintelligence research, an area where the company has not released a public foundation model since August 2025. The restructure is framed as a response to customer confusion around multiple Copilot product lines and a bid to bring the flagship AI product under tighter executive oversight.
📺 Source: The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News · Published March 24, 2026
🏷️ Format: News Analysis
