Demi Moore on Hollywood fight against artificial intelligence at Cannes Film Festival A losing battle
Publish Date: 2026-05-13 00:18:00
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Actor Demi Moore, at the Cannes Film Festival, said that Hollywood cannot afford to treat artificial intelligence (AI) as something it can simply defeat. Speaking before the opening ceremony in France, Moore said AI is now part of the industry landscape and that the more useful approach would be to find ways to work with it while also protecting the film business.
Her remarks came as AI emerged as one of the main talking points on the opening day of the 79th Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday. While Cannes does not allow generative AI in competition, debate over the technology’s place in filmmaking ran through the festival, alongside wider conversations about cinema, politics and artistic expression.
Moore on AI and the industry
Moore, 63, addressed reporters ahead of the festival opening and said resistance alone would not work. “Against-ness breeds against-ness. AI is here. So to fight it is to fight a battle that we will lose. So to find ways that we can work with it is a valuable path that we can take”.
#Cannes jury member Demi Moore says we need to “find ways” to work with AI:
“Against-ness breeds against-ness. AI is here. So to fight it is to fight a battle that we will lose. So to find ways that we can work with it is a valuable path that we can take.” pic.twitter.com/dCPrL1PgRS— Variety (@Variety) May 12, 2026
The actor also said the industry was probably not doing enough to protect itself. Asked if filmmakers and studios had taken adequate steps, she said she did not know, but her instinct was that they had “probably not” done enough.
Moore, known for films such as Ghost and Charlie’s Angels 2, is attending Cannes this year as one of nine jurors who will help decide the Palme d’Or winner. She returned to the festival after The Substance, which premiered at Cannes in 2024, brought her first Oscar nomination.
Other voices in AI debate at Cannes
The discussion did not end with Moore. On the festival’s opening day, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro also…
