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Dominic Lees receives funding from the AHRC Impact Acceleration Account (University of Reading). While many people in the creative industries are worrying that AI is about to steal their jobs, ...

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The iconic first "Spider-Man" movie was released in 2002, starring a young Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst. While the film did feature stunning visual effects (VFX) by John Dykstra – the same head of ...