ElevenLabs, the buzzy synthetic voice startup, and Oscar-winning film director Danny Boyle have backed an upcoming series of “Black Mirror”-style short films from creative studio Wonder, made using GenAI tools.
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Exclusive: ElevenLabs and Oscar winner Danny Boyle back AI startup Wonder's ‘Black Mirror’-style film series
The anthology series will launch on YouTube and Vimeo in July
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Maya Dharampal-Hornby is a reporter, covering UK tech for Sifted, based in London. She's also the producer of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast .

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