Jodie Foster Says Brad Pitt’s ‘F1’ Looked Like It Was Made With AI at Aspen Ideas Festival

Jodie Foster said she believes the racing film F1, starring Brad Pitt and directed by Joseph Kosinski, was “made by AI,” in remarks she offered at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Foster’s comments, made during a talk titled “Who Owns the Future of Hollywood,” came as filmmakers and studios continue to debate how generative artificial intelligence is already affecting creative production and industry norms.

Foster made the point while discussing how Hollywood has changed, according to Deadline and Variety. Speaking at the Tuesday session with former Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton, Foster framed her observation as an example rather than a criticism, saying she did not mean it “disparagingly” and adding that the movie went on to “make millions of dollars.”

In the same exchange, Foster said she was looking at the film and asking, “Wasn’t it?” Deadline reported that she specifically pointed to F1 as an instance of GenAI creating “something big and beautiful,” while suggesting that AI’s influence in entertainment may already be visible to audiences and creators.

The comments were tied to the broader question of control and authorship in an era of machine-generated text, images, and other outputs. Festival discussions on the subject have drawn attention from studios and industry organizations as the technology spreads beyond experimental uses and into mainstream production.

Deadline’s report described the film as being “helmed” by Kosinski and “penned” by Ehren Kruger, placing Foster’s remarks in the context of the mainstream creative team behind the project rather than an obscure or low-budget work. Variety also reported that Foster made the “made by AI” and “written by a computer” style observations while smilingly raising the possibility, rather than citing a documented production record.

Neither Deadline nor Variety indicated that Foster had access to undisclosed production documentation proving AI use on F1, and her statement was presented as her impression during the festival conversation. The remarks instead spotlight the growing public pressure on Hollywood to clarify what parts of filmmaking are automated, what parts remain human-directed, and how disclosures should work when technology blurs the line between drafting, editing, and design.

As AI tools become more common across script development, visual effects, marketing, and post-production, public comments like Foster’s are likely to intensify scrutiny of transparency practices and industry standards. The Aspen Ideas Festival session also underscored that major filmmakers are now participating directly in the debate about who owns creative work when machines can assist or mimic parts of the process.