The Tisch Graduate Student Organization (GSO) hosted the event “Creator in the Age of AI: How to use AI Ethically” during the fall 2025 semester. Luna (Yuxin) Chen (second year student in the Interactive Telecommunications Program, Senator of Tisch GSO, and Runway Student Ambassador) was the event leader, with Anita Luo (Senator of NYU Shanghai Student Council) as the cohost. This event (co-hosted by Runway ML) included experts from education, creators, and the AI industries to discuss responsible AI use and how to preserve originality and deeper value in creations.
The event panel from left to right: Anita Luo (Senator of NYU Shanghai Student Council); Luna (Yuxin) Chen (Senator of Tisch Graduate Student Organization, Event Leader); Prof. Ali Santana (ITP faculty); Prof. Art Kleiner (EU AI Audito, ITP faculty); and Prof. Yuguang Zhang (ITP faculty).
Media Producing alumnus Kelly Needleman (‘26) is the global outreach coordinator for the Tisch Graduate Student Organization. In this role Kelly finds ways to unite and engage graduate students. Kelly helped introduce Maria Miles, ESQ (faculty for one of the core Media Producing courses, Entertainment Business Law) as the guest speaker at ‘Creator in the Age of AI’ to offer her perspectives around authorship and protection for creatives. AI is also a topic discussed in New Technologies, one of the elective courses in the MA Media Producing program. Kelly said, “The discussion made it clear that people are still trying to make sense of what AI actually is for us as filmmakers. There’s a lot of excitement and a lot of uncertainty, but underneath that, a real commitment to keeping creative work grounded in human intention. They spent time talking about transparency, ownership, and the responsibility we have to understand the tools we’re using.”
Watch the event recording on YouTube or NYU Stream.