Steven Spielberg has disputed Emily Blunt’s claim that he said they could use AI for a scene in his new sci-fi blockbuster, Disclosure Day. Blunt plays a weather presenter in the extraterrestrial thriller, released to cinemas last week, and has a scene in which she suddenly begins speaking in a strange alien language.During the press tour, Blunt claimed that she turned down Spielberg’s offer to use AI, telling Entertainment Tonight earlier this month: “He said, ‘You know, we could do it with AI, or you could do it.’ And I was like, ‘I feel confident I can make some weird noises.’”However, Spielberg rejected the claims during an interview with ITV news last week, stating: “I would never use AI. I would never have made the choice, even if Emily was unable to produce the sounds that she did produce, by the way, organically – I would never have used AI.”Spielberg (left) rejected Blunt’s (centre) claim that he offered to use AI to create the alien noises she makes in the film (Getty)The three-time Oscar winner said he would have opted for the “old-fashioned way” instead: “You get a dolphin, or an elephant, and you slow it down, you speed it up or you play it backwards.”Spielberg took the opportunity to praise the film’s sound designer Gary Rydstrom, who has won seven Oscars out of 20 nominations for his work, saying he would have found a solution if the situation required it. “He would have found a way if Emily couldn’t produce it, but fortunately, Emily produced all those sounds herself,” he said.The Independent has contacted Blunt’s representative for comment.The Devil Wears Prada star repeated the claim on an episode of Hot Ones earlier this week, explaining that she was “terrified” of the thought of using AI. Watch Apple TV+ free for 7 dayNew subscribers only. £9.99/mo. after free trial. Plan auto-renews until cancelled.Try for freeADVERTISEMENT. If you sign up to this service we will earn commission. This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent.Watch Apple TV+ free for 7 dayNew subscribers only. £9.99/mo. after free trial. Plan auto-renews until cancelled.Try for freeADVERTISEMENT. If you sign up to this service we will earn commission. This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent.“I thought I could make some really strange sounds, as you’ve all just seen,” Blunt said, having just made a gargling noise while eating spicy chicken wings. “So I said, ‘Maybe I could come in and we’ll just do a range of weird sounds.’ And that’s what we did. I did sort of the clicking sounds, I did sort of humming sounds, consonant sounds, breathing, strange sounds.”Blunt in a scene from ‘Disclosure Day’ (AP)She continued: “What we did was we put a microphone here [at her mouth] and one here [her throat]. And so it kind of captures it in a really weird way and then the sound designer went away and created that weird sound.”What have other directors said about AI in film?Several directors have addressed their views on the contentious subject of AI use in the creative industries. Peter Jackson, the director behind the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies based on JRR Tolkien's books, said he believed it was unfair that AI-generated characters could not be nominated for Academy Awards. Meanwhile, Guillermo Del Toro used his speech at a screening of Pan’s Labyrinth at the 79th Cannes Film festival to declare: “F*** AI.”Guillermo Del Toro said ‘f*** AI’ during an appearance at Cannes Film Festival this year (PA)Martin Scorsese caused controversy earlier this month when he revealed he found it “creatively freeing” to use AI in the pre-production process to create images – such as locations and characters – for storyboards.“I'm interested in the intersection of technology and storytelling, and seeing how that can push the bounds of creativity to create deeper and richer experiences for audiences.”Remember, cinema is a young medium, only around 125 years old, so we have to be open to how it can evolve.“His remarks were made in a video released by AI company Black Forest Labs, for which Scorsese has become an advisor, as he said he has always struggled to ”communicate what you see in your head to your cast and crew”.Scorsese came under fire for his remarks in favour of using AI while making films (Getty)Scorsese’s comments were met with backlash from Karla Ortiz, who worked in the art department on films such as Avengers: Endgame and Black Panther.“He throws every single storyboard artist he’s ever worked with under the bus, as he demolishes their livelihoods with models that are likely trained on those storyboard artist’s same works,” Ortiz wrote on X.“To use his legacy and power for this is just so disgusting.”Animation director Samuel Deats said: “It takes literally seconds for me to storyboard a shot, there is absolutely no reason to need AI built on the stolen work of millions of artists to storyboard your vision, have some damn pride and respect your peers.”Spielberg recently suggested AI could “save us a lot of legwork” by undertaking tasks such as scouting locations – work usually carried out by people – but should just be a “tool in a large tool chest”.He added that AI shouldn’t have “the final word on anything creative”.