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With Love With Love

With Love: An Animated Pen-Pal Platform Designed To Add Value To Kids’ Screen Time (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)

Featuring narrative development by Pixar’s Dan Scanlon. the app matches kids to animated pen-pals, helping them build empathy and stronger communication skills.

By Jamie Lang | 3 days ago

Avatar: Fire and Ash Avatar: Fire and Ash

‘Not With Chatbots Or Text Prompts’: Wētā FX, AWS Partner To Develop AI VFX Tools

The two companies outlined their plans today for new AI tools, stressing artist control and creativity as the industry navigates growing automation anxieties.

By Jamie Lang | 6 days ago

Piripenguins

Wild Child Animation Shows Off Its ‘Piripenguins’ Unreal Engine Pipeline In New BTS Video

Wild Child Animation details the innovative Unreal Engine pipeline and hybrid 2D/CG techniques used to bring the new series ‘Piripenguins’ to life.

By Jamie Lang | 2 weeks ago

Big Hero 6

Disney+ Adding GenAI Tools To Let Users Craft Short Clips Featuring Company Characters

Disney is preparing new user-facing genAI tools that will let subscribers create short-form moments with Disney characters in a carefully controlled sandbox.

By Jamie Lang | 3 weeks ago

OpenAI - Black

OpenAI Retreats From Unpopular Sora Opt-Out Policy

OpenAI says it will give creators more control over how their characters appear in Sora and plans revenue sharing after backlash to its IP opt-out model.

By Jamie Lang | 2 months ago

OpenAI

Every Artist Should Know: OpenAI Has Adopted An Opt-Out Policy For Sora

OpenAI has revealed it will freely incorporate copyrighted material into its Sora model unless rights holders formally opt out.

By Jamie Lang | 2 months ago

Critterz Head

French Filmmaking Organizations Condemn OpenAI-Backed Animated Feature Aiming For Cannes

French creators’ groups oppose OpenAI’s reported plan to debut an AI-generated animated film at Cannes, urging protection of human-led artistry.

By Jamie Lang | 2 months ago

Critterz

Tech Bros. Take Aim At Cannes With GenAI-Produced Animated Feature ‘Critterz’

OpenAI’s AI-backed ‘Critterz’ is sold as a test of ‘democratizing’ animation, a framing that feels disingenuous in today’s industry context.

By Jamie Lang | 3 months ago

KitBash

KitBash3D And Greyscalegorilla Merge To Expand 3D Tools And Assets

KitBash3D and Greyscalegorilla join forces to expand 3D assets, plugins, and workflows, promising to speed up the creative process.

By Jamie Lang | 3 months ago

WBD, Midjourney

GenAI’s Rough Summer: Hollywood Studios And Authors Push Back Against Predatory Training And Output Models

Last week, Warner Bros. sued Midjourney – like Disney and Universal did before – and Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5B for scraping protected literature.

By Jamie Lang | 3 months ago

Animation Jobs In The Age Of AI: Revelations From Luminate Intelligence’s 2025 Special Report

Luminate’s 2025 report shows how generative AI is reshaping animation jobs, putting some roles at risk, changing others, and creating new positions.

By Jamie Lang | 3 months ago

Dog and Boy

Netflix Publishes Generative AI Use Guidelines: Here’s What Is/Isn’t Allowed

Netflix outlines how AI can and can’t be used in production, stressing it won’t replace artists and requires approval for key visuals or talent replication.

By Jamie Lang | 3 months ago

Disney Midjourney

Disney, Universal ‘Cannot Have It Both Ways’: Midjourney Slams Studios For Suing While Using GenAI

Midjourney responds to Disney and Universal’s lawsuit, arguing fair use and accusing studios of using GenAI while trying to restrict it for others.

By Jamie Lang | 4 months ago

Moana 2

A Live-Action ‘Moana’ Deepfake Didn’t Happen, But AI’s Hollywood Footprint Keeps Growing

Disney explored using AI in its feature films, including a deepfake Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in the live-action ‘Moana’ remake, but cut it from the final film.

By Jamie Lang | 4 months ago

Disney Accelerator

Disney Announces 2025 Accelerator Lineup, Spotlighting Innovation Across Animation, AI, And Immersive Tech

Disney’s 2025 Accelerator selects Animaj, DramaBox, Haddy, and Liminal Space to explore new opportunities in animation, AI, and immersive media.

By Jamie Lang | 4 months ago

Motorica

Motorica Raises $5.8M For Its Game Animation AI Platform

“Traditionally, animators spend 70% of their time on technical grunt work and only 30% on actual creative performance,” says co-founder Willem Demmers. “Motorica flips that.”

By Amid Amidi | 5 months ago

Animaj's Pocoyo

AI Animation Startup Animaj Raises $85 Million In New Funding Round

Animaj’s business model is unique compared to other animation AI startups because it is also a content company that owns and monetizes children’s IP.

By Amid Amidi | 6 months ago

Stop AI Generated Art

International Coalition Of Worker Unions Declares Emergency Over AI Use In Animation

Over two dozen entertainment unions in Europe and North America are calling for action to prevent artificial intelligence from taking over the animation industry.

By Amid Amidi | 6 months ago

Predator: Killer of Killers

No Longer Just A Previs Studio, The Third Floor Produces Its First Animated Film ‘Predator: Killer Of Killers’

Third Floor co-founder Josh Wassung explains how they built an animation studio around “Predator: Killer of Killers.”

By Tara Bennett | 6 months ago

Studio Ghibli AI

Lionsgate Vice-Chairman Michael Burns Claims He Can Produce Anime Films In 3 Hours With AI

The head of Lionsgate claims that making an anime feature is as simple as telling an AI software, “Do it in anime.”

By Amid Amidi | 6 months ago

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