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‘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.
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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.
Disney’s Quartet Of Remaining Ink And Paint Artists Preserve The Studio’s Handcrafted Legacy (VIDEO)
See how a tiny team preserves Disney’s hand-crafted cel techniques to create intricate fine art that honors a long-lost era of studio animation.
Unity, Epic Partner To Open ‘Fortnite’ To Unity Games And Expand Unreal Support
Unity and Epic Games team up to bring Unity-built games into ‘Fortnite’ and expand cross-platform tools, giving developers wider reach and flexibility.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wacom Updates Its Cintiq Line With Slimmer Designs, 2.5K Displays, And Pro Pen Tweaks
Wacom’s new Cintiq models offer 2.5K resolution, reduced parallax, and a thinner design, targeted at pros seeking incremental upgrades to their setup.
Fliiip Book Revives Flash-Era Accessibility With a Simple Browser Animation Tool
‘Fliiip Book is an attempt to get back a small piece of what made Flash so wonderful back in the 2000s,’ says its designer, Jonathan Andrew Myers.
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.”
Cartwheel Co-Founder Andrew Carr: AI Tools Allow Animators To Be ‘Empowered To Make More Things’
Company co-founder Andrew Carr speaks about Cartwheel, a new AI animation tool developed with the help of Pixar animators and backed by Jeffrey Katzenberg.
Jeffrey Katzenberg-Backed AI Animation Software Cartwheel Raises $10 Million
The company, which says its software will do for animation what “the iPhone did for photography,” also announced the hiring of two veteran Pixar animators.
TVPaint Assures Users Of Its Animation Software That It Will Not Add Generative AI Features
“TVPaint Animation was made as a traditional animation tool,” the developer said in a statement. “As such, our goals will always be directed toward hand-drawn animation.”