‘Fuzzlets’ Banner Mini Studio Built an AI-Native Animation IP That Went Viral — Now It’s Developing a Feature Film (EXCLUSIVE)

MiniStudio is a Paris-based AI banner that rolled out in 2024 with just one IP, 'Fuzzlets' which has quietly become a ...
Los Angeles Times

An AI-animated film will debut next year. Is this AI’s ‘Toy Story’ moment?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. An animated feature film that uses artificial intelligence tools from OpenAI is expected to debut next year, ...
GamesIndustry

AI firm Uthana secures $4.3m to "revolutionize" 3D character animation with generative AI

Uthana has secured $4.3m to "revolutionize" 3D character animation with generative AI. The $4.3 million funding round was led by IA Ventures, with participation from A16Z Speedrun, Acequia Capital, ...
Cartoon Brew

AI Animation Tech Startup Cheehoo, Backed By Netflix Head Of Film Dan Lin, Raises $10 Million

L.A.-based AI animation tech start-up Cheehoo has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Greycroft and Point72 Ventures, with additional participation from Basis Set, Headline Asia, Powerhouse ...
PC Gamer

Nvidia's gen-AI facial animation tech is going open source, potentially making it much easier for game devs to turn real-time speech into convincing characters

Nvidia has announced that its Audio2Face animation technology is going open source. On paper, that should make it much easier for a wide range of game developers to create AI characters with ...
CNN

‘You’re going to see this flood of new stories’: Why African animators are excited about AI

Digital technology may have led to the decline of hand-drawn animation, but it still required legions of creatives and technicians to feed into the process. Now some fear that artificial intelligence ...
Deadline.com

Animation, Writers & Actors Guilds Hold “Historic” Anti-Generative AI Protest At Annecy: “GenAI Seeks Not To Support Artists, But To Destroy Them”

Representatives of international animation, screenwriters and actors guilds staged a protest at the Annecy Animation Film Festival on Thursday to voice their fears over the implications of generative ...