Death Threats, Doxxing and AI: How Animator Jorge Gutiérrez Killed His Own Show in 36 Hours (EXCLUSIVE)

Jorge Gutiérrez thought he was being noble. The director of “The Book of Life” had watched generative AI quietly move into every animation studio in town, and he had a bad feeling about it.
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Jorge Gutiérrez thought he was being noble. The director of “The Book of Life” had watched generative AI quietly move into every animation studio in town, and he had a bad feeling about it. “There aren’t enough artists overseeing this stuff,” he thought. So when Amazon MGM Studios offered Gutiérrez the lead on “Punky Duck,” one of three series under its new GenAI Creators’ Fundhe took the job, seeing it as part of a mission.
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Death Threats, Doxxing and AI: How Animator Jorge Gutiérrez Killed His Own Show in 36 Hours (EXCLUSIVE)
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