Jorge Gutierrez stated he’s not going to make an AI-generated animated collection for Amazon’s Prime Video below the corporate’s new initiative to fund AI leisure tasks — and he apologized to “those I upset” after a backlash about information of his involvement was introduced this week.
“I have decided to drop out of the AI program at Amazon,” Gutierrez wrote on social media Friday. “I will not be making a Punky Duck series. Actions speak louder than words.”
Gutierrez continued, “My intent was to showcase artists, both new and seasoned, both inside and outside the studios, driving this new tech. My sincerest apology to those I upset. I promise to do better moving forward. Thank you for your patience with me. I will try harder.”
Amazon MGM had described Gutierrez’s deliberate “Punky Duck” AI-generated collection as that includes a “lovable punk duck and his best friend, Smiley Cat” set in a chaotic L.A. panorama beset by an alien invasions, monsters and different “supernatural mayhem.”
Reps for Amazon MGM didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Gutierrez was initially introduced as main considered one of three projects Amazon MGM Studios had greenlight under its new GenAI Creators’ Fund, which is offering funding and entry to AI manufacturing instruments to filmmakers, digital creators and tech startups for creating premium TV reveals and films. Amazon MGM is teaming with sister group AWS to launch what they declare would be the trade’s first purpose-built AI manufacturing platform.
Gutierrez is the writer-director of animated characteristic movie “The Book of Life” for twentieth Century Studios and creator of “El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera” for Nickelodeon and “Maya and the Three” for Netflix.
Earlier Friday, Gutierrez had posted, “Learning a lot from many of you. Thank you. Lots of information that I’m digesting wholeheartedly. I am absolutely understanding the concern of using AI to assist an animation pipeline. For all those showing me grace, I really appreciate it. I have a lot to think about.”
This was the unique logline present by Amazon MGM about Gutierrez’s venture:
“Punky Duck”: A lovable punk duck and his greatest buddy, Smiley Cat, tear by a wildly exaggerated Los Angeles, hilariously stumbling into alien invasions, big monsters, robotic legal conspiracies, telenovela-style household drama and supernatural mayhem — all whereas making an attempt (and normally failing) to do the correct factor.
