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OpenAI’s AI Movie “Critterz” Goes to Cannes!
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Breaking News: OpenAI is producing an animated movie called Critterz, made largely with AI tools. The film will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next May, aiming to prove that AI can revolutionize filmmaking.
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Forget demos—OpenAI is going full Hollywood to prove its tools can tell stories that stick.
Critterz, an animated film made largely with OpenAI tech, will debut at Cannes next May
Production took just 9 months, compared to Hollywood’s usual 3-year slog
The story? Forest creatures face off with a mysterious outsider—classic Pixar vibes, AI-style
OpenAI teamed up with Vertigo Films and Native Foreign to bring this to life, using image generation models and a script from the team behind Paddington in Peru.
✅ If Critterz lands, it’s not just a win for AI—it’s a wake-up call for the entire entertainment industry. Faster, cheaper, and still emotionally rich? That’s a game-changer.
👀 Creators: this is your signal to start experimenting. AI isn’t just a tool—it’s becoming a co-director.
Just days before its biggest product reveal, Apple’s AI ambitions hit a legal wall—and it’s not a small one.
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The lawsuit claims Apple intentionally avoided paying for copyrighted content
Apple Intelligence runs across iPhones, iPads, and Macs, but its slow rollout and reliance on ChatGPT have already raised eyebrows. Now, this lawsuit adds fuel to the fire.
⚠️ Copyright battles are becoming the frontline of the AI wars. Creators want control. Tech giants want scale. Apple’s timing couldn’t be worse—with the iPhone 17 launch just hours away.
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The man who helped build modern AI says it’s now being weaponized by the wealthy to cut labor and boost profits—and we’re not ready for the fallout.
Hinton warns of massive unemployment as rich elites use AI to replace workers
He rejects universal basic income, saying it won’t fix the loss of dignity from joblessness
His wild solution? Build AI with maternal instincts to protect humanity
Hinton, who left Google in 2023 to speak freely, says we’re at a turning point: AI could be “amazingly good” or “amazingly bad”—and no one really knows which way it’ll go.
⚠️ This isn’t sci-fi. It’s a Nobel-winning scientist sounding the alarm. If AI is built for profit, not people, the social cost could be brutal.
👀 Creators and founders: don’t just build smarter tools—build ones that care. Hinton’s “mother-baby” metaphor might sound strange, but it’s a call for empathy in design.
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