Tag: generative AI
AJA Reports Record Year for Japanese Anime; Issues GenAI Statement
During TIFFCOM 2025 (Tokyo International Film Festival Content Market), the Association of Japanese Animations (aja.gr.jp) announced the publication of its Anime Industry Report 2025...
Unseen Struggles of Underrepresented Animation
The global animation community has come really far, achieving a major milestone in finally opening its doors to diverse voices and untold stories; stories...
Mediawan Kids & Family Teams Up with El Reino Infantil for Digital Animated Series ‘Wadoo’
European production and distribution studio Mediawan Kids & Family and El Reino Infantil, the #1 YouTube Kids network in the Hispanic world, announce the...
Market Vision Quests: European Animation Execs Reflect on the State of the Industry & Fall Content Markets
With fall TV events such as Cartoon Forum, MIPJunior and MIPCOM on the horizon, many producers are taking stock of the state of the...
GalaxyCon LLC Announces Sweeping AI Art Ban
GalaxyCon, the consumer and fan engagement company behind numerous events across the country throughout the year, has announced a ban on all AI-generated art...
New Report from Luminate Predicts Animation Jobs Most Likely to Be Impacted by AI
A new paper published by entertainment industry data analytics platform Luminate Intelligence sheds light on the impact of generative AI in animation across the...
AI Kids’ Media Co. Animaj Scores $85M Investment from HarbourView, Bpifrance
HarbourView Equity Partners (harbourviewequity.com) today announced it is leading a $85 million investment in AI-powered kids' content company Animaj, alongside Bpifrance, the French national...
Industry Guilds Unite in Anti-AI Demonstration at Annecy Animation Fest
“The technology is a vehicle for exploitation. It’s a vehicle to extract data that people have worked their entire lives to create, they put...
The Animation Guild Board Clarifies Contract Ratification
Note: A previous version of the statement incorrectly stated that the Board voted unanimously to ratify the contract. The below statement has been corrected.
The...
The Animation Guild Reaches Tentative Agreement with AMPTP
After three months of bargaining and multiple rounds of negotiations, The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839 (TAG) reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance...
Matt Braly, Owen Dennis Speak Up for TAG as Animation Workers Deliver Petition to Warner
For the third time in less than a month, hundreds of workers represented by The Animation Guild (TAG) gathered to deliver a petition signed...
Animation Guild Continues AMPTP Negotiations, More Bargaining Dates Scheduled
On October 28 and 29, members of the The Animation Guild (IATSE Local 839) Negotiations Committee met with the Alliance of Motion Picture and...
Watch: New Multimedia Short ‘Democratizing Synthiola’ Critiques GenAI’s Impact
In a new 18.5-minute short starring their "synthetic self," animator Fabian Mosele offers a unique take on the question of artificial intelligence in the...
Animation Guild Report Raises Alarms about AI’s Industry Impact
The Animation Guild (IATSE Local 839) , which represents and advocates for more than 5,000 artists, technicians, writers and production workers in the animation...
AI Character Animation Solution Viggle Secures $19M Series A Funding
Viggle AI, a Canadian start-up focusing on applying generative artificial intelligence to character animation and controllable video generation, has raised $19 million USD in...
Ready to Pivot and Adapt: How Top Animation Service Studios Are Facing Today’s Industry Challenges
It’s a well-known fact that service studios are the unsung powerhouses of the animation industry. Although many tentpoles are original ideas formed and rendered...
CelAction Issues Ethical AI Pledge
London-based animation software developer CelAction has announced their pledge to only use AI in their products if the AI has been ethically trained.
“We, like...
Requests for “Tiny Tweaks” Will Stymie AI Animation Adoption, Says Pixar Alum
In a video recorded by a California College of the Arts student, former Pixar animator Craig Good (Toy Story, Finding Nemo) shares some skepticism...
Animation Guild Co-Commissioned Study on AI Jobs Impact “Demands Urgent Attention”
A new survey on the impact of generative AI (GenAI) on the entertainment industry reveals a dramatic shift in the story of film, television,...
Japanese Experts Join Forces to Create a Blockchain Model for Creator-Safe Generative AI
Artificial intelligence and blockchain experts in Japan have set up the Anime Chain Preparatory Committee -- a thinktank dedicated to building a generative AI...
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