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Jorge R. Gutierrez Withdraws from Amazon's AI Animation Program

Jorge Gutierrez Withdraws from Amazon's AI Animation Initiative After Backlash

Jamie Lang

2d ago· 2 min readenNews

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Filmmaker Jorge Gutierrez (The Book of Life, Maya and the Three) has announced he is dropping out of Amazon's generative AI animation initiative just days after confirming his involvement. In a social media statement, Gutierrez said he will no longer develop the 'Punky Duck' project at Amazon, apologizing to critics after initially defending the partnership. The decision follows backlash over his participation in the AI program.

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I have decided to drop out of the AI program at Amazon.

I will not be making a Punky Duck series.

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After defending the partnership earlier this week, the filmmaker apologized to critics and confirmed he will not be involved with 'Punky Duck' going forward.

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