Filmmaker Jorge Gutierrez Drops Plans for AI-Generated Series Funded by Amazon MGM Studios After Backlash

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By Todd Spangler

Todd Spangler

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Jorge Gutierrez said he is no longer going to make an AI-generated animated series for Amazon’s Prime Video under the company’s new initiative to fund AI entertainment projects — and he apologized to “those I upset” after a backlash about news of his involvement was announced 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.”

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