{
  "id": 16071680,
  "title": "Wildwood’s director says AI is ‘antithetical to everything that we are at this studio’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/wildwoods-director-says-ai-is-antithetical-to-everything-that-we-are",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-22T16:16:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1016647/wildwood-travis-knight-interview-ai-laika-stop-motion"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Laika CEO Travis Knight expressed his concerns about AI during an interview pertaining to the release of Wildwood, the studio's most ambitious project yet. The stop-motion film, which took five years to complete and involved over 1,000 artists, took on added technical advancements compared to Laika's previous works. Knight, however, maintains that AI is \"antithetical to everything that we are at this studio\" as it lacks the humanity required for storytelling. He argues that while AI can be a powerful tool in other fields like medicine and science, its use in filmmaking leads to the loss of soul, spirit and humanity. Knight believes that only a person can capture the essence of human experiences such as love, loss and grief, which are central to stories like Wildwood.",
  "summary": "Wildwood is the most ambitious film yet from Laika, the stop-motion studio best known for the likes of Coraline and ParaNorman. It's a sprawling fantasy adventure that took five years to complete. The process involved more 230 puppets - including 36 of the main character Prue alone - which were brought to life by a […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}