Pirat_Nation 🔴(@Pirat_Nation):On May 28, Jorge R. Gutierrez, creator of El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, announced a new AI-generated cartoon called Punky Duck as part of Amazon’s AI Creators’ Fund. The next day, Guillermo del Toro posted messages celebrating animation made by real artists, including the line “Made by humans for humans.” Many in the animation community took it as a jab at the AI project, and backlash built quickly. By May 30, Gutierrez had pulled out of the program. In a public apology, he said his intention was to spotlight the artists working on the project, not replace them, and promised to do better moving forward.

2026.05.31 12:01

On May 28, Jorge R. Gutierrez, creator of El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, announced a new AI-generated cartoon called Punky Duck as part of Amazon’s AI Creators’ Fund. The next day, Guillermo del Toro posted messages celebrating animation made by real artists, including the line “Made by humans for humans.” Many in the animation community took it as a jab at the AI project, and backlash built quickly. By May 30, Gutierrez had pulled out of the program. In a public apology, he said his intention was to spotlight the artists working on the project, not replace them, and promised to do better moving forward.