We’re already seeing how generative-AI tools are able to create moving images from text prompts, and now OpenAI wants to prove that such technology can create Hollywood-worthy animated feature films.
The company behind ChatGPT and the text-to-video generation tool Sora has partnered with a couple of production companies to make a movie called Critterz that it plans to debut at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in May ahead of a global theater release, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The movie, which according to the Journal is about “forest creatures who go on an adventure after their village is disrupted by a stranger,” will be “largely” made using OpenAI tools.
The idea for Critterz came from Chad Nelson, a creative specialist at OpenAI. Working with London-based Vertigo Films and Los Angeles-based Native Foreign, the plan is to make the animation in nine months — less than a third of the time it would usually take using regular production methods. And with a reported budget of less than $30 million, the cost of making the movie will be significantly lower than that of other animations using traditional techniques.
Notably, the script for Critterz was written by humans and not AI, with some of those who penned Paddington in Peru part of the team. Human artists, too, have been hired to draw sketches that OpenAI’s tools will then work with, and human voice actors — not AI-generated imitations — will be given roles in the movie.
However, compared to a regular animation feature, the crew is tiny, with only “roughly 30 people” working on Critterz.
The news of OpenAI’s bid to create an animated feature film comes as the entertainment industry grapples with questions about how far to deploy AI technology in the movie-making process. While many creatives see AI as a serious threat to their livelihoods, major companies remain eager to experiment with the technology in the hope of boosting their business. As for Critterz, if it’s a big success, the movie could trigger a shift in Hollywood and the wider film industry toward greater use of AI for the production of animated features.
ASUS has started selling its UGen Intel Arc Pro B70 graphics card in Europe, bringing its take on Intel’s workstation GPU to customers with a hefty €1,799 recommended price. The card is available in Germany and Austria, while ASUS lists it at CHF 1,799 in Switzerland.
Intel first introduced the Arc Pro B70 in March 2026, with its own branded model starting at $949. ASUS’s version arrives several months later with the same core GPU architecture but a different cooling design and a higher power rating. The price also places it well above Intel’s original starting point, although the two prices are not directly comparable because ASUS’s European figure includes VAT.
Anthropic has officially filed to go public, and buried inside its S-1 is a blunt warning about the technology at the center of its business. The maker of Claude AI says advanced AI could cause everything from large-scale cyberattacks and geopolitical instability to catastrophic or even existential risks for humanity.
The warnings take up a surprisingly large part of the filing. Axios notes that more than 90 pages, or roughly a third of the prospectus, focus on risk factors. Many of them warn about what could happen as AI systems become more capable and autonomous.
AI giants have a growing autonomy problem on their hands. A new Axios report has revealed that Anthropic's Claude recently accessed publicly available Georgia vote count without human authorization, sparking fresh concerns about AI security ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.