AI Film ‘Critterz’ Looks for Tech Partner After OpenAI (Correct)

Critterz, a feature-length cartoon intended to showcase how OpenAI’s video-generation capabilities could revolutionize filmmaking, has missed a planned Cannes Film Festival debut after the artificial intelligence company shut down its Sora tool, forcing its creators to look for a new AI partner.

Co-producers Chad Nelson, an OpenAI creative strategist, and James Richardson, said in an interview from the show that they’re planning to release the film in the first quarter of next year and spent this year’s festival looking for a distribution partner. The annual event in southern France, which acts as a showcase for new films and ...