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Chinese AI Video Generator Vidu Strikes IP Deal For Animated Series ‘Journey To The West: Legends Of The Monkey King’

Under the new feature due to be introduced to Vidu over the coming months, users will be able to upload a single photo of themselves and reinterpret the original 26-part series, which was produced by China Central Television and CINAR Corporation. The announcement follows in the wake of a backlash against OpenAI after a feature in its updated video generation model Sora allowed users to transform personal photos into the distinct animation style of Japan’s Studio Ghibli, prompting anger from the company’s chief artist and founder Hayao Miyazaki. Vidu announced the IP deal during its Tokyo Global Talents Meetup, which is taking place at the same time as the Annecy International Film Festival in France, where generative AI and its use of existing content is a hot button topic for the animation community this year.

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