Let's talk about the current AI situation.
So, as you may be aware, there was a recent announcement about the future of the Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise.
In this article, it's announced that there will be a new, digital only reboot of AATC including short form social media content and a full theatrical film. The film, backed by Sony, is slated to come out in late 2028. Which will be right around the 70th anniversary.
All of this SHOULD be good news to us, but unfortunately we can't have nice things. Bagdasarian Productions made a deal with Big Shot Pictures, giving them a 25% stake in the franchise. Big Shot Pictures will be in charge of the short form social media content. This company exclusively uses generative AI to make its content...
So basically, it's gotten even worse than the Golden situation and this franchise is essentially going to become an AI slop factory. This is DEVASTATING news and I couldn't be more disappointed in Bagdasarian Productions. It's clear now that they learned literally nothing.
As for ChipmunkMania, I'm not going anywhere. You'll have to kill me and drag my dead body through the door. I'm just NOT going to be engaging in the AI generated content. If it's made with AI, it WILL NOT be posted on any of the ChipmunkMania platforms. I wont even acknowledge it. I will, however, continue archiving and preserving the already existing media.
If there's another case like Golden, where a genuine cover made by actual people is released, I will archive that music. I just will separate it from the AI content like I did with Golden.
There isn't much info to go off of as of right now. No content has been made yet, and it's not entirely sure when things will start rolling out. But I'll be keeping an eye on it and continuing to share news when I get it.
In the meantime, I encourage anyone who can to send BP letters expressing their concerns about this situation. They clearly didn't read our comments last time, and we have to make our voices heard.
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