In 2016, the legendary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki was shown a bizarre AI-generated video of a misshapen human body crawling across a floor.
Miyazaki declared himself “utterly disgusted” by the technology demo, which he considered an “insult to life itself.”
“If you really want to make creepy stuff, you can go ahead and do it,” Miyazaki said. “I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all.”
Many fans interpreted Miyazaki’s remarks as rejecting AI-generated video in general.
… But as these models have improved, they have sped up workflows and afforded new opportunities for artistic expression. Artists without AI expertise might soon find themselves losing work. — Read More
Daily Archives: January 14, 2026
OpenAI Is Sinking and Dragging the Entire AI Industry Down With It
If you still think the AI revolution is a story about progress and saving humanity, think again.
OpenAI is burning $11–12 billion per quarter, and its perverse appetite keeps growing. Until the end of last year, this could have been considered a problem for Sam Altman and OpenAI’s shareholders, but now everything has changed.
OpenAI no longer wants to go down alone. It’s dragging down the leaders of the AI and financial industries with it. The bill will run not just into the hundreds of billions of dollars set to go up in smoke over the next three years, but ultimately into the trillions. — Read More
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