Dior director rejects AI claims after six-fingered hand sparks controversy

Summary

• French animator Sylvain Chomet has rejected claims that generative artificial intelligence was used to create Dior’s animated holiday film, “Christian Dior’s Night in Color”, after viewers pointed to apparent visual errors, including a character with six fingers.
• Chomet and producer Aton Soumache told Variety that the six-minute film was produced using traditional 2D animation over seven months, with a team of about 20 people, including six animators.
• Chomet has continued to work in traditional 2D animation, even as computer-generated animation became increasingly prominent in the film industry.

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French animator Sylvain Chomet has rejected claims that generative artificial intelligence was used to create Dior’s animated holiday film, “Christian Dior’s Night in Color”, after viewers pointed to apparent visual errors, including a character with six fingers.

Chomet and producer Aton Soumache told Variety that the six-minute film was produced using traditional 2D animation over seven months, with a team of about 20 people, including six animators.