You Won’t Believe the New YouTube Series Made 100% by AI

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It seems like a seemingly unavoidable and unfortunate milestone in the realm of AI applications within filmmaking: Korean Entertainment division CJ ENM will debut its first-ever AI-generated animated series. As per Variety’s report, the company revealed their comprehensive strategy for AI content at an industry gathering in Seoul, Korea. This announcement, while unusual, is certain to establish a pattern for future projects heavily reliant on AI technology. The series, titled Cat Biggie, is entirely generated by AI software and marks the beginning of many such endeavors for this media titan. However, it might not bode well for future human-made animated productions.

At a 2025 conference called K-Content Meets AI, Chief Strategy Officer Shin Keun-sup would express that our media division is using AI throughout the entire process of creating and distributing content – from planning and production to distribution and marketing. This broad application of AI allows us to increase the variety of AI-generated content across different genres and formats. By doing so, we aim to secure intellectual properties for the next generation. CJ ENM’s ultimate goal is to transform the creation of animated content using advanced AI technology.

Biggie Cat” serves as CJ ENM’s pioneering demonstration of their creative potential. The series revolves around an unusual scenario where a cat finds himself unexpectedly and reluctantly raising a baby chicken. Unlike conventional animated series, “Biggie Cat” lacks spoken dialogue. This series of 30 two-minute episodes is engineered to highlight the prowess of Cinematic AI, whose production process is said to be more streamlined than other AI tools used for similar creative endeavors.

‘Cat Biggie’ Sets a Dangerous Precedent for Future AI-Driven Content

Beak Hyun-jung, head of artificial intelligence business and production, oversaw the creation of “Cat Biggie” and detailed the manufacturing process when employing Cinematic AI technology. Hyun-jung explained: “The primary hurdle was mastering and depicting the distinctive dynamic actions characteristic of animation. By utilizing our tool, Cinematic AI, we transformed characters into 3D data and educated the production system accordingly. This enabled us to produce a final product with a high degree of completeness.

The main reason why many, including CJ ENM, find the Cinematic AI tool appealing for creating animated content is its efficiency, as it enables users to produce several minutes of animated footage in much less time compared to traditional methods. This advancement, however, carries a bittersweet tone for the media division that has a rich history of productions like the critically acclaimed 2019 film “Parasite,” directed by Bong Joon-ho. The decision to invest in AI software rather than human animators raises concerns about the company’s future, as their reliance on AI is not limited to the “Cat Biggie” animated shorts.

The upcoming YouTube release titled “Cat Biggie” in July, primarily designed for children, raises concerns. The notion of solely employing AI tools for content distribution as vast as the series produced by CJ ENM seems risky. Additionally, the commercialization of AI-generated content might foster an undesirable market tendency of overlooking genuine creators, filmmakers, and animators (real people). At this juncture, the only course of action appears to be industry leaders maintaining their stance and advocating for AI regulation to prevent projects like “Cat Biggie” from proliferating.

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2025-07-07 14:32