Community

AI-generated short film 'Guardians of the Burrow' wins Omni film festival prize

Jodie Heenan's short film 'Guardians of the Burrow,' entirely AI-generated, won a prize at the Omni international AI film festival, adjudicated by a panel led by director Alex Proyas. The film depicts a realistic wildlife scene of a tarantula and a frog in a burrow, despite being fully synthetic.

0 engagement·1 source·Mon, Jul 6, 2026, 03:00 PM

Jodie Heenan, an Australian digital content designer, created the short film 'Guardians of the Burrow' entirely using AI. The film won a prize at the Omni international AI film festival, with a judging panel led by director Alex Proyas (known for 'The Crow' and 'Dark City'), an AI advocate. The film features a realistic scene of a giant Amazonian tarantula and a dotted humming frog in a dimly lit burrow, described as 'looking and feeling' real despite being fully synthetic.

Entities

Jodie Heenan(person)Guardians of the Burrow(tool)Alex Proyas(person)Guardians of the Burrow(concept)Omni international AI film festival(concept)

SocietySat, Jul 11, 2026, 11:00 AM

AI actor Tilly Norwood returns, sparking debate on human connection in cinema

Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated actor, is back with a new project, reigniting discussion about the role of AI in film and the loss of human connection. The post criticizes the 'Tillyverse' as lacking the cultural and social bridging that real actors provide.

0 engagement·1 source·rss

RSS

CommunitySat, Jul 11, 2026, 06:54 PM

Community questions logical consistency of Google Genie 3's AI-generated worlds

Google released Genie 3, an AI that generates interactive 3D worlds from text prompts. While users are impressed by the surface-level fidelity, some question whether the worlds maintain logical coherence, drawing parallels to early procedural generation in games.

3 engagement·1 source·reddit

ProductSun, Jul 12, 2026, 10:13 AM

Recreation of MU/TH/UR 6000 UI from Alien using Fable and Claude

A fan recreation of the fictional MU/TH/UR 6000 interface from the Alien franchise, built using Fable (a generative UI tool) and Claude. The creator, a React developer, used natural language prompts to generate the UI with minimal coding, demonstrating how LLMs can assist in rapid prototyping of complex animated interfaces.

4 engagement·1 source·reddit

CommunitySat, Jul 11, 2026, 05:12 PM

Harness engineer reports easy creation of complex AI agents for multi-step automation

A harness engineer on Reddit describes how they can now create agents in hours that automate long, multi-step workflows, including generating an AI video series where each character is sourced from five different models. The post highlights the growing accessibility of agentic AI for practical automation.

10 engagement·1 source·reddit

IncidentSat, Jul 11, 2026, 03:24 PM

Users report Fable AI refuses to generate scripts involving police

A user reports that Fable, an AI scriptwriting tool, now refuses to generate any script involving police, even for neutral documentaries. The user seeks workarounds and questions whether this is a permanent policy shift.