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The director of the Marathon<\/a> reveal cinematic short has expressed his disbelief that he feels forced to come out and defend the work as \u201cnot AI.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Marathon cinematic short, below, is over eight minutes long and sets the scene for Bungie\u2019s upcoming extraction shooter with a voice cast that includes the likes of Elias Toufexis and Ben Starr. It was written and directed by Alberto Mielgo, who created The Witness for Netflix\u2019s Love, Death & Robots, and won an Oscar for The Windshield Wiper in 2022.<\/p>\n

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In an Instagram post<\/a>, Mielgo hit out at those who accused the Marathon cinematic of being built using generative AI, insisting it took 155 staff months to put together.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t believe we\u2019ve reached a point where I have to clarify this, but here it goes: this is not AI,\u201d Mielgo said. \u201cHELLO. Everything you see in this film: paintings, animations, 2D and 3D work, compositing, and renders done with huge team \u2014 155 incredible people and hell of hours, days, months\u2026 Yes, our Achilles\u2019 heel: time.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cMany of you ask me what my opinion on AI is\u2026 Honestly, I have no idea. But one thing is certain: AI will never take away my (your) urge or joy for making art and painting. That part will never be replaced.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As technology improves, it is becoming increasingly difficult to tell the difference between videos created via generative AI prompts and traditional animation efforts. And with a lack of legislation forcing generative AI disclaimers onto output, audiences are left to try to work it out themselves.<\/p>\n

The issue over what is generative AI and what isn\u2019t has spilled over into the realm of deepfakes, too, with a number of celebrities hitting out at the technology. In July, it was reported that John Wick star Keanu Reeves pays a company a few thousand dollars a month to get the likes of TikTok and Meta to take down imitators<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Mielgo appears to have also addressed the Marathon plagiarism controversy that rocked Bungie<\/a> earlier this year. The Game Post<\/a> reported that Mielgo replied to one Instagram comment to say the incident was overblown, but those comments are now deleted.<\/p>\n

Marathon has certainly endured a troubled development. After having a September 2025 release date set (the cinematic was released when this release date was still planned), Bungie delayed the game into 2026 to make adjustments based on feedback from playtests.<\/p>\n

The pressure is indeed on Marathon to succeed amid Destiny 2\u2019s high-profile struggles. Earlier this month, parent company Sony said the studio had failed to meet its sales and user engagement targets, resulting in a $200 million impairment charge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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