"Artificial intelligence isn't just coming for human actors' jobs - even our favorite furry celebrities are struggling to find work in Hollywood."
""It has certainly impacted the studio animal trainers and the studio animal business already quite a lot," Studio Animal Services owner Karin McElhatton told THR."
""I don't think I've had a call for a woodpecker in probably three or four years, maybe five years," she told THR."
AI and CGI are increasingly used to create animal performances in post-production instead of bringing real animals to set. Studios are adopting digital animal solutions to reduce on-set logistics and costs. Some animal performers are seeing fewer bookings and are limited to occasional commercials. Trainers, wranglers, and animal coordinators face growing risk of redundancy as companies pursue AI-generated characters and digital background actors. The emergence of an AI-generated "actress" called Tilly Norwood sparked industry backlash, and the animal actor industry has already suffered significant losses from the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2023 writers' strike, with rental work down to roughly 40 percent of pre-pandemic levels.
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