Netflix is getting blasted for using AI art in an anime instead of hiring artists Critics say there's no labour shortage, just a shortage of companies willing to pay for labour.

Osamu Tezuka's son Makoto Tezuka says that he's been training AI for the past 5 years on the drawings of his father to see if it can translate his art into anime accurately.

This week, Netflix shared Dog and Boy, an animated short the streaming giant described as an “experimental effort” to address the anime industry’s ongoing labor shortage.