{"id":"1792708674692-mix-segment","slug":"laika-s-wildwood-vs-ai","title":"Laika's Wildwood vs. AI","summary":"Laika Studios' \"Wildwood,\" based on Colin Meloy's 2011 novel, opens in U.S. theaters Friday, October 23, 2026. It has a reported $100 million budget, a 131-minute runtime, and used more than 230 puppets (including 36 of the protagonist Prue alone) across 136 locations, with a team of 49 animators and over 1,000 artists. The voice cast includes Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, and Angela Bassett.\n\nThe film is Laika's most ambitious to date, reflecting a five-year production effort and major technical advances—puppets with diaphragms for breathing and improved musculature—to make the stop-motion more lifelike. Director Travis Knight has positioned the meticulous handcrafted approach as a direct counterpoint to generative AI, calling AI \"antithetical to everything that we are at this studio.\"\n\n\"Wildwood,\" directed by Laika CEO Travis Knight, is the studio's most ambitious stop-motion film to date, with a $100 million budget, over 230 puppets, and 136 locations. It opens in U.S. theaters Friday, October 23.\n\nOpenAI's Decisions API is now generally available via API and the OpenAI Platform, offering Predicate, Choice, and Score decision types for building workflows based on rapid decisions. This is explicitly labeled an AI-generated scene, not a real event. The post describes a fictional Tesla Roadster with thrusters (a concept SpaceX/Tesla floated for the 2028 Roadster) jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge; the bridge's deck is approximately 67 meters above water. This is a betting market analysis post for an NHL game between the Utah Mammoth and Seattle Kraken, referencing the Kalshi prediction market. It explicitly states \"NO PAPER ENTRY\" and zero actual wager; no factual claim to check.","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T22:37:54.692Z","channel":{"id":"mix","name":"Oncast Mix","language":"en"},"show":"Rush Hour Mix","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: \"Wildwood,\" directed by Laika CEO Travis Knight, is the studio's most ambitious stop-motion film to date, with a $100 million budget, over 230 puppets, and 136 locations. It opens in U.S. theaters Friday, October 23.\nSource: Reuters, The Verge, AP News NAMES: Laika = Portland-based stop-motion animation studio known for \"Coraline\" and \"ParaNorman\" (https://x.com/Reuters/status/2113397608039248173)\n\nTRUE: OpenAI's Decisions API is now generally available via API and the OpenAI Platform, offering Predicate, Choice, and Score decision types for building workflows based on rapid decisions. This is explicitly labeled an AI-generated scene, not a real event. The post describes a fictional Tesla Roadster with thrusters (a concept SpaceX/Tesla floated for the 2028 Roadster) jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge; the bridge's deck is approximately 67 meters above water. This is a betting market analysis post for an NHL game between the Utah Mammoth and Seattle Kraken, referencing the Kalshi prediction market. It explicitly states \"NO PAPER ENTRY\" and zero actual wager; no factual claim to check.\nSource: TestingCatalog (AI News) POST 2113398295213289975: NOCLAIM Post's own description NAMES: Tesla Roadster = upcoming electric sports car with optional SpaceX cold (https://x.com/testingcatalog/status/2113398273352368473)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"\"Wildwood,\" directed by Laika CEO Travis Knight, is the studio's most ambitious stop-motion film to date, with a $100 million budget, over 230 puppets, and 136 locations. 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This is a betting market analysis post for an NHL game between the Utah Mammoth and Seattle Kraken, referencing the Kalshi prediction market. It explicitly states \"NO PAPER ENTRY\" and zero actual wager; no factual claim to check.","sourceName":"TestingCatalog (AI News) POST 2113398295213289975: NOCLAIM Post's own description NAMES: Tesla Roadster = upcoming electric sports car with optional SpaceX cold","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/testingcatalog/status/2113398273352368473","claim":"OPENAI 🔥: Decisions API is now in general availability and can be used via APIs and the OpenAI Platform. > Decisions API is a Jev-like solution enabling you to build workflows based on extremely quick decisions. > Predicate, Choice, and Score decisions are available. It ht","author":"🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog (@testingcatalog)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/Reuters/status/2113397608039248173","name":"Reuters, The Verge, AP News NAMES: Laika = Portland-based stop-motion animation studio known for \"Coraline\" and \"ParaNorman\"","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"@Reuters"},{"url":"https://x.com/testingcatalog/status/2113398273352368473","name":"TestingCatalog (AI News) POST 2113398295213289975: NOCLAIM Post's own description NAMES: Tesla Roadster = upcoming electric sports car with optional SpaceX cold","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog (@testingcatalog)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792708674692-mix-segment-laika-s-wildwood-vs-ai","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/mix","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792708674692-mix-segment-laika-s-wildwood-vs-ai","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1792708674692-mix-segment-laika-s-wildwood-vs-ai and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Sloane","text":"OpenAI just shipped something that's actually useful."},{"host":"Eric","text":"The Decisions API. It's out of beta, generally available now."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Predicate, Choice, and Score decisions. Basically, you can build workflows where the model makes a quick call and your code branches on it."},{"host":"Eric","text":"This is the unglamorous side of AI that actually matters. Not chatbots, not image generators — plumbing."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"And it's cheap and fast, which is the whole point. You don't need a full language model to decide if an email is spam."},{"host":"Eric","text":"I've been saying this for years. The real AI revolution is boring. It's a million tiny decisions."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Meanwhile, on the other end of the spectrum, someone posted an AI video of a Tesla Roadster jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge and flying back up."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Of course they did. The Roadster with the SpaceX thruster package, I assume."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"That's the one. The post is very clear it's AI-generated. The car plunges toward the water, fires its thrusters, and flies back up."},{"host":"Eric","text":"I'll say this — the physics are absurd, but it's a great ad for the actual car. If it ever ships."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"The Roadster has been 'coming next year' since 2017. At this point, the AI video might be the closest we get."},{"host":"Eric","text":"That's harsh. But fair."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"One more thing worth a look — a Vanity Fair story is making the rounds on Hacker News about Jared Kushner's phone being hacked."},{"host":"Eric","text":"I saw that. The claim is it revealed secret negotiations and millions in transactions."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"And one reply says hundreds of millions came from a bank in Azerbaijan. That's a serious allegation."},{"host":"Eric","text":"It's also unverified. Vanity Fair is a real outlet, but this is one story, and the details are explosive enough that I want a second source."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Agreed. The timing is also interesting — right before midterms. I'm not saying it's political, but it'll be used politically."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Everything is used politically. The question is whether the reporting holds up. We'll see."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"And on a much lighter note — the Utah Mammoth play the Seattle Kraken tonight, and someone posted a full betting analysis with zero dollars wagered."},{"host":"Eric","text":"A 'watch' recommendation with no paper entry. That's the most honest gambling post I've ever seen."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"It's a Kalshi market scan. The guy literally wrote 'actual quantity: zero, outlay: zero dollars.'"},{"host":"Eric","text":"I respect the discipline. Most people on X are trying to get you to bet your rent."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"This one's just... watching. Like a sports fan with a spreadsheet."},{"host":"Eric","text":"That's the whole show for tonight. OpenAI's boring revolution, a flying Tesla that doesn't exist, and a Kalshi scan with zero dollars on it."}]}