Gizmodo reached out to Amazon for comment on its reported funding of Showrunner, as well as any potential content partnerships the company may enter into with Fable Studio. Amazon has not responded at the time of publication.

Amazon has backed a new AI service that is being called the "Netflix of AI", and it's another depressing development in the use of generative AI in the entertainment industry.

At the heart of Showrunner is SHOW-2, the company’s proprietary AI model capable of writing, animating, voicing, editing and producing full episodes of television. Early access users can sign up now at Showrunner.xyz, where a waitlist of more than 100,000 people is already queued up to try the platform.