Which visual effects supervisor said AI was not used in Toy Story 5 production?

Thomas Jordan, the visual effects supervisor, said AI was not used in Toy Story 5's production. He described the film's animation as entirely human-made rather than generated by artificial intelligence.

Jordan oversaw visual-effects work on Pixar's fifth main Toy Story film, including the technical challenges created by its large cast of new and returning toys. His comments addressed a growing concern in animation: whether studios are using generative systems to create performances, designs or finished imagery.

That statement does not mean Toy Story 5 avoided advanced software. Pixar used RenderMan XPU, a renderer that can use CPUs and GPUs together, and expanded the Luna lighting extension for its Presto animation system. These are artist-directed production tools, not substitutes for animators.

Jordan also discussed specialized work such as Blaze's hair system and Daffodil's invertible rigging. Those examples show why the AI claim can be misunderstood: the film used sophisticated procedural and technical tools, but the credited creative and animation work remained human-led.