Japanese, slight in build, sporting a gray T-shirt ... “I think it’s bullshit,” he says in the studio, growing animated.

Choosing the new-construction route comes with challenges like cost overruns, permitting delays and supply-chain issues, but also the promise of getting a fully customized home.

Unlike a lot of other gen AI-centric entertainment outfits focused on deploying the technology in ways that audiences aren’t necessarily meant to see, Saatchi and his team at studio Fable developed ...