Is Palworld using AI and plagiarism?

Palworld has been under fire for using AI and supposedly copying Pokemon designs but are the designs close enough to be considered plagiarism?
Bibliography:
Palworld VGC article:
www.videogameschronicle.com/n...
Tweet comparing Palworld features:
x.com/onion_mu/status/1748108...
Tweet comparing the wolf model:
x.com/byofrog/status/17491987...
Tweet comparing Pokemon to dragon quest:
x.com/kelskiYT/status/1749243...
Tweet thread from animator and instructor ellewasamistake going over the wolf model and tracing in 3D
x.com/ellewasamistake/status/...
Games as art tweet of some Palworld comparisons:
x.com/GamesMightBeArt/status/...
IGN article on Pokemons response to Palworld:
www.ign.com/articles/the-poke...
Rock paper shotgun article on Palworld plagiarism with lawyers opinion:
www.rockpapershotgun.com/does...
PC gamer palworld AI:
www.pcgamer.com/ai-palworld-a...
Asmongold twitter clip:
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Asmongold double down tweet:
x.com/Asmongold/status/175023...
Mutahar tweet on Asmongold:
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[@egbert5871]

I feel like there reason to stop craftopia to work on a new game Palworld makes sense , Craftopia wasn't doing amazing hell i never heard of it

[@sofaking1627]

Pokemon glazers really out here bold face lyin on twitter cuz they can't handle Pal World's W

[@chris_php]

It would be niuce if they put this effort on gamefreak to get higher quality pokemon games that aren't plagued with issues.