PC Magazine

Disney to Google: Stop Training Your AI on Moana, Frozen, Other Copyrighted Works

Disney sent a similar letter to Character.AI in September, and it sued Midjourney in June. Its latest warning to Google comes on the heels of its announcement of a new three-year licensing deal with ...
Law

In Copyright Case, Startup Argues Use of Disney, Universal Characters to Train AI Models is 'Transformative Fair Use'

Disney and Universal sued AI firm Midjourney in June for allegedly producing infringing replicas of their iconic movie and television characters through its image-generating service. Midjourney ...
Law

Disney Inks $1B AI Deal to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Video Platform

Disney has announced a three-year, $1 billion partnership with OpenAI, becoming the first major Hollywood studio to formally integrate its intellectual property with a leading generative AI platform.
New York Post

Disney orders Character.AI to scrap Marvel, Star Wars chatbots over ‘grooming and exploitation’ concerns: ‘Dangerous to children’

Disney ordered Character.AI to stop creating chatbots that impersonate its iconic characters — from Mickey Mouse to Spider-Man to Darth Vader — raising concerns that the popular app’s bots have ...
Variety

After Disney Cease-and-Desist Letter, Character.AI Says It Removed Media Company’s Characters From Its AI Chatbot Platform

Disney‘s lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to Character.AI demanding the AI chatbot company remove numerous characters owned by the Mouse House — and accusing the startup of “blatantly infringing ...