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Slashdot: Warner Bros. Discovery Sues Midjourney For Copyright Infringement

Sep 5, 2025

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/04/2236226/warner-bros-discovery-sues-midjourney-for-copyright-infringement Source: Slashdot Title: Warner Bros. Discovery Sues Midjourney For Copyright Infringement Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Warner Bros. Discovery has raised significant legal concerns by filing a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney, alleging that the AI image generator is unlawfully using its intellectual property to create images of iconic characters.…

Slashdot: Disney Scrapped Deepfakes For Moana and Tron To Avoid ‘Bad Publicity’

Aug 5, 2025

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Source URL: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/08/04/235206/disney-scrapped-deepfakes-for-moana-and-tron-to-avoid-bad-publicity Source: Slashdot Title: Disney Scrapped Deepfakes For Moana and Tron To Avoid ‘Bad Publicity’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Disney’s recent decision to abandon plans for using deepfake technology in its projects, including Moana and Tron: Ares, highlights escalating concerns about the ramifications of AI in creative content. The…

Slashdot: Disney Struggles With How to Use AI – While Retaining Copyrights and Avoiding Legal Issues

Aug 4, 2025

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Source URL: https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/08/04/0432213/disney-struggles-with-how-to-use-ai—while-retaining-copyrights-and-avoiding-legal-issues Source: Slashdot Title: Disney Struggles With How to Use AI – While Retaining Copyrights and Avoiding Legal Issues Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Disney is grappling with the integration of AI technology in its film production, particularly concerning the use of deepfakes for creating a digital double of Dwayne…

The Register: EU-sponsored report says GenAI’s ‘fair use’ defense does not compute

Jul 14, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/14/eu_genai_fair_use/ Source: The Register Title: EU-sponsored report says GenAI’s ‘fair use’ defense does not compute Feedly Summary: Just because a student reads a book doesn’t mean Midjourney gets to eat Disney A research paper commissioned by the European Parliament has called for an EU law to pay writers, musicians, and artists whose work…

Slashdot: Midjourney Launches Its First AI Video Generation Model, V1

Jun 18, 2025

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Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/18/1935234/midjourney-launches-its-first-ai-video-generation-model-v1 Source: Slashdot Title: Midjourney Launches Its First AI Video Generation Model, V1 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Midjourney has launched its AI video generation model, V1, allowing users to create customizable short videos from images. This move positions the startup as a competitor to established entities in the AI…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Disney and Universal Sue AI Company Midjourney for Copyright Infringement

Jun 11, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/11/disney-universal-midjourney/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Disney and Universal Sue AI Company Midjourney for Copyright Infringement Feedly Summary: Disney and Universal Sue AI Company Midjourney for Copyright Infringement This is a big one. It’s very easy to demonstrate that Midjourney will output images of copyright protected characters (like Darth Vader or Yoda) based…

Slashdot: Disney, NBCU Sue AI Image Generator Midjourney Over Copyright Infringement

Jun 11, 2025

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/11/1533241/disney-nbcu-sue-ai-image-generator-midjourney-over-copyright-infringement?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Disney, NBCU Sue AI Image Generator Midjourney Over Copyright Infringement Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Disney and NBCUniversal have initiated a landmark copyright infringement lawsuit against the AI image generator Midjourney for allegedly using copyrighted materials without permission. This case highlights the tensions between AI-generated content…

New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Disney and Universal Sue A.I. Firm Midjourney for Copyright Infringement

Jun 11, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/business/media/disney-universal-midjourney-ai.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Disney and Universal Sue A.I. Firm Midjourney for Copyright Infringement Feedly Summary: The suit, against Midjourney, is the first time major Hollywood companies have sued over A.I.-generated images. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The legal action against Midjourney marks a significant moment in…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Highlights from the Claude 4 system prompt

May 25, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/claude-4-system-prompt/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Highlights from the Claude 4 system prompt Feedly Summary: Anthropic publish most of the system prompts for their chat models as part of their release notes. They recently shared the new prompts for both Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4. I enjoyed digging through the prompts,…

Slashdot: Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing 1.1 Terabytes of Disney’s Slack Data

May 3, 2025

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/05/03/0126234/man-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-11-terabytes-of-disneys-slack-data Source: Slashdot Title: Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing 1.1 Terabytes of Disney’s Slack Data Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A 25-year-old man has admitted to hacking a Disney employee’s computer by using malware disguised as an AI art tool, leading to the theft of significant confidential data. This incident…

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