Apple's 'Creator Studio' App Bundle Now Available for $12.99 Per Month

Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple today launched the new Creator Studio that was initially unveiled two weeks ago, providing content creators with access to six Apple apps for $12.99 per month or $129 per year.Creator Studio includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro on M…

digitaltrends - Google Photos is rolling out a new AI feature called Me Meme that lets you recreate trending memes with photos of yourself.The post Google Photos introduces a fun new way to turn yourself into a meme appeared first on Digital Trends.

#ai #computervision #mobile #google #genai #camera #apps #photography #creativity

How to use Google Photos' new Me Meme feature

5 wks / engadget / Mariella Moon

Google Photos now lets you turn your selfies into AI-generated memes

5 wks / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Google Photos Adds AI-Powered Meme Creation With 'Me Meme'

6 wks / cnet / Ty Pendlebury

Google Photos can now turn you into a meme

6 wks / engadget / Will Shanklin

This new Google Photos feature lets you see yourself in a whole new way

6 wks / pocket-lint / Craig Donaldson

Google Photos’ latest feature lets you meme yourself

6 wks / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

Google Photos introduces a fun new way to turn yourself into a meme

6 wks / digitaltrends

Apple to Host Creator Event on January 27-29, Sparking Reports of a M5 Pro MacBook Pro Announcement

Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - Apple has sent out invitations to content creators for an event, sparking speculation of a M5 Pro MacBook Pro announcement.The post Apple to Host Creator Event on January 27-29, Sparking Reports of a M5 Pro MacBook Pro Announcement first appeared on iPhon…

#apple #youtube #camera #cpus #creativity #macbook #media #gadgets #arm #california

Apple Invites Creators to 'Apple Experience' Event as M5 MacBook Pro Launch Nears

6 wks / iclarified

Apple's First Event Of The Year Is Not What You Expect, But There Might Be A Surprise

6 wks / bgr

Apple to Host Creator Event on January 27-29, Sparking Reports of a M5 Pro MacBook Pro Announcement

6 wks / iphoneincanada / Steve Vegvari

Creators invited to three-day Apple Creator Studio event

6 wks / appleinsider

Apple Hosting LA Event for Creators on January 27-29 That Could Coincide With MacBook Pro Announcement

6 wks / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

Hollywood actors and artists just made a move against AI slop

Sarah Fielding / fastcompany - A new campaign launches today against AI’s sticky fingers on copyrighted material.The Human Artistry Campaign’s “Stealing Isn’t Innovation” movement launches today with over 800 signatories. Those include many Hollywood actors, including Scarlett Johansso…

#ai #techpolicy #entertainment #aiethics #genai #creativity #media #films #intellectualproperty #copyright

'Stealing Isn't Innovation' campaign suggests that there's an ethical way to rip off human creativity

6 wks / appleinsider

Scarlett Johansson, REM, and other artists call for an end to AI slop and theft

6 wks / mashable

Hollywood actors and artists just made a move against AI slop

6 wks / fastcompany / Sarah Fielding

'Stealing Isn't Innovation': Hundreds of Creatives Warn Against an AI Slop Future

6 wks / slashdot / msmash

A-List creatives sign up to fight AI, say it enables 'theft at a grand scale'

6 wks / engadget / Steve Dent

Artists and writers push back on AI training with 'Stealing Isn’t Innovation' campaign

6 wks / betanews / Wayne Williams

Microsoft updates Notepad and Paint with more AI features

Sergiu Gatlan / bleepingcomputer - Microsoft is rolling out new artificial intelligence features with the latest updates to the Notepad and Paint apps for Windows 11 Insiders. [...]

#ai #windows #microsoft #genai #apps #creativity #ux #productivity #updates

Microsoft updates Notepad and Paint with more AI features

6 wks / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

Microsoft Updates Notepad with Markdown Support and AI Features for Paint

6 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Notepad will now tell you all the ways Microsoft has enshittified it

6 wks / theregister / Richard Speed

Youtube CEO Outlines 2026 Vision: AI Tools for Creators, Fight Against Low-quality Content

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - YouTube CEO Neal Mohan has announced AI tools for creators to make Shorts with their likenesses while fighting low-quality AI content.The post Youtube CEO Outlines 2026 Vision: AI Tools for Creators, Fight Against Low-quality Content appeared first on Win…

#ai #google #aiethics #genai #youtube #creativity #ux #media #contentmoderation #algorithm

YouTube Expands AI’s Role in the Creator Economy

6 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Youtube CEO Outlines 2026 Vision: AI Tools for Creators, Fight Against Low-quality Content

6 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

YouTube to launch AI likeness management tools for creators

6 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

YouTube Creators Can Soon Make Shorts With Their Own AI Likeness

6 wks / analyticsindiamag / Smruthi Nadig

Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback

msmash / slashdot - San Diego Comic-Con changed an AI art friendly policy following an artist-led backlash last week. From a report: It was a small victory for working artists in an industry where jobs are slipping away as movie and video game studios adopt generative AI too…

#ai #entertainment #aiethics #genai #culture #creativity #community #contentmoderation #intellectualproperty #california

Hundreds of creatives warn against an AI slop future

6 wks / theverge / Mia Sato

Apple’s Building an AI Pin

6 wks / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

Podcast: Here’s What Palantir Is Really Building

6 wks / 404media / Joseph Cox

Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback

6 wks / slashdot / msmash

Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback

6 wks / ycombinator

Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback

6 wks / 404media / Matthew Gault

Adobe Acrobat Can Now Turn PDFs Into Podcasts and Presentations

Laurent Giret / thurrott - Adobe Acrobat can now turn PDFs into professional-looking presentations and podcasts. The new AI features require a $24.99/month Acrobat Studio subscription.The post Adobe Acrobat Can Now Turn PDFs Into Podcasts and Presentations appeared first on Thurrot…

#ai #digitaltransformation #voice #genai #apps #creativity #media #productivity #updates #adobe

Adobe Acrobat adds conversational AI to edit PDFs with text prompts

6 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

You can now turn PDFs into podcasts and slides with Adobe’s new AI feature

6 wks / digitaltrends

Adobe Acrobat Now Lets You Edit Files Using Prompts, Generate Podcast Summaries

6 wks / slashdot / msmash

Adobe Announces New AI Tools for Acrobat

6 wks / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Adobe Acrobat Can Now Turn PDFs Into Podcasts and Presentations

6 wks / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Adobe Acrobat now lets you edit files using prompts, generate podcast summaries

6 wks / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Adobe Acrobat uses AI to turn your PDFs into podcasts

6 wks / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

Apple bundles creative apps such as Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro into a single subscription

Kris Holt / engadget - Apple has been putting more onus on its services for the past several years — the company makes tens of billions of dollars in revenue from that side of the business, which it claimed had a record year in 2025. Apple is nudging a little more in that direc…

#apple #business #apps #ipad #creativity #music #macos #technology #productivity

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'Baldur's Gate 3' Game Studio Says 'Divinity' Won't Include AI-Generated Art

Jason Nelson / decrypt - Larian Studios head Swen Vincke said the upcoming RPG Divinity will not use generative AI art, though the studio still sees benefits to the tech.

#ai #gaming #entertainment #aiethics #genai #creativity #media #copyright

'Baldur's Gate 3' Game Studio Says 'Divinity' Won't Include AI-Generated Art

1 month / decrypt / Jason Nelson

'There is not going to be any GenAI art in Divinity': BG3 studio Larian draws line in the sand

1 month / reddit / /u/MetaKnowing

Baldur’s Gate 3 studio says it won’t use AI for concept art or writing

1 month / theverge / Ash Parrish

Larian Studios Will “Refrain From Using GenAI Tools” to Develop Concept Art, But Will Still Try Apply GenAI Tools Elsewhere

1 month / wccftech / David Carcasole

How Lego designed its new interactive Smart Brick

Chris Morris / fastcompany - While the Lego Group has dipped its toes into tech waters before, the company hasn’t strayed far from its analog roots. But on Monday, the 94-year-old company unveiled a new product line that embraces the digital age, without abandoning its core business.…

#iot #hardware #innovation #education #wireless #creativity #diy #technology #gadgets

Lego Smart Play hands-on: Using technology to get kids to play together

1 month / engadget / Nathan Ingraham

Lego Builds With New Tech, Bringing 'Clicks' Back to Phones, and a Laptop Price Solution? | Tech Today video

1 month / cnet / Owen Poole

I played with the Lego Smart Brick

1 month / theverge / Sean Hollister

Lego Smart Brick Hands-On: The Unknown Play Experience Is a Feature, Not a Flaw

2 months / gizmodo / Raymond Wong

LEGO introduces ‘Smart Brick’ that has tiny computer inside

2 months / mobilesyrup / Matthew Mountjoy

Lego Unveils Smart Bricks, Its 'Most Significant Evolution' in 50 years

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Lego crams an ASIC in a brick to keep kids interested

2 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Lego Debuts 'Smart Brick' at CES, Bringing Light, Sound and Silicon Into the Classic 2x4

2 months / decrypt / Josh Quittner

How Lego designed its new interactive Smart Brick

2 months / fastcompany / Chris Morris

Lego unveils tech-filled Smart Bricks - to play experts' dismay

2 months / bbc

Chamberlain’s new smart lock will lock your door and shut your garage upon spotting a stranger

2 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Deepfakes hit a whole new level in 2025. The 2026 forecast looks like a total reality-check nightmare

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#ai #cybersecurity #aiethics #genai #chatgpt #creativity #technology #contentmoderation #algorithm #digitalprivacy

Racist AI fakes are now a business — and a political tool

2 months / reddit / /u/Boonzies

Ex-Palantir turned politician Alex Bores says AI deepfakes are a "solvable problem" if we bring back a free, decades-old technique widespread adoption of HTTPS—using digital certificates to verify that a website is authentic

2 months / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

Deepfakes hit a whole new level in 2025. The 2026 forecast looks like a total reality-check nightmare

2 months / reddit / /u/MRADEL90

Deepfakes Leveled up in 2025—Here’s What’s Coming Next

2 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Loses Indie Game Awards Wins Over AI Use

techpowerup - The Indie Game Awards has previously taken a stance against the use of generative AI, confirming that games that used generative AI during the development process are not eligible for consideration for any awards. Now, it has upheld that stance, with a ne…

#software #gaming #aiethics #genai #creativity #law #technology #intellectualproperty #digitalprivacy

Larian Studios The Latest To Face Backlash Over Use of AI To Make Games

2 months / techdirt / Timothy Geigner

Expedition 33 lost its Game of the Year and Debut Game awards from the Indie Game Awards. I’ve argued fighting using Gen AI in games is a losing battle because this is now the norm. If they built an award winning game using Gen AI one could ask why we s

2 months / bsky / @carnage4life.bsky.social / carnage4life.bsky.social

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Loses Indie Game Awards Wins Over AI Use

2 months / techpowerup

Indie Game Awards retracts Expedition 33 prizes due to generative AI

2 months / theverge / Jay Peters

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Stripped of Indie Game Awards GOTY Win for GenAI Use

2 months / wccftech / David Carcasole

‘I Think It’s Good to Have Limitations When You Are Creative’, Says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Creator; No Plan to Scale Up

2 months / wccftech / Alessio Palumbo

OpenAI Launches 'ChatGPT Images' With Precision Editing and 4x Faster Generation

iclarified - OpenAI has rolled out a major update to its image generation tools, introducing a new ChatGPT Images experience powered by the GPT Image 1.5 model. The upgrade focuses on faster generation, more precise edits, and significantly improved consistency when m…

#ai #cloud #ml #openai #aiethics #chatgpt #deeptech #creativity #algorithm #api

Apple Music integration expands ChatGPT’s multimedia reach (4)
Competitive tests and benchmarks challenge Google rivals (11)
Launch announcements: Upgraded ChatGPT Images revealed (13)
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Apple Music integration expands ChatGPT’s multimedia reach

Apple Music in ChatGPT:

2 months / x / @gdb

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Images Update Leaks Apple Music Integration

2 months / iphoneincanada / Nehal Malik

DJ ChatGPT will soon be in control of your Apple Music playlists

2 months / appleinsider

ChatGPT Gets Apple Music Integration and New Image Generator

2 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

Competitive tests and benchmarks challenge Google rivals

GPT 1.5 Image vs Nano Banana Pro vs Seedream 4.5 vs Flux 2 Max vs Grok 2 Image

2 months / reddit / /u/Rare_Bunch4348

imagegen-1.5 is top of the Image Arena:

2 months / x / @gdb

GPT-Image 1.5 Vs NanoBanana Pro at Colorizing manga

2 months / reddit / /u/Barubiri

GPT Image 1.5 test - With moderately skilled prompting

2 months / reddit / /u/Setsuiii

OpenAI has launched its answer to Google's viral Nano Banana

2 months / qz / Shannon Carroll

OpenAI launches new ChatGPT Images tool to rival Nano Banana: How to try it

2 months / mashable

GPT-Image-1.5 Fails the Side-View Bag test

2 months / reddit / /u/BaconSky

GPT-image-1.5 is not better than Nano Banana Pro

2 months / reddit / /u/ThunderBeanage

UPDATE: GPT-Image-1.5 Official Pricing and Confirmed Leaderboard Rankings/Benchmarks (Artificial Analysis & LMArena #1)

2 months / reddit / /u/BuildwithVignesh

OpenAI's new ChatGPT image model matches Google's Nano Banana Pro on complex prompts

2 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

BREAKING: OpenAI releases "GPT-Image-1.5" (ChatGPT Images) & It instantly takes the #1 Spot on LMArena, beating Google's Nano Banana Pro.

2 months / reddit / /u/BuildwithVignesh

Launch announcements: Upgraded ChatGPT Images revealed

OpenAI Launches GPT Image 1.5: ‘ChatGPT Images’ Workspace Targets Enterprise Creators

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

ChatGPT now lets you create and edit images faster and more reliably

2 months / digitaltrends

OpenAI launches new GPT Image 1.5 model optimized for image editing

2 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

The new ChatGPT Images is here

2 months / simonwillison / Simon Willison

ChatGPT Images, a new model and product experience for imagegen:

2 months / x / @gdb

ChatGPT Images, a new model and product experience for imagegen:

2 months / x / @gdb

OpenAI Rolls Out New ChatGPT Images

2 months / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

OpenAI Launches 'ChatGPT Images' With Precision Editing and 4x Faster Generation

2 months / iclarified

OpenAI continues on its ‘code red’ warpath with new image generation model

2 months / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

OpenAI’s new flagship image generator AI is here

2 months / theverge / Hayden Field

OpenAI Just Dropped a New AI Image Model in ChatGPT to Rival Google's Nano Banana

2 months / cnet / Katelyn Chedraoui

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Updated to Make Images Better and Faster

2 months / bloomberg / Rachel Metz

ChatGPT image generation is now faster and better at following tweaks

2 months / engadget / Igor Bonifacic

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Blogged some notes on the new ChatGPT Images model that launched today simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/16/...

2 months / bsky / @simonwillison.net / simonwillison.net

Blogged some notes on the new ChatGPT Images model that launched today https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/16/new-chatgpt-images/

2 months / bsky / @simon.fedi.simonwillison.net.ap.brid.gy / simon.fedi.simonwillison.net.ap.brid.gy

ChatGPT may soon help iPhone and Mac users in another way, with an upcoming integration potentially allowing the AI service to manage your Apple Music playlists.

2 months / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

OpenAI rolls out GPT-Image-1.5 for ChatGPT, promising 4x faster generation, better instruction-following and precise edits. The launch escalates its rivalry with Google Gemini.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Adobe Firefly Gets New AI Video Creation Tools and Models

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - Adobe announced a major update to its Firefly AI platform, with new tools and other capabilities for video creation.The post Adobe Firefly Gets New AI Video Creation Tools and Models appeared first on Thurrott.com.

#ai #software #digitaltransformation #entertainment #aiethics #apps #creativity #updates #adobe #animation

Adobe releases Firefly video editor with prompt edits

2 months / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Adobe’s Firefly AI now lets you edit videos by describing changes

2 months / digitaltrends

Adobe Firefly Gets New AI Video Creation Tools and Models

2 months / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Adobe Firefly’s newest update enables users to direct, rather than generate, AI video

2 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Adobe Firefly now supports prompt-based video editing, adds more third-party models

2 months / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Adobe Firefly's New AI Editing Tools Are a Step Toward More Precise AI Video

2 months / cnet / Katelyn Chedraoui

Mirelo Raises $41M in Seed Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Mirelo, a Berlin, Germany-based audio company generating synchronized sound effects for videos, raised $41M in Seed funding. The round was led by Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Atlantic.vc and TriplePoint Capital. Angel in…

#ai #startups #vc #aiethics #business #europe #creativity #animation #algorithm

AI Sound Generator Startup Mirelo Raises $41M Seed Round Led By Index And A16z

2 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Audio generation startup Mirelo nabs $41M investment

2 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Berlin-based Mirelo raises €35 million seed round co-led by Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz

2 months / eu-startups / Thomas Ohr

AI sound generator startup Mirelo grabs $41M seed round, led by Index and A16z

2 months / tech / John Reynolds

Mirelo Raises $41M in Seed Funding

2 months / finsmes / FinSMEs

Mirelo raises $41M from Index and a16z to solve AI video’s silent problem

2 months / techcrunch / Anna Heim

Why 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' is the Greatest 'Christmas Carol' Ever video

cnet - We do a deep-dive into all of the right (and wrong) choices Brian Henson made in creating 'A Muppet Christmas Carol', the greatest film-version of Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'.

#movies #streaming #entertainment #culture #vfx #creativity #disney #films

Why 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' is the Greatest 'Christmas Carol' Ever video

2 months / cnet

All the ways The Muppet Christmas Carol avoided failure to become the greatest Christmas Carol ever

2 months / mashable

Disney making $1 billion investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI video generator

cnbc - Disney is investing in OpenAI and has licensed its iconic characters like Mickey Mouse, Ariel and Iron Man to be used in the Sora AI video generator.

#ai #entertainment #openai #aiethics #investment #business #chatgpt #creativity #disney #contentmoderation

Key deal terms and investment specifics (44)
Legal battles and copyright control (7)
Market reactions and creative impacts (5)
Unrelated additional news (1)
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Key deal terms and investment specifics

Disney's billion-dollar AI bet on OpenAI

2 months / therundown / Zach Mink

OpenAI strikes $1B deal to bring Disney characters to ChatGPT and Sora

2 months / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Disney and OpenAI team up

2 months / ft

Behind the Deal That Took Disney From AI Skeptic to OpenAI Investor

2 months / wsj / Keach Hagey

Disney’s $1 Billion Bet: A Licensing Model With OpenAI for User Content

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Disney inks US$1bn OpenAI deal, bringing its characters into Sora

2 months / mumbrella / Eleanor Dickinson

OpenAI nabs $1B investment from Disney as part of character licensing deal

2 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Disney turns to dark side, licenses IP to OpenAI for videos, images

2 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos

2 months / nytimes / nytimes.com

Billion-dollar OpenAI deal allows users to make content with Disney characters

2 months / npr / Andrew Limbong

Disney will open up its toy chest of 200+ characters for AI creators in a $1 billion deal with OpenAI

2 months / fastcompany / Anna-Louise Jackson

Disney and OpenAI strike deal to bring classic characters to Sora

2 months / betanews / Wayne Williams

Beyond excited to partner with Disney!

2 months / x / @gdb

Disney strikes $1 billion deal with OpenAI to bring Mickey, Marvel, and more to generative video platform

2 months / techspot

Walt Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI and licenses characters for use on Sora

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Disney Just Let OpenAI Use Its Entire Universe for New AI Videos

2 months / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Disney and OpenAI just announced a huge $1bn licensing deal for Sora AI

2 months / theshortcut / Reece Bithrey

Disney Invests $1 Billion In OpenAI To Build New AI-Driven Experiences

2 months / ventureburn / Clinton

Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI and Lets Over 200 Characters Appear in Sora and ChatGPT Creations

2 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, licenses 200 characters for AI video app Sora

2 months / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

Disneys $1 billion deal with OpenAI will bring Disney characters to Sora

2 months / mashable

OpenAI makes $1bn deal to bring Disney characters to ChatGPT and Sora

2 months / bbc

Disney's OpenAI stake is 'a way in' to AI and Sora will help reach younger audience, Iger tells CNBC

2 months / cnbc

OpenAI, Disney to let fans create AI videos in landmark deal

2 months / techxplore

Disney Strikes $1 Billion Deal With OpenAI, Bringing Its Characters to Sora

2 months / iclarified

Disney Inks Blockbuster $1B Deal With OpenAI, Handing Characters Over To Sora

2 months / reddit / /u/jjophh

Disney Puts $1 Billion Into OpenAI, Licenses 200+ Characters for AI-Generated Videos and Images

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Disney signs deal with OpenAI to allow Sora to generate AI videos featuring its characters

2 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Disney (DIS) Stock: Company Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI Partnership

2 months / parameter / Trader Edge

Disney gives OpenAI’s Sora access to more than 200 characters

2 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Disney’s AI Slop Era Is Here

2 months / gizmodo / James Whitbrook

Disney making $1 billion investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI video generator

2 months / cnbc

Disney, OpenAI agree Sora licensing deal, $1bn investment

2 months / advanced-television / Colin Mann

Disney is becoming a major customer of — and investor in — OpenAI

2 months / qz / Chris Morris

OpenAI signs deal to bring Disney characters to Sora and ChatGPT

2 months / engadget / Igor Bonifacic

Disney's $1B Deal With OpenAI Will Bring Iconic Characters to Sora AI Videos

2 months / cnet / Katelyn Chedraoui

OpenAI’s billion-dollar Disney deal puts Mickey Mouse and Marvel in Sora

2 months / theverge / Richard Lawler

Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora

2 months / wsj / Joseph De Avila

Disney to invest $1bn into OpenAI

2 months / ft

Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI, Strikes Licensing Deal

2 months / bloomberg / Molly Schuetz

Disney making $1B investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI

2 months / ycombinator

Disney making $1 billion investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI video generator

2 months / reddit / /u/Regular_Eggplant_248

The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora

2 months / ycombinator

Disney making $1 billion investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI video generator

2 months / reddit / /u/Puginator

Legal battles and copyright control

Disney’s Sora Licensing Deal Opens 200 Iconic Characters to AI, But Leaves Out Personality Rights

2 months / medianama / Azdhan

Every single Kindle Scribe has this ridiculous flaw

2 months / pocket-lint / Kelsey Fogarty

Disney's deal with OpenAI is about controlling the future of copyright

2 months / engadget / Igor Bonifacic

The Disney-OpenAI Deal Redefines the AI Copyright War

2 months / reddit / /u/wiredmagazine

The Disney-OpenAI Deal Redefines the AI Copyright War

2 months / wired / Brian Barrett

Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI for Sora Access While Sueing Google for AI Copyright Infringement

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Character licensing to Sora intensifies AI threat to Hollywood creators

2 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Market reactions and creative impacts

Disney Strikes $1 Billion Deal With OpenAI, Bringing Iconic Characters to Sora Amid Industry Backlash

2 months / techstrong / Jon Swartz

Everything is fine: Disney CEO Bob Iger says OpenAI deal isnt a threat to creatives.

2 months / mashable

Disney wants to drag you into the slop

2 months / theverge / Charles Pulliam-Moore

Disney Invests $1 Billion in the AI Slopification of Its Brand

2 months / 404media / Matthew Gault

Quick read is that the deal is more about optics at the moment – certainly in helping OpenAI against Google, but also Disney signaling a continued push to be forward-thinking with tech. At a time when Hollywood is freaking out about the future, no less! h

2 months / bsky / @mgsiegler.com

Unrelated additional news

UK fines LastPass over 2022 data breach impacting 1.6 million users

2 months / bleepingcomputer / Lawrence Abrams

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"Sora users will be able to start generating videos with Disney characters like Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Yoda early next year." Oof that Disney x OpenAI deal....

2 months / bsky / @nicolleness.bsky.social / nicolleness.bsky.social

Image post - please click to view at origin

2 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Disney Puts $1 Billion Into OpenAI, Licenses 200+ Characters for AI-Generated Videos and Images https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/11/1522244/disney-puts-1-billion-into-openai-licenses-200-characters-for-ai-generated-videos-and-images?utm_source=rss1.0mai

2 months / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

slashdot.org/story/25/12/...

2 months / bsky / @chronosschiron.bsky.social / chronosschiron.bsky.social

Disney says that alongside the agreement, it will "become a major customer of OpenAI," as it will use its APIs to build new products, tools, and experiences, including for Disney+.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

The studio has announced a landmark deal and $1 billion investment with OpenAI to bring hundreds of Disney characters to its generative AI platforms.

2 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

this shit sucks!

2 months / bsky / @jwhitbrook.bsky.social / jwhitbrook.bsky.social

I read Disney CEO Bob Iger’s book and he struck me as a reasonably decent, forward-thinking guy (wooing Lucasfilm, Marvel and Apple into the Disney fold) but seems he’ll remembered for the terrible failures of bleeding money with Disney+ and handing their

2 months / bsky / @scottdagostino.ca / scottdagostino.ca

Na, már a Disney is: www.cnbc.com/2025/12/11/d...

2 months / bsky / @mefi.be / mefi.be

Oh God. There are going to be sooo many Disney characters in videos that Iger is gonna wish he could get rid of with a simple copyright strike ... www.cnbc.com/2025/12/11/d...

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Adobe beats earnings expectations as AI tools drive double-digit revenue growth

Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Adobe Inc. reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue in its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter today and also impressed with a forecast ahead of analyst expectations. For the quarter that ended on Nov. 28, Adobe reported adjusted earnings per share of $5…