Disney does a dubious deal with OpenAI
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Sora users have been churning out edgy AI Disney and Pixar style trailers well before Disney signed a licensing agreement with OpenAI.
Disney announced Thursday it would make a $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI as part of a new three-year licensing agreement with the AI company. As part of the deal, Disney said it will also receive warrants to purchase additional equity, becoming a “major” customer of OpenAI.
Marvel’s lone new release to come close, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, has earned a respectable $521.8 million globally — $274.3 million domestic, $247.6 million foreign. Those numbers would’ve been top-ten locks through most of the MCU’s peak years. Now they barely clear the top twelve.
As Disney inks a $1 billion deal with OpenAI to license its characters for AI videos, the entertainment giant is also going after Google. Disney sent Google a cease-and-desist letter Wednesday, alleging that Google AI models are infringing on its copyright protections on a "massive scale."
Google has bowed to a cease and desist order from Disney, according to the showbiz trade publications Deadline and Variety, and taken down some unknown number of AI videos featuring Disney intellectual property. Both publications estimate “dozens,” suggesting a fairly targeted effort.