OpenAI released Sora 2 in October, unleashing a flood of copyright violations onto the internet. But instead of suing the company, or even threatening to do so, Disney is now teaming up with it.
In a remarkable deal announced Dec. 11, Disney will allow millions of Sora users to do (almost) anything with 200 iconic characters, including Darth Vader, Elsa and even Mickey Mouse.
That’s the sort of abuse Disney seemed to be trying to prevent when it sued the AI studio Midjourney in July. Turns out the battle was never to stop AI, but rather to have some say in it. Disney’s choice is likely to have
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