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Publishers Crash Google's AI Trial as Disney Escalates Video Copyright War
Cengage and Hachette seek to join class action against Google's Gemini AI while entertainment giants mount parallel attacks on video generation tools
California AG Builds AI Enforcement Unit While Pressing xAI on Explicit Images
The state's top prosecutor creates dedicated oversight team as investigation into Musk's Grok chatbot intensifies over non-consensual sexual content generation.
Foundry Buys Griptape to Wire AI Into VFX Pipelines
The VFX software giant acquired the enterprise orchestration platform to give studios control over multiple AI models within existing production workflows.
ByteDance Scrambles to Lock Down AI Video Tool After Hollywood Revolt
Following legal threats from Disney and major studios, the TikTok parent company pledges stricter safeguards on Seedance 2.0 after the model generated unauthorized clips of Tom Cruise and other stars.
Chinese Court Says AI Hallucination Does Not lead To Automatic Liability
A Hangzhou Internet Court ruling established that AI providers are not liable for inaccuracies except for explicit developer fault.
Runway's $5.3B Bet on World Models
The video AI startup just raised $315 million to build physics simulators that will transform robotics and drug discovery.
SAG-AFTRA Opens Contract Talks as AI Video Tools Threaten to Replace Actors
The union begins negotiations with studios amid warnings about synthetic performers
Cloudflare Bets on Post-Napster Era for AI Training Data
The infrastructure giant's acquisition of Human Native will create a marketplace where creators can price and license content for AI training, if they can convince both sides to participate.
ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 Triggers Emergency Shutdown After Voice Cloning Incident
The Chinese tech giant suspended a key feature within hours of launch after the AI video model generated accurate personal voices from facial photos alone.
Google Commits $2M to Sundance AI Training as Industry Debates Creative Control
Major studios are already integrating AI tools while independent creators lack both access and legal protections, potentially widening the creative industry's power gap.
Higgsfield Hits $1.3B Valuation as Video AI Becomes Marketing Infrastructure
The AI video startup raised $80 million to scale its reasoning engine that orchestrates multiple models for brand-consistent content, reaching $200 million in annual revenue within nine months.
Senate Passes Bill Letting Deepfake Victims Sue for Up to $250,000
The DEFIANCE Act cleared the Senate unanimously, creating a federal right to sue creators and distributors of nonconsensual sexually explicit AI forgeries.
Washington State Weighs AI Disclosure Rules as Consumer Groups Push for Stronger Protections
Consumer Reports warns proposed legislation contains critical loopholes that could undermine transparency requirements for synthetic media.
Publishers Seek Court Sanctions Against OpenAI for Deleting Evidence
Major news organizations allege OpenAI destroyed millions of ChatGPT logs that were critical to their copyright infringement case, asking a federal judge to instruct jurors to assume the worst.
California's New AI Safety Law Collides With Trump Deregulation Push
A month-old transparency mandate for frontier AI models faces federal preemption as developers scramble to comply with conflicting requirements.
TikTok Labels 1.3 Billion AI Videos, Tests Feed Controls
The platform is rolling out sliders that let users dial down synthetic content in their For You page, but finding them requires digging through settings.