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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
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.
SAG-AFTRA Opens Contract Talks as AI Video Tools Threaten to Replace Actors
The union begins negotiations with studios amid warnings about synthetic performers
OpenAI Exodus: Senior Staff Leave as Company Shifts Hard to ChatGPT
Multiple departures from video and image teams reveal tensions as the $500 billion company abandons experimental research for immediate commercial gains.
EU Launches AI Gigafactories to Break American Monopoly on Large-Scale Model Training
A €7 billion escalation from Europe's previous AI investments marks a shift from research to production-scale infrastructure
Warner Bros. escalates its lawsuit against Midjourney.
Warner Bros. is leveraging willful infringement claims at $150,000 per character to pressure AI platforms over unauthorized use of its IP.
ByteDance Freezes Seedance 2.0 Launch After Disney, Paramount Legal Threats
The TikTok parent company has indefinitely postponed its AI video generator's global rollout following cease-and-desist letters alleging unauthorized use of copyrighted characters.