A fight to shape the rules of the road for automated content. But it's even bigger than that. By Steven Zeitchik Senior Editor, Technology and Politics A Yoda puppet is displayed at a Star Wars ...

OpenAI’s strategy team began its early November off-site gathering in the seaside community of Marina del Rey near Los Angeles with an intriguing guest speaker: Disney’s top lawyer, Horacio Gutierrez.

The studio has announced a landmark deal and $1 billion investment with OpenAI to bring hundreds of Disney characters to its generative AI platforms. Reading time 3 minutes When Bob Iger eagerly told ...

Google’s decision to pull a wave of AI generated Disney character videos after a legal threat from the entertainment giant has become a defining clash over who controls the next era of synthetic media ...

The Wild West of copyrighted characters in AI may be coming to an end. There has been legal wrangling over the role of copyright in the AI era, but the mother of all legal teams may now be gearing up ...

The Walt Disney Company’s multi-million dollar artificial intelligence initiative was dealt a blow this summer when it lost a key leader. The company fired Ben Stanbury, a former head of technology at ...

Welcome to Rendering, a Deadline column reporting at the intersection of AI and showbiz. Rendering examines how artificial intelligence is disrupting the entertainment industry, taking you inside key ...

Disney CEO Bob Iger sparked online backlash after suggesting that AI-generated content will soon appear on Disney+, resulting in calls to boycott the streaming service. Senior Contributor. Forbes ...

During an earnings call with shareholders today, Disney CEO Bob Iger said that the company’s streaming platform, Disney+, is preparing to expand with new elements—including ways for subscribers to ...

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 ...