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CAA Takes Hard Line Against OpenAI’s Sora: ‘Blatantly Dismissing Creators’ Rights’
“It is clear that OpenAI/Sora exposes our clients and their intellectual property to significant risk,” the agency writes
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Elon Musk Settles $128 Million Lawsuit With Ex-Twitter CEO, Executives
Details of the settlement are not public, but the March 2024 claim alleged unpaid severance and benefits upon their dismissal
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OpenAI’s Sora 2 Stresses Hollywood’s Uneasy Alliance With AI
The tech giant’s latest video generator is once again raising the question of how much control media companies have over their intellectual property
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Daughter Co-Signs Zelda Williams’ Plea to Stop AI Videos of Late Stars
“I concur concerning my father. Please stop,” Dr. Bernice King says
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MPA Calls on OpenAI to Take ‘Immediate and Decisive Action’ Against Sora 2 Copyright Concerns
“Well-established copyright law safeguards the rights of creators and applies here,” Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association, says
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Robin Williams’ Daughter Begs Fans to Stop Sending Her AI Videos of Late Actor: ‘It’s Not What He’d Want’
“If you’ve got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop,” the filmmaker sounds off
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman Changes Copyright Controls, Offers Monetization for Sora After Hollywood Raises Concerns
“We have been learning quickly from how people are using Sora and taking feedback,” the CEO writes
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Beyond the Tilly Norwood Hype, Studio Execs Explain How AI Is Actually Being Used
TheGrill 2025: Execs reject the idea of a synthetic actor and say AI’s arrival in Hollywood is happening in quieter ways
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Hailee Steinfeld’s Immersive ‘Asteroid’ Producers Say ‘Synthetic Actors’ Can’t Replace Real Ones: ‘Why Do That?’
The Grill 2025: The project, featured in a discussion at TheGrill, embraces artificial intelligence and new tech in ways that add benefit to viewers, 30 Ninjas’ Jed Weintrob says
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Disney Hits Character.AI With Cease-and-Desist Over Unauthorized Character Use
The AI platform removed the copyright characters after its “infringing chatbots” were accused of being “harmful and dangerous to children”
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WME Won’t Sign AI Actress Tilly Norwood, Leaders Say: ‘We Represent Humans’
TheGrill 2025: “If she has a future, it won’t be at WME,” co-chairman Richard Weitz tells TheWrap
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Adobe’s Premiere Comes to iPhone With an App Designed for Creators
The free-to-use offering will let users edit videos using AI
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YouTube to Shell Out $24.5 Million to Settle Trump Lawsuit Over 2021 Account Suspension
The settlement marks the last of the big three tech companies paying out millions for the president
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Electronic Arts to Go Private in $55 Billion Deal
The acquisition by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners is the largest leveraged buyout in history