
Kate Knibbs
Senior Writer at WIRED Magazine
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2 days ago |
wired.it | Kate Knibbs |Adama Faye
Anthropic ha ottenuto un'importante vittoria nell'ambito di una battaglia legale su intelligenza artificiale e diritto d'autore, che potrebbe avere effetti a catena sulle decine di altre cause legate a AI e copyright attualmente in corso negli Stati Uniti.
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1 week ago |
maharlikanews.com | Kate Knibbs
Disney and Universal have filed a lawsuit against Midjourney, alleging that the San Francisco–based AI image generation startup is a “bottomless pit of plagiarism” that generates “endless unauthorized copies” of the studios’ work. There are already dozens of copyright lawsuits against AI companies winding through the US court system—including a class action lawsuit visual artists brought against Midjourney in 2023—but this is the first time major Hollywood studios have jumped into the fray.
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1 week ago |
wired.jp | Kate Knibbs
Midjourneyの新AI動画生成ツール「V1」で、ディズニーやユニバーサルが著作権を保有するキャラクターを登場させたアニメーション動画の生成が可能であることを、『WIRED』が確認した。そのなかには、ピクサーの人気キャラクター「ウォーリー」が銃を構える動画も含まれていた。 Midjourneyにとって、今月は慌ただしいひと月となっている。6月18日、同社は画像から短いアニメーション動画を生成できる高度な新ツール。現状、このツールは画像を出発点とする必要があり、テキストだけのプロンプトから動画を生成することはできない。 V1のリリースは、6月初旬の別の重大ニュースに続いて出てきたものだ。ハリウッドの巨大スタジオであるディズニーとユニバーサルは、Midjourneyが両社の知的財産を無断で使用して画像を生成しているとして、著作権侵害訴訟を起こしたのだ。...
‘Wall-E With a Gun’: Midjourney Generates Videos of Disney Characters Amid Massive Copyright Lawsuit
1 week ago |
technewstube.com | Kate Knibbs |Reece Rogers
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'Wall-E With a Gun': Midjourney Generates Videos of Disney Characters Amid Massive Copyright Lawsuit
1 week ago |
wired.com | Kate Knibbs |Reece Rogers
Midjourney’s new AI-generated video tool will produce animated clips featuring copyrighted characters from Disney and Universal, WIRED has found—including video of the beloved Pixar character Wall-E holding a gun. It’s been a busy month for Midjourney. This week, the generative AI startup released its sophisticated new video tool, V1, which lets users make short animated clips from images they generate or upload.
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