Sora Shutdown: OpenAI Walks Away from $1B Disney Partnership
OpenAI will discontinue its Sora video app, ending a major partnership with Disney and signaling a retreat from generative video amid legal and cost pressures.
OpenAI will discontinue its Sora video app, ending a major partnership with Disney and signaling a retreat from generative video amid legal and cost pressures.
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Suno chief executive Mikey Shulman says generative AI will create a new, interactive format for music, even as lawsuits and industry backlash raise questions about creativity, copyright, and control.
Disney alleges Google trained and deployed AI models that generate infringing images of its characters, demanding immediate action to halt unauthorized use.
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OpenAI’s next version of its Sora video generator will default to including copyrighted content unless owners explicitly opt out – drawing criticism from media creators.