Overview
- Google took down an estimated dozens of AI-generated videos featuring Disney IP after receiving a cease-and-desist that cited content produced with tools such as Veo and hosted on services including YouTube.
- Disney’s three-year agreement includes a $1 billion equity investment and licenses more than 200 characters for short videos and images in OpenAI’s Sora and ChatGPT Images.
- Select user-made Sora clips are expected to be curated for streaming on Disney+, according to deal details shared by the companies.
- The Writers Guild of America condemned the pact as legitimizing the alleged use of writers’ work to train AI and said it will probe the terms, while SAG-AFTRA said it will closely monitor implementation.
- Reports highlight a surge of offensive, ‘Disney’-style AI videos on Sora and other platforms, intensifying questions about moderation, enforcement, and the handling of public-domain and trademark issues such as early Mickey Mouse depictions.