Disney has accused Google of copyright infringement on a 'massive scale'

A cease-and-desist letter accuses the search giant's AI tools of training on and copying protected works. The letter includes examples of images from several Disney properties including Deadpool, Moana, Star Wars and others, reproduced by Google's AI tools. Disney is demanding that Google implement guardrails within all its AI products to prevent further infringement. Today Disney with OpenAI to license its characters for use in Sora, OpenAI's video generator. The deal will see Disney invest $1 billion in OpenAI (a paltry sum by), with the option to purchase additional equity at a later date.