Disney and OpenAI have made a surprise deal - what happens next? Disney's famous Mickey Mouse character will soon be available for use in AI-generated videos The world's best-known AI company and the world's best-known entertainment firm have come to a surprise agreement to allow AI versions of some of the most iconic characters in film, TV and cartoons to be used in generative AI videos and images. Social media is dead - here's what comes next The Walt Disney Company has signed a deal with OpenAI that will allow the AI firm's Sora video generation tool and ChatGPT image creator to use more than 200 of Disney's most iconic characters. Meanwhile, Disney remains in dispute with another AI firm, Midjourney, over alleged infringement of their intellectual property (IP), claiming Midjourney aims to "blatantly incorporate and copy Disney's and Universal's famous characters" into their image generating tool. The characters now deemed fair game for OpenAI users include the likes of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Simba and Mufasa from and Moana, as well as Marvel and Lucasfilm characters, including some of's most well-known names.

Microsoft and OpenAI say that several state-backed hacking groups are using the latter's generative AI (GAI) tools to bolster cyberattacks. The pair suggests that new research details for the first time how hackers linked to foreign governments are making use of GAI. The groups in question have ties to China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. According to the companies, the state actors are using GAI for code debugging, looking up open-source information to research targets, developing social engineering techniques, drafting phishing emails and translating text. OpenAI (which powers Microsoft GAI products such as Copilot) says it shut down the groups' access to its GAI systems after finding out they were using its tools.

ChatGPT is a new AI tool that has taken the world by storm. Thinking more like a human brain, OpenAI just revolutionized artificial intelligence (AI) to a level that no public API provider has. Well, if you are wondering how you can get started with ChatGPT, here is how. In the past, several C-programmed tools were available for Windows and Linux users, all you needed to do was interact with the tool like you would with a fellow human, and prompts like Hi, my name is this, how are you today provided a benchmark for your next replies. With ChatGPT, to get started, you don't need to salute the AI tool, simply get straight to the point, and you will most definitely receive a reply that may excite you.

Something happened on November 30 that many experts believe could rank among the seminal moments in modern technology. At first, it sounds underwhelming: a company in California released a chatbot. Not a primitive "how can I help you" chatbot that appears on websites, leaving you yearning for human interaction. This is the most sophisticated chatbot yet, and it has left even the most cynical and knowledgeable observers slack-jawed at its capabilities. More than two million people have been playing with ChatGPT, discovering that it can write scripts, essays, contracts, computer code, jokes, poems and marketing pitches to a high level. It synthesises long pieces of text, does business analysis, translates languages, gives creative suggestions and can answer hypotheticals.