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Disney Just Threw a Punch in a Major AI Fight


On this episode of "Uncanny Valley," we explore Disney and Universal's lawsuit against Midjourney, which could be consequential for the future of how intellectual property is treated in the AI era.

Disney and Universal recently filed suit against Midjourney, an AI image generation startup, alleging the company has become a “bottomless pit of plagiarism,” and that it freely reproduces the studio's copyrighted content, including their most iconic characters. Michael Calore: So before we start today, our listeners should know that we have a special guest with us, the inevitable Kate Knibbs, senior writer at WIRED, who has been closely covering the Disney Universal lawsuit and will be able to tell us all about it. Katie Drummond: So if you are thinking about buying new furniture or moving stuff around in your house or redesigning something, ChatGPT can help, and then you can find an interior designer and you can also pay them, because God forbid I recommend putting anyone out of work.

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