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Google reportedly takes down AI videos of Disney characters following cease and desist Google

Google reportedly takes down AI videos of Disney characters following cease and desist

Google has purged dozens of AI-generated videos from YouTube that involved characters from Disney properties, according to Variety . The move follows a cease-and-desist letter Disney sent to Google on Wednesday, the evening before Disney announced a $1 billion deal with OpenAI. The letter, according to Variety, accused Google of…
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December 13, 2025
Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI, Then Issues a Cease-and-Desist to Google Over ‘Massive-Scale’ Infringement Google

Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI, Then Issues a Cease-and-Desist to Google Over ‘Massive-Scale’ Infringement

Photo Credit: Brian McGowan Disney issues a cease-and-desist to Google over allegations of widespread copyright infringement as the House of Mouse gets into bed with OpenAI. Disney has slapped Google with a cease-and-desist letter with allegations of copyright infringement on a “massive scale” using AI to “commercially exploit and distribute”…
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December 12, 2025
Google Translate rolling out live translation using Gemini with any headphones Google

Google Translate rolling out live translation using Gemini with any headphones

Google Translate is rolling out new features that leverage Gemini, including live translation with headphones. Google Translate is now leveraging “advanced Gemini capabilities” to “improve translations on phrases with more nuanced meanings.” This includes idioms, local expressions, and slang. For example, translating “stealing my thunder” from English to another language…
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December 12, 2025
Runway claims its GWM-1 “world models” can stay coherent for minutes at a time Google

Runway claims its GWM-1 “world models” can stay coherent for minutes at a time

Even using the word “general” has an air of aspiration to it. You would expect a general world model to be, well, one model—but in this case, we’re looking at three distinct, post-trained models. That caveats the general-ness a bit, but Runway says that it’s “working toward unifying many different…
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December 12, 2025
OpenAI releases GPT-5.2 after “code red” Google threat alert Google

OpenAI releases GPT-5.2 after “code red” Google threat alert

On Thursday, OpenAI released GPT-5.2, its newest family of AI models for ChatGPT, in three versions called Instant, Thinking, and Pro. The release follows CEO Sam Altman’s internal “code red” memo earlier this month, which directed company resources toward improving ChatGPT in response to competitive pressure from Google’s Gemini 3…
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December 11, 2025