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Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Midjourney over claims the AI startup “brazenly dispenses its intellectual property as if it were its own,” as reported earlier by The Hollywood Reporter. In the lawsuit, Warner Bros. Discovery alleges that Midjourney generated “countless” infringing images and videos of its copyrighted characters, including Superman, Bugs Bunny, Scooby-Doo, and more.

Warner Bros. Discovery accuses Midjourney of reproducing, displaying, and distributing “unauthorized derivatives” of its intellectual property through its AI image and video generation tools. Throughout the lawsuit, Warner Bros. Discovery shares several examples of how Midjourney’s AI tools seem to have generated images of copyrighted characters, like Wonder Woman, Tweety, the Power Puff Girls, and even Rick and Morty in response to prompts asking to see the characters in certain situations.

Additionally, Warner Bros. Discover claims that Midjourney will generate infringing images even if prompts don’t mention a specific character. For instance, Midjourney allegedly generated downloadable images of Superman, Batman, and Flash after receiving the prompt, “classic comic book superhero battle.” Midjourney is facing a similar copyright lawsuit from Disney and Universal, which called the company’s AI image generator a “virtual vending machine” that generates “endless authorized copies” of their work.

Image: Warner Bros. Discovery via Midjourney
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Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Midjourney over claims the AI startup “brazenly dispenses its intellectual property as if it were its own,” as reported earlier by The Hollywood Reporter. In the lawsuit, Warner Bros. Discovery alleges that Midjourney generated “countless” infringing images and videos of its copyrighted characters, including Superman, Bugs Bunny, Scooby-Doo, and more.

Warner Bros. Discovery accuses Midjourney of reproducing, displaying, and distributing “unauthorized derivatives” of its intellectual property through its AI image and video generation tools. Throughout the lawsuit, Warner Bros. Discovery shares several examples of how Midjourney’s AI tools seem to have generated images of copyrighted characters, like Wonder Woman, Tweety, the Power Puff Girls, and even Rick and Morty in response to prompts asking to see the characters in certain situations.

Additionally, Warner Bros. Discover claims that Midjourney will generate infringing images even if prompts don’t mention a specific character. For instance, Midjourney allegedly generated downloadable images of Superman, Batman, and Flash after receiving the prompt, “classic comic book superhero battle.” Midjourney is facing a similar copyright lawsuit from Disney and Universal, which called the company’s AI image generator a “virtual vending machine” that generates “endless authorized copies” of their work.

Image: Warner Bros. Discovery via Midjourney
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Next, Disney is going to sue Googles AI Test kitchen because I generated many pictures of their characters.
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I was googling a semi-famous Saffer the other day, the forced-inclusion AI response mixed him up with someone with the same name overseas somewhere.

I know he was born sometime in the 60's, the AI was suggesting some historical events from the early 1900's were part of his history. Complete fiction...
 
ChatGPT-5 still has some bad, amateur-like flaws.

I asked it to make a pic. It wanted to show me some variations to consider. I asked if those would count as part of my max pic count for the day, it said no. It did get counted, had to wait for the next day to continue.

It can also suddenly tell you that you've used up your chat privileges and that you'll have to speak to an older model now... which doesn't happen, you just can't chat more. Unless you change back to another older subject, or start a fresh one.

I asked it not to ever make suggestions until I've finished typing, it agreed. Next day, same thing
 
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World's first AI minister will eliminate corruption, says Albania's PM

Named Diella, the new minister will help Albania "leapfrog" bigger, more advanced countries, says Edi Rama.
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Albania has chosen to turn that insult into a positive quality, by appointing an AI minister.

Not a minister for artificial intelligence. Rather, a cabinet member who is, literally, the work of AI.

The new addition is, like a pop star, known simply by the single name: Diella.

Prime Minister Edi Rama introduced her as a member of his new cabinet on Thursday, four months after securing his fourth term in office in May elections.

However, the move was symbolic rather than official, as Albania's constitution insists that government ministers must be mentally competent citizens aged at least 18.
 
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From May 2025: As policy makers in the UK weigh how to regulate the AI industry, Nick Clegg, former UK deputy prime minister and former Meta executive, claimed a push for artist consent would “basically kill” the AI industry.

Speaking at an event promoting his new book, Clegg said the creative community should have the right to opt out of having their work used to train AI models. But he claimed it wasn’t feasible to ask for consent before ingesting their work first.

“I think the creative community wants to go a step further,” Clegg said according to The Times. “Quite a lot of voices say, ‘You can only train on my content, [if you] first ask’. And I have to say that strikes me as somewhat implausible because these systems train on vast amounts of data.”

“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work,” Clegg said. “And by the way if you did it in Britain and no one else did it, you would basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight."
 
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OpenAI slipped shopping into 800 million ChatGPT users’ chats − here’s why that matters

Your phone buzzes at 6 a.m. It’s ChatGPT: “I see you’re travelling to New York this week. Based on your preferences, I’ve found three restaurants near your hotel. Would you like me to make a reservation?” You didn’t ask for this. The AI simply knew your plans from scanning your calendar and...
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Your phone buzzes at 6 a.m. It’s ChatGPT: “I see you’re travelling to New York this week. Based on your preferences, I’ve found three restaurants near your hotel. Would you like me to make a reservation?”

You didn’t ask for this. The AI simply knew your plans from scanning your calendar and email and decided to help. Later, you mention to the chatbot needing flowers for your wife’s birthday. Within seconds, beautiful arrangements appear in the chat. You tap one: “Buy now.” Done. The flowers are ordered.

This isn’t science fiction. On Sept. 29, 2025, OpenAI and payment processor Stripe launched the Agentic Commerce Protocol. This technology lets you buy things instantly from Etsy within ChatGPT conversations. ChatGPT users are scheduled to gain access to over 1 million other Shopify merchants, from major household brand names to small shops as well.
 
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Your phone buzzes at 6 a.m. It’s ChatGPT: “I see you’re travelling to New York this week. Based on your preferences, I’ve found three restaurants near your hotel. Would you like me to make a reservation?”

You didn’t ask for this. The AI simply knew your plans from scanning your calendar and email and decided to help. Later, you mention to the chatbot needing flowers for your wife’s birthday. Within seconds, beautiful arrangements appear in the chat. You tap one: “Buy now.” Done. The flowers are ordered.

This isn’t science fiction. On Sept. 29, 2025, OpenAI and payment processor Stripe launched the Agentic Commerce Protocol. This technology lets you buy things instantly from Etsy within ChatGPT conversations. ChatGPT users are scheduled to gain access to over 1 million other Shopify merchants, from major household brand names to small shops as well.
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This is why I listened to my spidey senses about early adoption and avoided connecting to the cloud. If I use AI, it's under my rules and control. AI has no insight into my life or decisions.
 
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This is why I listened to my spidey senses about early adoption and avoided connecting to the cloud. If I use AI, it's under my rules and control. AI has no insight into my life or decisions.
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Pretty sure even if cloud YOU need to give it permissions etc to be able to use those features.

For folks unsure, go to your google settings and check allowed apps. Always worth giving it a scan to see exactly who has access and exactly what. Mine is heavily restricted to typical identity which is name and email address but nothing else.
 
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Pretty sure even if cloud YOU need to give it permissions etc to be able to use those features.

For folks unsure, go to your google settings and check allowed apps. Always worth giving it a scan to see exactly who has access and exactly what. Mine is heavily restricted to typical identity which is name and email address but nothing else.
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Yeah anything that asks for more is denied instantly.
 
arstechnica.com

Bombshell report exposes how Meta relied on scam ad profits to fund AI

Meta goosed its revenue by targeting users likely to click on scam ads, docs show.
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Internal documents have revealed that Meta has projected it earns billions from ignoring scam ads that its platforms then targeted to users most likely to click on them.

In a lengthy report, Reuters exposed five years of Meta practices and failures that allowed scammers to take advantage of users of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

Documents showed that internally, Meta was hesitant to abruptly remove accounts, even those considered some of the “scammiest scammers,” out of concern that a drop in revenue could diminish resources needed for artificial intelligence growth.
 
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A new startup has launched what could be a valuable weapon for independent artists in the fight against generative AI.
It’s called Poison Pill, an appropriate name because in essence it disrupts the learning of AI models by inserting low-level noise. The noise is undetectable to the human ear, but it’s enough to throw the AI off the scent, confusing it so it gets mixed up between different genres.
In an interview with Music Ally, Poison Pill’s founder Ben Bowler explained the motivation behind the idea: “Most musicians are pissed about the current state of AI in music: well-funded companies are scraping music without permission, creating services that claim to replace them. Streaming services with AI-filled playlists. AI music is taking over previous money makers like sync.
"That’s why, as a first step, Poison Pill is open to independent artists who want to stick it to these AI companies. Our aim is to protect 20% of independent music. With this poisoned music out there, we can shift the power dynamic and bring AI firms to the negotiating table for fair licensing of training data for independent musicians.”
 
An AI-generated track has hit the number one spot in a US singles chart.

'Walk My Walk', released by AI artist Breaking Rust, is currently sitting at the top of Billboard's Country Digital Songs sales chart after garnering over three million streams on Spotify in less than a month and topping the streaming platform's Viral 50 chart in the US.
Another track from Breaking Rust, 'Livin’ on Borrowed Time', reached number five in the same chart, amassing over four million streams on Spotify.
While the creator behind Breaking Rust has yet to reveal their identity, an official TikTok page for the AI artist has garnered close to 200,000 followers, with 'Walk My Walk' featuring in over 150,000 videos on the platform.

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No, That AI-Generated Country Song Isn’t a No. 1 Hit

Despite viral claims, the AI-generated “Walk My Walk” is far from America’s top country song.
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This is what happens when you talk to literally any single person outside Silicon Valley.

Like it or not, AI is forcing its way into our lives. For those working in the tech sector, this is a brilliant new innovation. For everyone else, there’s now an annoying popup on your email client asking if you want to “Chat” with your spam folder. No, I really, really don’t!

Consequently, many people have seen the growth of AI not as a boon, but as a thing that they’d rather not have involved in their lives. Silicon Valley is slowly starting to realize this — and instead of reacting like anyone else would (destroying the software with fire), they’ve decided to both double down and throw temper tantrums.

This can be seen in a recent post on X from incredibly-not-mad Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. After a wave of pushback from people complaining about Microsoft Copilot, and an article in The Verge detailing both how much the software sucks and how much Microsoft has lied about it, Suleyman took to social media to share a very “I’m actually laughing, all of this is actually funny to me”-style post.

“Jeez there so many cynics!” he wrote. “It cracks me up when I hear people call AI underwhelming. I grew up playing Snake on a Nokia phone!”
 
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