Disney has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Google, alleging that the tech giant is using artificial intelligence to infringe copyrights on a massive scale. Todd Spangler reports for Variety. The entertainment company claims Google copies Disney’s copyrighted works without authorization to train generative AI models. Disney also alleges that Google uses these models to distribute …
Disney and OpenAI have announced a three-year licensing agreement that allows users to create videos featuring over 200 Disney characters using the Sora AI video platform. Disney will invest $1 billion in OpenAI and receive warrants for additional equity as part of the deal. The agreement covers characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars …
Runway has released GWM-1, its first world model system designed to simulate physical environments in real time. The announcement positions the AI video company alongside competitors like Google in the emerging world model space. A world model is an AI system that builds an internal representation of how environments work, allowing it to predict future …
A new open standard aims to give publishers control over how artificial intelligence companies use their content. Really Simple Licensing 1.0 allows websites to set machine-readable licensing and compensation rules for AI systems. The RSL Collective developed the standard with backing from major internet companies. More than 1,500 organizations now support it, including The Associated …
Enterprise spending on generative AI has surged to 37 billion dollars in 2025, making it the fastest-scaling software category in history. The technology now captures 6% of the global software market just three years after ChatGPT’s launch. Tim Tully and Matt Murphy report for Menlo Ventures in their third annual State of Generative AI in …
OpenAI has released GPT-5.2, its latest artificial intelligence model series, on December 11, 2025. The company describes it as the most capable model for professional knowledge work to date. The release includes three variants: GPT-5.2 Instant for faster responses, GPT-5.2 Thinking for complex tasks, and GPT-5.2 Pro for the most demanding questions. According to OpenAI, …
Adobe has launched integrations of Photoshop, Adobe Express and Adobe Acrobat directly within ChatGPT, making its creative and productivity tools available to the platform’s 800 million users. The company announced the launch on December 10, 2025, positioning it as a step toward making professional creative tools accessible through conversational interfaces. According to David Wadhwani, president …
New AI-powered browsers from OpenAI and Perplexity are not yet ready to replace conventional browsers like Chrome and Safari. Natalie Lung reports for Bloomberg. Testing over a month revealed frequent bugs and failures on seemingly simple tasks. AI browsers such as OpenAI’s Atlas and Perplexity’s Comet place chatbots at the center of the browsing experience. …
Anthropic has transferred ownership of its Model Context Protocol to the newly established Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation. The foundation was co-founded by Anthropic, Block, and OpenAI, with additional support from Google, Microsoft, AWS, Cloudflare, and Bloomberg. The Model Context Protocol serves as a universal standard for connecting AI applications …
Essential AI has launched Rnj-1, an open-source large language model designed to excel at coding, mathematical reasoning, and scientific tasks. The model, named after Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan and pronounced “range-1,” marks the company’s first major contribution to the open-source AI ecosystem. The team reports on the Essential AI blog that the 8 billion parameter …