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Midjourney is pushing to expose how Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. use artificial intelligence internally, as the AI image generator fights a major copyright lawsuit filed by the studios. Gene Maddaus reports for Variety. The studios sued Midjourney last year, alleging massive infringement of their copyrighted characters. Midjourney has responded with a fair use defense, …
Microsoft is launching a new business unit called Microsoft Frontier Company, backing it with $2.5 billion and 6,000 engineers who will work directly inside client organizations. Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft’s commercial business, writes on the Official Microsoft Blog that the initiative goes beyond so-called forward-deployed engineering, aiming to be the largest outcome-driven engineering organization …
Apple CEO Tim Cook and EU technology chief Henna Virkkunen met by video call on 30 June to discuss whether Siri AI can launch in Europe. Both sides described the exchange as “constructive.” Neither side announced any concrete progress. Siri AI is Apple’s rebuilt voice assistant, set to launch with iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 …
The Trump administration has lifted export restrictions on Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models, ending an 18-day disruption that blocked access for users worldwide. Sophia Cai and Cheyenne Haslett report for Politico that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick informed Anthropic it no longer requires an export license, provided the company proactively detects security risks, …
Tidal has announced a new AI policy that blocks fully AI-generated music from earning royalties and flags it with a visible label in the app. Tony Gervino writes for Tidal Magazine that the move is driven by an inbox “inundated with music that is created completely AI-generated and impersonating existing artists purely for financial gain.” …
The Trump administration is moving toward lifting restrictions on Anthropic’s Fable 5 AI model, which has been offline since June 12 following government intervention over security concerns. A source close to the situation tells Axios that access could be restored as early as next week, pending final approval from the Pentagon and the National Security …
Samsung Electronics is rolling out ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to a large portion of its global workforce. OpenAI writes that the agreement covers all Samsung Electronics employees in Korea and all employees in its Device eXperience (DX) division worldwide. The company describes the deployment as one of its largest enterprise launches ever. Samsung plans to …
OpenAI used its debut at the Cannes Lions advertising festival to pitch ChatGPT as a new kind of ad platform, one built around user intent rather than keyword targeting. Peter Adams reports for Marketing Dive. The company told brand marketers and agencies that digital advertising is shifting from an attention economy to what it calls …
Google is developing an AI startup incubator aimed specifically at former employees, known as “Xooglers.” Ana-Maria Stanciuc reports for The Next Web, citing Bloomberg, that the initiative would give Google an early foothold in ventures founded by people who already know the company’s tools and models. The incubator would sit alongside two existing programmes. Google …
Google DeepMind and the acclaimed film studio A24 are launching a research partnership designed to put AI tools directly into the hands of filmmakers. The collaboration pairs one of the world’s leading AI labs with a studio known for its creator-first approach. Google reports the initiative in its official blog, while Steven Zeitchik writes for …