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Hollywood's Legal Battle with Midjourney Could Shake Up AI Forever

Midjourney just landed in Hollywood’s legal spotlight, facing a major copyright infringement suit from Disney, Universal, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and DreamWorks Animation.

The studios claim Midjourney scraped their iconic characters—think Shrek, Darth Vader, and Homer Simpson—to train its AI models, effectively creating endless unauthorized knockoffs. Disney's stance? Clear-cut: "Piracy is piracy."

This landmark lawsuit could reshape the entire AI landscape, challenging what AI companies claim as "fair use." Expect significant ripple effects across the industry.

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Google's AI Tools Devour News Site Traffic

Google’s AI-driven search results are seriously impacting web publishers. HuffPost and Washington Post’s organic traffic has dropped by half over the past three years. Business Insider just laid off 21% of its workforce due to traffic plunging by 55%.

Google's AI Overviews and new AI Mode answer queries directly, leaving websites struggling to attract clicks. Media outlets are now pivoting to newsletters, live events, and direct audience engagement to survive.

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Palmer Luckey's Anduril Scores $2.5B, Hits $30.5B Valuation

Defense-tech disruptor Anduril Industries has raised a massive $2.5B round from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund. This funding propels Anduril’s AI-powered drones, weapons, and augmented reality projects aimed at revolutionizing U.S. military capabilities.

Anduril isn't heading to IPO yet, but it's positioning itself as a dominant AI player in national defense.

Meta Makes Bold $14.3B Bet on Scale AI, Snags CEO

Meta has acquired a 49% stake in Scale AI, investing $14.3 billion and bringing CEO Alexandr Wang onboard to lead Meta’s struggling AI division. This bold move signals Zuckerberg's urgency to match AI advances by OpenAI and Google.

Despite the massive investment, Scale AI retains operational independence, a strategic win-win for both companies.

ElevenLabs Unveils Next-Level Text-to-Speech Model

ElevenLabs just rolled out Eleven v3, calling it “the most expressive text-to-speech model ever.” Supporting over 70 languages, it introduces remarkable features like tags for emotions ([laughing], [whispers]) that significantly boost realism and expressiveness. Early demos, including a hyper-realistic British soccer commentator, have blown minds.

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