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Katelyn Chedraoui @ CNET 2 place · today 11:56 EDT

Disney Slaps Google With Cease and Desist, Claiming 'Massive' Copyright Violations

At the same time, Disney has a new partnership to let OpenAI use its characters in its AI video tool.

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