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How Disney is using Unreal Engine 5 to add major upgrades to Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run

venturebeat.com Giancarlo Valdes 2025-09-10 01:21:05

Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run was a landmark moment for Walt Disney Imagineering when it opened in 2019. It was the first Disney ride that allowed guests to directly control their experience and interact with the story. But for the next Smugglers Run mission, the company is going one step further and making the ride feel a lot more like a traditional video game, complete with branching choices and sophisticated enemies. WDI worked closely with visual effects studio Industrial Light & Magic (

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First Looks at Disneyland Expansion and Disney World's 'Piston Peak' Cars Land

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-12 21:33:03

It's been 70 years since Disneyland opened its gates, and the original Disney park is now celebrating its anniversary. As Walt Disney himself predicted, Disneyland will "never be completed," as long as imagination remains in the world -- and it's continuing to grow with new rides, experiences and entertainment planned for 2025 and beyond. This week, Disney announced new details for its big expansion, including a new esplanade entry experience, where the Coco ride will be, and what old attractio

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'Textbook Copyright Infringement': Disney and Universal Sue AI Image Generator Midjourney

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-13 01:00:05

Disney, Universal and several of their entertainment companies filed a lawsuit against popular AI creative service Midjourney on Wednesday, alleging that the company committed copyright infringement. It's a big move from power players and will no doubt create ripple effects across the AI and entertainment industries that will flow all the way to what you can create using AI tools. Midjourney is one of many AI image generators that use generative AI text-to-image technology. With an account, any

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Pixar is heading back to Italy for its next big film

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2025-09-14 17:47:35

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Though Disney and Pixar are about to start getting everyone hyped for Toy Story 5, the studios are already working hard on another feature. While Disney and Pixar opened their Annecy presentation with more details about their next movie, Elio, and gave updates about Toy Story 5, the studio surprised festival goers by announcing that

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Disney Pinnacle unveils Genesis Keys quest with Web3 support from Dapper Labs

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-09-16 13:50:00

Disney Pinnacle by Dapper Labs, the digital pin collecting and trading platform, has now announced its Genesis Keys quest. That means Disney fans worldwide can claim free Genesis Keys every four hours as part of the global quest for one-of-one Genesis Editions — the first digital pins ever minted on the platform. The Genesis Keys campaign marks the first phase of Disney Pinnacle by Dapper Labs’ rollout gearing up for more action throughout the summer. As the community collectively claims Keys

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Disney and Universal Sue AI Company Midjourney for Copyright Infringement

wired.com Kate Knibbs 2025-09-17 05:52:23

Disney and Universal have filed a lawsuit against Midjourney, alleging that the San Francisco–based AI image generation startup is a “bottomless pit of plagiarism” that generates “endless unauthorized copies” of the studios’ work. There are already dozens of copyright lawsuits against AI companies winding through the US court system—including a class action lawsuit visual artists brought against Midjourney in 2023—but this is the first time major Hollywood studios have jumped into the fray. The

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Disney and Universal sue AI firm Midjourney over images

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-09-17 22:11:26

Disney and Universal sue AI firm Midjourney over images Darth Vader is one of the characters the two studios allege Midjourney uses to generate images It is part of the entertainment industry's ongoing love-hate relationship with AI. Many studios want to make use of the technology but are concerned that their creations could be stolen. The two studios claim Midjourney's tool makes "innumerable" copies of characters including Darth Vader from Star Wars, Frozen's Elsa, and the Minions from Desp

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Disney and Universal sue AI image company Midjourney for unlicensed use of Star Wars, The Simpsons and more

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-09-17 14:40:12

The Walt Disney logo is displayed on screen during the Walt Disney Studios presentation at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace at CinemaCon 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 3, 2025. Disney and Universal joined forces in a lawsuit against artificial intelligence image creator Midjourney, alleging copyright infringement. It is the first AI copyright lawsuit from Hollywood giants. The lawsuit claims that the company used and distributed AI-generated characters from the movie studios like Star War

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"Piracy Is Piracy": Disney Sues Midjourney for Massive Copyright Violation

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-17 15:31:56

Disney and NBCUniversal — a pair of media behemoths behind franchises ranging from "Star Wars" and "Toy Story" to "Minions" and "Shrek" — are suing AI company Midjourney, accusing it of enabling copyright infringement on a massive scale through its AI image generator tech. In the lawsuit, which was filed in a California district court today, the two Hollywood juggernauts accused the firm of ignoring its previous requests to stop violating their intellectual property rights. "Midjourney is the

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Disney, Universal Sue Midjourney Over AI Images, Calling It 'a Bottomless Pit of Plagiarism'

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-17 16:26:00

Disney, Universal and several of their entertainment companies filed a lawsuit against popular AI creative service Midjourney on Wednesday, alleging that the company committed copyright infringement. It's a big move from power players and will no doubt create ripple effects across the AI and entertainment industries that'll flow all the way to what you can create using AI tools. Midjourney is one of many AI image generators that use generative AI text-to-image technology. With an account, anyon

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She was a Disney star with platinum records, but Bridgit Mendler gave it up to change the world

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-17 09:00:09

Bridgit Mendler was not in Hollywood anymore. Instead, she found herself in rural North Dakota, where the stars sparkled overhead rather than on the silver screen. And she was freezing. When her team tumbled out of their rental cars after midnight, temperatures had already plummeted into the 40s. Howling winds carried their breath away before it could fog the air. So it was with no small sense of urgency that the group scrambled to assemble a jury-rigged antenna to talk to a spacecraft that wou

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Hollywood studios target AI image generator in copyright lawsuit

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-17 16:58:22

On Wednesday, Disney and NBCUniversal filed a lawsuit against AI image-synthesis company Midjourney, accusing the company of copyright infringement for allowing users to create images of characters like Darth Vader and Shrek, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The complaint, filed in US District Court in Los Angeles, marks the first major legal action by Hollywood studios against a generative AI company. Midjourney is a subscription image-synthesis service and community that allows its users to su

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Disney and Universal sue Midjourney, alleging AI-related copyright infringement

techcrunch.com Kyle Wiggers 2025-09-17 15:34:39

In Brief Disney and Universal have sued generative AI platform Midjourney for allegedly training its art-generating and -editing models on their content without permission. Disney and Universal filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming that Midjourney ignored their earlier requests to cease violating their intellectual property rights, according to The Wall Street Journal. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, includes dozens of examples of images generate

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Jurassic World and Shrek Lands Headline Universal Kids Resort in Texas

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-06-02 16:35:06

In a big turn of events Universal Studios is opening up a kid-centric theme park in Texas that will have major animated franchise appeal, with Shrek, Jurassic World, and SpongeBob just a few of brands in store for the new family-friendly destination. This news coming out right after Universal shared more details about its year-round haunt in Las Vegas has us thinking the theme park wars with Disney have begun in earnest. This weekend, pop culture fans looking for ways to help rebuilding efforts

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Disney Plus: 20 TV Shows You Should Definitely Watch Right Now

cnet.com Aaron Pruner 2025-06-02 15:00:06

It took five years for Disney Plus to become a formidable streaming platform. That's a commendable accomplishment. Is it really that shocking, though? Where else can you find copious entries from the catalogs of Marvel and Star Wars? Do I even need to mention Bluey? In true Disney fashion, the company's TV streaming service has something for every family member: riveting comic book adventures, magical tales for young adults, educational docuseries and engaging unscripted shows. And though we're

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Latest Tech News

How Disney is using Unreal Engine 5 to add major upgrades to Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run

First Looks at Disneyland Expansion and Disney World's 'Piston Peak' Cars Land

'Textbook Copyright Infringement': Disney and Universal Sue AI Image Generator Midjourney

Pixar is heading back to Italy for its next big film

Disney Pinnacle unveils Genesis Keys quest with Web3 support from Dapper Labs

Disney and Universal Sue AI Company Midjourney for Copyright Infringement

Disney and Universal sue AI firm Midjourney over images

Disney and Universal sue AI image company Midjourney for unlicensed use of Star Wars, The Simpsons and more

"Piracy Is Piracy": Disney Sues Midjourney for Massive Copyright Violation

Disney, Universal Sue Midjourney Over AI Images, Calling It 'a Bottomless Pit of Plagiarism'

She was a Disney star with platinum records, but Bridgit Mendler gave it up to change the world

Hollywood studios target AI image generator in copyright lawsuit

Disney and Universal sue Midjourney, alleging AI-related copyright infringement

Jurassic World and Shrek Lands Headline Universal Kids Resort in Texas

Disney Plus: 20 TV Shows You Should Definitely Watch Right Now

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