Disney Box Office Hits $6 Billion for First Time Since COVID Thanks to ‘Lilo & Stitch’ and ‘Zootopia 2’

All hail the Magic Kingdom. Disney notched a major box office milestone, surpassing $6 billion in global ticket sales. This is Disney’s fifth time crossing the $6 billion benchmark — and first since ...
Houston Public Media

Billion-dollar OpenAI deal allows users to make content with Disney characters

If you've ever wanted to conjure up a scenario between yourself, Han Solo and the crew from Zootopia, you're in luck. The Walt Disney Company has reached a licensing agreement with OpenAI that brings ...
TheWrap

Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Suite of Characters for Sora in Landmark Deal

Disney has struck a licensing deal with OpenAI to invest $1 billion into the tech company and bring its array of characters to its generative video platform Sora, a landmark deal that links one of the ...
Futurism

OpenAI’s Sora Is Letting Teens Generate Videos of School Shootings

If you’re a teenager with access to OpenAI’s Sora 2, you can easily generate AI videos of school shootings and other harmful and disturbing content — despite CEO Sam Altman’s repeated claims that the ...
CNET

Sora and Google's Nano Banana Pro Are Slammed, So They've Scaled Back Free Videos and Images

Maybe it's because of the holiday weekend. OpenAI's video generator Sora and Google's image generator nano banana pro are placing new limits on how many videos (in the case of Sora) and AI images (in ...
Gizmodo

OpenAI Can’t Legally Use the Word ‘Cameo’ in Sora Now

According to CNBC, OpenAI must not use the term “cameo” in the Sora app after a temporary restraining order was issued by Judge Eumi K. Lee of the Northern District of California. Last month, OpenAI ...
Rolling Stone

Teens Can Use OpenAI’s Sora 2 to Generate Images of School Shooters and Sexual Violence

Sora 2, the latest version of OpenAI‘s text-to-video AI model, saw problems from the start. When it debuted in October along with a TikTok-like social platform, users generated and posted clips of ...
CNET

What Is Sora? Everything You Need to Know About OpenAI's Video Generator

Barbara is a tech writer specializing in AI and emerging technologies. With a background as a systems librarian in software development, she brings a unique perspective to her reporting. Having lived ...
Futurism

Sora Is Being Used to Brutally Mock Fat People

Earlier this year, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos bragged that generative AI is going to open the way for a paradigm shift in the way humans create art. “We’re confident that AI is going to help us and help ...
Corpus Christi Caller-Times

'Aladdin Jr.' takes the stage at Veterans Memorial High School; here's how to get tickets

Corpus Christi ISD high school students are performing "Aladdin Jr." at Veterans Memorial High School. Performances run from Nov. 9 through Nov. 21, with tickets available for purchase online. The ...
BGR

Sora's Next Big Trick: Popular Brand Mascots In AI Videos

OpenAI's text-to-video Sora 2 AI model went viral as soon as the company released the TikTok-style Sora AI app a few weeks ago. Sora rose to the top of the App Store quickly, as fans employed the AI ...