Disney+ Is About To Let Users Make AI Slop Of Its Characters

"According to The Hollywood Reporter , Disney CEO Bob Iger said in the company's latest earnings call that it is "in the midst of rolling out the biggest and the most significant changes - from a product perspective, from a technology perspective - since [Disney+] launched." Part of this is a licensing agreement with developer Epic Games to add "a number of game-like features" to the streaming service, and the other is working with unnamed AI companies to allow subscribers to create short-form video content based on Disney properties."

""The other thing that we're really excited about, that AI is going to give us the ability to do, is to provide users of Disney+ with a much more engaged experience, including the ability for them to create user-generated content and to consume user-generated content - mostly short-form - from others," Iger said."

"If you hear that and immediately think of how such an opportunity would obviously be exploited by people who want to make explicit or crude videos featuring Mickey Mouse and the rest of Disney's characters, Iger says that the company is seeking an arrangement that would "reflect [Disney's] need to protect the IP." Good luck, bub. I expect the stans to make short work of whatever safeguards you try to put on this garbage, and we'll see Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps making out within the first hour."

Disney plans major product and technology changes to Disney+ that include a licensing deal with Epic Games to add game-like features and collaborations with AI firms to enable subscribers to create short-form videos using Disney intellectual property. The company positions these moves as ways to increase engagement by allowing creation and consumption of user-generated content. The strategy raises concerns about misuse and crude fan-made content and highlights tensions between encouraging user creativity and maintaining strict IP control. The additions could dilute artistic quality and create enforcement challenges for protecting iconic characters.

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