Shortly after the director's death, president Donald Trump himself took to social media to blast him as a "tortured and struggling artist," adding that Reiner was a "deranged person as far as Trump is concerned."
The three-year deal includes more than 200 characters from across Walt Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars; Mufasa to the Mandalorian, Buzz Lightyear to Black Panther. According to a statement announcing the deal, "The agreement does not include any talent likenesses or voices." This means that while you might see Elsa building an icy Death Star, you definitely won't hear voice actor Idina Menzel singing about how Princess Leia needs to let it go.
"There's phenomenal opportunities to deploy AI across our direct-to-consumer platforms, both to provide tools that make the platforms more dynamic and more sticky with consumers, but also to give consumers the opportunity to create on our platforms," Iger added. He didn't elaborate on how this might actually work, but I'm just hoping that I don't open Disney Plus one day and see a Sora-like stream of AI-generated clips.
Meta's AI app has seen a major jolt in downloads since launching its Vibes feed of AI-generated videos, giving investors a glimpse of the company's artificial intelligence strategy ahead of Wednesday's third-quarter earnings. Since releasing Vibes on Sept. 25, the Meta AI app's downloads on both iOS and Android are up 56% month-to-month to a total of 3.9 million downloads as of Oct. 18, according to data provided to CNBC by mobile research firm Appfigures.
Social media trends, like viral dance videos, have proven to be a goldmine for engagement, yet many businesses shy away due to the perceived complexity and cost of video production. What if you could create professional-quality, attention-grabbing dance videos without needing technical skills, expensive equipment, or even stepping in front of a camera? AI Twerk Generator Free makes this possible, offering e-commerce brands a unique way to captivate audiences and boost conversions effortlessly.
Since I can't use the app itself, I thought I'll do a breakdown of what I can actually see - the app icon, it looks simple at first glance but it packs a lot if we can deconstruct it. I'm doing this breakdown as a fun exercise in design appreciation, I know my breakdown will probably not going to align with the authorial intent behind it. If you like this breakdown please share it, now let's dive in.
Outrage spread Monday over President Trump's effort to mock the huge No Kings protests over the weekend by posting an AI video of himself dumping waste on demonstrators. Supporters of the sprawling rallies that drew millions slammed Trump for posting the 18-second clip depicting him wearing a crown and piloting a KING TRUMP warplane over some of the sprawling crowds that gathered on Saturday to protest his hardline second term in power.
Trump posted the video to his Truth Social on Saturday during the No Kings protests that attracted a reported seven million Americans to approximately 2,600 rallies across the country. Trump's video portrayed him wearing a crown and flying a fighter jet with King Trump on the side, to the tune of Danger Zone from the Top Gun soundtrack. In the 19-second clip, the animation pulled out to show the plane bombing New York City with a payload full of excrement.
The worry, even among marketers, is that these tools aren't ushering in a new creative renaissance - they're accelerating a race to the bottom. Volume over value. Engagement over a meaning. A feed full of something that looks like content but isn't saying much at all.
Sora's launch-complete with a TikTok style "for you" page-was something of an about-face for Altman, who had previously described social media feeds as "an example of misaligned AI," whose algorithms "are incredible at getting you to keep scrolling." Altman was quick to distance OpenAI from suggestions that it had caved to the temptation to create what he called an AI-powered "slop feed."
