Google pulls AI-generated movies of Disney characters from YouTube in response to stop and desist

Google appears to be cracking down on the usage of Disney characters in AI-generated movies on YouTube after it was hit with a cease and desist letter. In keeping with experiences by and , the corporate eliminated dozens of movies that includes Deadpool, Moana, Mickey Mouse, Star Wars characters and different Disney IP as of Friday, simply days after of “infringing Disney’s copyrights on an enormous scale.” The letter, seen by each publications earlier this week, referred to as out Google not only for internet hosting these movies on YouTube, but additionally for utilizing copyrighted works to coach fashions together with Veo and Nano Banana.

Previous to this, in addition to and — each of which it is suing — over AI-related copyright infringement. However, that does not imply it is shunning AI-generated content altogether. The corporate on Friday that may convey Disney characters to Sora and ChatGPT, and convey AI-generated shorts from Sora to Disney+.