Shumita Basu

Disney announced on Thursday it reached a licensing agreement with OpenAI.

It'll allow people to easily make their own short videos using the company's vast IP.

In truth, a lot of people were already doing this.

But with this deal, they no longer have to worry about breaching copyright, something that Disney is typically very hawkish about.

In recent months, Disney has warned AI companies over the ease with which their characters could be recreated on their platforms.

This deal marks a turning point in the very tough questions as to how people's artistic work is potentially used and abused on AI platforms.

And the Writers Guild said it appeared to sanction theft.

But while images are part of the deal, voices crucially are not.

So you can play around with making a video featuring the characters from Toy Story all you want.

Don't expect Woody to have Tom Hanks's voice.

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Good morning.

It's Tuesday, December 2nd.

I'm Shumita Basu.

This is Apple News Today.

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