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OpenAI wants brands to allow mascots to appear in AI videos: WSJ
MSNBC· 2025-12-17 16:24
AI Technology & Intellectual Property - OpenAI's Sora can generate videos from text, attracting attention from brands worldwide [1] - OpenAI seeks to collaborate with companies to utilize their intellectual property for platform development, engaging in direct talks with major brands for commercial applications [2] - Companies are balancing the threats and opportunities presented by AI, focusing on both protecting intellectual property rights and engaging with the technology [4][5] - TKO Group Holdings is engaging with OpenAI and other platforms, issuing legal letters to address intellectual property infringement while exploring opportunities for brand engagement [6] - TKO and Disney are proactively seeking to integrate their brands into AI platforms, aiming to improve the platforms' functionality and user experience [7][13] Business Strategy & Revenue Models - Companies are considering licensing their characters to AI platforms, potentially integrating the content back into their own platforms [6] - The market may move towards a "cameo approach," where individuals can grant rights to use their name, image, and likeness for a fee [6] - Companies are wary of giving away content for free, learning from past experiences with social media platforms and seeking to establish gates for value extraction [9][10][11] - Companies recognize the economic potential of AI platforms and aim to partake in the revenue generated [12]
Hegseth doesn't want to release boat strike video because it's 'very damning': Dem Rep.
MSNBC· 2025-12-17 16:23
Let's bring in Democratic Congressman Adam Smith, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee. And Congressman, I want to ask you about these different dynamics involving healthc care. And let's start though first with the boat strikes.You're one of the few members who've seen the full video that some of your colleagues will be seeing for the first time today. How would you describe it. What did you see.>> Well, we saw two people clinging to the side of a capsized boat, just the the front part of t ...
BREAKING: 4 GOP Reps. sign on to Dem health care discharge petition
MSNBC· 2025-12-17 16:23
We've got more breaking news there on Capitol Hill right now. I understand Speaker Johnson is facing a bit of a GOP rebellion over health care and those expiring ACA subsidies. What can you tell us.>> Yeah, we knew that there was a group of moderate Republican members, Anna, who had been going back and forth with leadership on the Republican side trying to get them on board for some kind of an Affordable Care Act subsidy fix before the end of the year. You and I have talked time and again about the premium ...
SOON: Jack Smith testifies to House Judiciary Committee
MSNBC· 2025-12-17 16:22
Let's get to the Hill with MS Now senior Capitol Hill reporter Ally Vatitali staking out that deposition. We're also joined by Justice and Intelligence reporter Kendallian in Washington and our MS Now analyst, former assistant FBI special agent in charge Michael Fineberg and former Manhattan assistant DA Katherine Christian. Ally, give us the lay of the land here. What got us here.And what is the purpose of this deposition today. Well, look, the purpose on its face, if you ask the chairman, Jim Jordan, it's ...
‘Every word is on tape’: Vanity Fair pushes back on White House criticism
MSNBC· 2025-12-17 15:51
JD Vance says that um Susie Wilds has never been disloyal. I don't know if that's implying that her saying what she said in your article and in your recordings is disloyal or just the truth. Um but Katherine Levit took it a step further, calling your reporting disingenuous and that words were taken out of context, basically saying you were not doing your job correctly. Um, can you prove otherwise and have you heard from the White House, from anybody in this White House directly? >> Well, you know, Mika, her ...
'I want to get a bill passed': Rep. Lawler blasts GOP leaders over impending ACA lapse
MSNBC· 2025-12-17 15:11
Healthcare Affordability and Policy - The expiration of Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits could negatively impact millions of American families [1] - A Republican Congressman criticizes GOP leaders for allowing the subsidies to expire, calling the situation "idiotic and shameful" [2] - A bipartisan compromise bill is proposed to extend ACA enhanced premium tax credits for 2 years with reforms, but faces challenges in gaining support [4][5] - Healthcare premiums have risen 96% since Obamacare took effect [7] - Insurance premiums are based on year-long certainty, making temporary extensions challenging [8] - A clean three-year extension of ACA subsidies failed in the Senate, highlighting the need for compromise [6] Economic Assessment and Tax Policy - The economy is described as "middling at best" based on BLS numbers [16] - A Congressman highlights the working families tax cut bill, projecting an average $4,000 tax cut for New Yorkers and a $6,000 tax deduction for seniors [18] - The Congressman believes the economy will improve as tax cuts take effect in April [18] - The Congressman emphasizes the need to address housing, healthcare, energy, and food costs [19][20] International Relations and Oil Industry - The US administration is taking action against sanctioned oil tanker ships tied to Iran and Venezuela [11][13][14] - American oil companies were heavily involved in building the Venezuelan oil industry [13] - The illicit oil trade is linked to funding terrorism [14] - The administration is defining narco-terrorist states as foreign terrorist organizations and striking ships transporting drugs into the United States, citing the fentanyl crisis that causes 75,000 American deaths annually [15]
‘Every word is on tape’: Vanity Fair reporter says ‘everybody was on board’ for Wiles interviews
MSNBC· 2025-12-17 14:04
And we begin this hour with our top story this morning. The stunning Vanity Fair interviews with President Trump's chief of staff Susie Wilds. They've prompted a seemingly coordinated allout pushback effort from the White House in the piece. Wilds gives candid answers about the president, his terms so far, as well as those in and around his administration. Wilds told Vanity Fair Trump has an alcoholic's personality. Though we will note that the president doesn't drink. She said J. D. Vance's conversion from ...
Dylan Ratigan: The coming year will be a tsunami as AI eliminates jobs for young people
MSNBC· 2025-12-17 13:48
Democrats say, you know, things aren't affordable. Th this isn't affordable. This has gotten more expensive. Drugs have gotten more expensive. Housing's gotten more expensive.And you know what. They're right. And it was because of them.I believe the American people are going to reward us because the the American people are smart. They know Rome wasn't built in a day. They know what Joe Biden broke is not going to get fixed in a week.We got to stay with it. We got to keep on working on bringing good jobs and ...
House won't vote on health care tax credit extension
MSNBC· 2025-12-17 12:06
Our health care subsidies for millions of Americans are all but certain to expire at the end of this year after House Speaker Mike Johnson said yesterday there would be no vote on extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits this week. A lastditch effort by moderate Republicans to put an extension on the floor for a vote failed last night after the House Rules Committee blocked several of the amendments they were hoping to attach to a Republican health care plan released last week. Instead, today the House ...
‘Ridiculous, preposterous’: Mika reacts to WH pushback over stunning Wiles interviews
MSNBC· 2025-12-17 11:50
But we begin this morning with the all hands-on deck push back from the Trump White House over the stunning vanity fair interviews with President Trump's chief of staff Susie Wilds. In those interviews released yesterday morning, Wilds gives candid answers about the president, his term so far, as well as those in and out of his administration. Wilds told author Chris Whipple, quote, Trump has an alcoholic's personality, though we should note the president doesn't drink.He also says J. D. Vance's conversion ...