Disney Fires Off Cease-And-Desist Letter To Google Claiming Its AI Services Infringe On Copyright On A “Massive Scale”

The Walt Disney Co. has fired off a cease-and-desist letter to Google, claiming that its AI training models and services infringe on its copyrights on a “massive scale.” The letter was sent on Wednesday, just before the company made the announcement that it has reached an agreement with a Google rival, OpenAI, to provide its characters and IP for use in the latter company’s services. Disney contended that Google’s “willful infringement is especially alarming because it is leveraging its dominance in genera ...