Huan Qiu Wang Zi Xun·2026-02-12 03:31Group 1 - Google's AI products, including Gemini and Nano Banana, have started to refuse generating content related to Disney characters due to copyright infringement claims from Disney [1][4] - This change occurred approximately two months after Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter to Google in December, which detailed large-scale copyright violations by Google's AI tools [4][5] - Disney's letter included specific demands such as stopping the infringement and ceasing the use of Disney IP for AI model training, highlighting previous concerns that had not been adequately addressed by Google [4][5] Group 2 - Google's spokesperson stated that the company maintains a mutually beneficial relationship with Disney and will continue communication regarding the issue [5] - Google utilizes publicly available data from the open web to train its AI and has implemented copyright control mechanisms like Google-extended and YouTube Content ID to manage content rights [5] - Concurrently, Disney has entered into a $1 billion agreement with OpenAI to license its characters for OpenAI's generative video application, Sora [5]