Tech
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Bob Iger Plans to Leverage Epic Games Deal to Build Disney Universe That Lives ‘Side by Side to Fortnite’
“We were really impressed with what Epic had been able to accomplish with ‘Fortnite,’” the CEO said at Tuesday’s Morgan Stanley conference
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Elon Musk Sued for $128 Million in Unpaid Severance by Former Twitter Execs
The lawsuit accuses Musk of retaliating for forcing him to honor his agreement to buy the company
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Apple Fined Nearly $2 Billion by European Commission for Allegedly Abusing ‘Dominant’ Music-Streaming Position
Apple says it will appeal, arguing the commission has not found “credible evidence of consumer harm”
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For Voice Actors, the Race Against AI Has Already Begun
Dubbing by machine for foreign-language entertainment is here; producers are fighting to build a new normal that doesn’t leave actors behind
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Inside the Crisis at Google
Culture war narratives give Google’s organizational coherence a bit too much credit. There’s more to the story.
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EA Cuts 5% of Workforce, Scraps ‘Star Wars’ Video Game
The layoffs affecting about 670 staffers are the latest in a wave of reductions at video game developers
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3 Digital Media Outlets Sue OpenAI for Copyright Infringement
Raw Story, AlterNet and The Intercept add to increasing pushback against the technology company’s method of training chatbots
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Sora’s Text-to-Video Shocked Hollywood, but It Opens Endless Creative Potential | Commentary
Creators can use the new tool to give their audiences creative elements to flesh out in the medium and format of their choice
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How Exactly NVIDIA Is Pulling This Off
It’s more than a hardware advantage, NVIDIA’s software edge may be the hardest to break
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Tyler Perry Halts $800 Million Expansion of Atlanta Studio After Seeing Sora’s ‘Shocking’ Text-to-Video Model
“I am very, very concerned that in the near future, a lot of jobs are going to be lost,” the multi- hyphenate filmmaker says of the OpenAI technology
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New York Times Plots Launch of Generative AI Ad Tool
The technology will recommend where an ad campaign would see greater success based on the marketing messaging
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Activision Sued for $100 Million by Pro Gamers Citing ‘Unlawful Monopoly’ on ‘Call of Duty’ Leagues, Tournaments
Plaintiffs Hector Rodriguez, Seth Abner and Hecz call the competitive game space a “lucrative and once-vibrant market”
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Apple’s AI Moment Is Coming. It May Not Be Smooth.
Cultural, product barriers stand in the way of Apple capitalizing on AI. Will it be more like NVIDIA, or Google?
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News Corp. CEO Jabs at New York Times OpenAI Lawsuit: ‘Courtship Is Preferable to Courtrooms’
“While certain other media companies prefer litigation, we prefer consultation,” Robert Thomson said on Wednesday’s earnings call
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Disney to Take $1.5 Billion Stake in ‘Fortnite’ Studio Epic Games, Will Create New Content
The move marks Disney’s most serious investment in gaming to date