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Disney has accused Google of copyright infringement on a “massive scale,” alleging that the tech giant is training its AI tools on protected materials as well as allowing those tools to generate infringing images and videos. reports that Disney attorneys sent a cease-and-desist letter to Google on Wednesday.“Google is infringing Disney’s copyrights on a massive scale, by copying a large corpus of Disney’s copyrighted works without authorization to train and develop generative artificial intelligence (‘AI’) models and services, and by using AI models and services to commercially exploit and distribute copies of its protected works to consumers in violation of…
Cursor, the wildly popular AI coding startup, is launching a new feature that lets people design the look and feel of web applications with AI. The tool, Visual Editor, is essentially a vibe-coding product for designers, giving them access to the same fine-grained controls they’d expect from professional design software. But in addition to making changes manually, the tool lets them request edits from Cursor’s AI agent using natural language.Cursor is best known for its AI coding platform, but with Visual Editor, the startup wants to capture other parts of the software creation process. “The core that we care about,…
It was a good thing that the internet bullied Paramount into fixing Sonic’s horrifying human-like form in the first live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie. If that hadn’t happened, we likely wouldn’t have gotten the great follow-ups and Keanu Reeves playing Shadow in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. But even five years later, who wouldn’t be morbidly curious to know what the movie would have looked like if Paramount hadn’t gone back to the drawing board? That’s what a fan group is giving us the chance to find out with Sonic the Hedgehog: The 2019 Cut. The fan remake of the 2020…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Photosynthesis. Learning how plants use the sun and water to make their own food is a staple of biology class and makes life on Earth possible. Still, not all of the over 300,000 known plant species are food-producing powerhouses that reproduce sexually. Instead, plants like those in the genus Balanophora are asexual parasites. These alien-esque plants challenge the very foundations of plant biology. “My long-standing aim is to rethink what it truly means to be a plant,” Kenji Suetsugu, a botanist at Kobe University in Japan,…
With a new year just around the corner, now is the perfect time to take stock of your finances. A budgeting app can help with that, and right now you can get 50 percent off your first year of a Monarch Money plan. All you need to do is enter the code MONARCHVIP at checkout and you’ll pay $50 for the initial 12 months instead of the regular price of $100. Note that the offer only applies to new users.Monarch MoneyUsually Monarch costs $100 per year, but this deal brings the cost of the first 12 months down to $50…
AT&T is taking a second crack at the smart home. After sunsetting its Digital Life service in 2022—powered by the now-defunct 3G network—the company is launching a new smart-home security platform called Connected Life, this time in partnership with smart-home players Google and Abode.Previously available as a pilot program in select markets, AT&T Connected Life is rolling out nationwide starting today. The vision behind it is to simplify smart-home setup. Instead of buying various smart-home devices and using multiple apps to connect them, you can buy one of two kits directly from AT&T’s Connected Life website—the Starter Kit ($11 per…
You can’t really enjoy an immersive viewing experience without great sound to match the visuals. If you’re looking to make holiday movie nights better but your current TV doesn’t have solid built-in speakers, adding a soundbar to the setup can be a smart move. And thanks to Amazon, picking one up doesn’t break the bank today. The Sony S100F 2.0ch soundbar is currently going for just $98 at Amazon, after the retailer took a whopping 39% off its usual price of $160. Shipping is free as well, so you’re not adding anything on top of the sale price. Even better,…
Scientists say they’ve developed a breakthrough 3D wiring solution that allows a 100-fold increase in the number of quantum bits (qubits) a quantum computing chip can support.Typical quantum computing processors (QPUs) are built with two-dimensional, horizontal wiring, just like the central processing units (CPUs) in our classical devices. But this traditional wiring limits the number of qubits scientists can cram onto a given processor. Currently available chips from Google and IBM, for example, contain approximately 105 qubits and 120 qubits, respectively.The new architecture, called VIO-40K, overcomes this limitation by using three-dimensional, vertical wiring, according to representatives of QuantWare, which developed…
It looks like Disney wasted no time delivering on CEO Bob Iger’s promise to bring AI-generated content to Disney+. On Thursday, the company announced the start of a three-year licensing agreement with OpenAI to bring more than 200 of its beloved characters, including those from Star Wars and Pixar, to the Sora app and ChatGPT. With the deal in place, OpenAI users will be able to prompt ChatGPT to generate images that tap into Disney’s intellectual property, with costumes, props, vehicles and environments covered.The agreement does not include voices or “talent likenesses,” meaning Sora users won’t be able prompt the…
At the top end of Sony’s OLED spectrum, things are looking mighty fine. The brand has really refined its image processing, and as a result, the Bravia 8 II boasts incredible clarity and performance across a wide variety of media. It has a stylish look, with super thin bezels, and comes loaded with Google TV, which is easy to use and responsive.While the brightness doesn’t quite reach the same peak levels as other screens on the list, it’s still an excellent buy for anyone with a sharp eye that can appreciate a really well-tuned television. It has excellent gaming options,…