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[ad_1] Disney and Universal have sued generative AI platform Midjourney for allegedly training its art-generating and -editing models on their content without permission. Disney and Universal filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming that Midjourney ignored their earlier requests to cease violating their intellectual property rights, according to The Wall Street Journal. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, includes dozens of examples of images generated by Midjourney that depict the studio’s copyrighted characters, like Homer Simpson and Darth Vader. The studios are seeking monetary damages, a jury trial, and an order barring Midjourney from…

[ad_1] At Comcast, Lisa Harmon, an enterprise account manager, is used to growing revenue and managing client needs. But through the company’s Team Up program, she’s expanding her skills in a new way — by giving back and growing beyond her day job.Through the company’s skills-based volunteer and employee engagement program, Harmon volunteered with Lifting Up Camden’s Youth, an after-school program in Camden, NJ.”This was something completely out of the box for me, finding grant money, reaching out to organizations, and learning how to help philanthropic organizations to drive engagement,” she said. Harmon added that the experience helped her develop…

[ad_1] Wall Street analysts are optimistic heading into Oracle’s earnings release Wednesday after the bell. The cloud company is expected to earn $1.64 per share on revenue of $15.59 billion, LSEG said. Shares of the tech company have gained more than 7% this year. However, the highest price target on the Street suggests the stock could rise 13% from Tuesday’s close of $177.48. Most analysts have pointed to its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, or OCI, business as a key asset in its portfolio. Strong bookings from OCI customers could continue to boost the company’s fundamentals. Here’s what analysts had to say…

[ad_1] 2025-06-11T17:10:25Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Disney and NBCUniversal sued the AI company Midjourney, alleging copyright infringement. The lawsuit claims the tech creates unauthorized copies of works ranging from Star Wars to The Simpsons. Hollywood has been cautious about AI, fearing its misuse, but investors see cost-cutting potential. Hollywood is taking aim at the AI image generator…

[ad_1] Garmin is easily one of the most reputable brands making top-tier fitness watches. Its on-wrist heart rate sensor and GPS are arguably the most accurate on the market — two things crucial to accurate activity tracking.As a longtime health and fitness editor, I’ve tested a lot of fitness wearables across many brands. I’ve been testing the Garmin Forerunner 265 nearly every day — on high-altitude hikes, long ski days, strength workouts at the gym, and daily neighborhood walks. This model is billed as Garmin’s mid-range running watch, ideal for folks whose main activity is running and racing but who…

[ad_1] Former OpenAI research leader Steven Adler published a new independent study on Wednesday claiming that, in certain scenarios, his former employer’s AI models will go to great lengths to try to avoid being shut down. In a blog post, Adler describes a series of experiments he ran on OpenAI’s latest GPT-4o model, the default model available in ChatGPT, to test the AI’s tendency to favor its own self-preservation, even if it’s at the expense of a user’s safety. In one test, Adler instructed GPT-4o to role-play as “ScubaGPT,” a software system that users might rely on to scuba dive…

[ad_1] New York CNN  —  JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned on Tuesday that encouraging economic data could soon turn worrisome as President Donald Trump’s tariffs continue to bite. “You’re going to see real numbers, and I think there’s a chance real numbers will deteriorate soon,” Dimon said, according to a FactSet transcript of the Morgan Stanley US Financial Conference in New York. Trump’s tariffs have yet to really affect data like monthly inflation and jobs reports, but the economy is prone to a downturn if that changes, he said. Wall Street has been eager for any sign the economy…

[ad_1] CNN  —  The Washington Post on Wednesday announced it has a new Opinion editor. The move comes four months after it announced a “significant shift” to the Opinion page and the departure of its embattled section chief. Adam O’Neal, who currently serves as The Economist’s Washington correspondent, will take over as the Post’s top Opinion editor, the outlet announced in an X post that includes an introductory video from O’Neal. “We’re also going to be stalwart advocates of free markets and personal liberties. We’ll be unapologetically patriotic, too,” O’Neal said in the video. “Our philosophy will be rooted in…

[ad_1] Central banks have been stocking up on gold.They bought over 1,000 tonnes of the precious metal last year, double the average amount purchased in the previous decade, according to a European Central Bank report published on Wednesday.The authors wrote that global holdings of gold by reserve banks increased to 36,000 metric tons in 2024, close to the record of 38,000 metric tons reached around 60 years ago.Per the survey, two-thirds of central banks invested in gold to diversify their portfolios, and about 20% did so to provide protection against economic and geopolitical risks, like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”Adjusted for…

[ad_1] Meta on Wednesday unveiled its new V-JEPA 2 AI model, a “world model” that is designed to help AI agents understand the world around them. V-JEPA 2 is an extension of the V-JEPA model that Meta released last year, which was trained on over 1 million hours of video. This training data is supposed to help robots or other AI agents operate in the physical world, understanding and predicting how concepts like gravity will impact what happens next in a sequence. These are the kinds of common sense connections that small children and animals make as their brains develop…