Artificial Intelligence

Disney pulls investment in OpenAI after company announces closure of Sora app
Disney will not proceed with a planned $1 billion investment in OpenAI following the shutdown of its Sora platform.

Charter names John Lee as Head of Intelligence Ventures
Charter Communications has named John Lee as Head of Intelligence Ventures, establishing a new leadership role focused on developing data- and AI-driven products and partnerships.

Gracenote: AI will influence audience discovery, engagement with content
Streaming platforms are adopting AI tools to deliver faster, more personalized and real-time content recommendations, but they still need reliable metadata to avoid "hallucinations."
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Amagi: FAST streamers begin to embrace artificial intelligence for workflows
Media companies are increasingly using AI tools for metadata, captioning, translation and other high-volume content management tasks.

Gracenote sues ChatGPT developer OpenAI for copyright infringement
The case could test whether the structure and organization of proprietary datasets are protected under copyright law.

Report: The Trade Desk holds talks with OpenAI on advertising pact
The discussions follow a difficult year for The Trade Desk, whose stock had fallen roughly one-third amid slowing growth and rising competition.

LiveOne says artificial intelligence helped company cut 250 jobs
LiveOne said its ongoing investments in artificial intelligence helped the company eliminate more than 250 jobs last year.

IAB launches new initiative to refresh ad campaign measurements
IAB has unveiled Project Eidos, a multi-year effort to create shared, interoperable standards for cross-channel advertising measurement.

Bango survey: Consumers juggle four paid AI tools on average, price fatigue setting in
Nearly two-thirds use AI daily, and 14 percent pay for eight or more services, qualifying them as superusers, according to Bango's survey.

Amazon launches AI-powered recaps feature on Prime Video
Prime Video has rolled out AI-powered Video Recaps in beta to summarize key plot points before new seasons.

Bango adds AI products from DeepL to Digital Vending Machine
Bango is broadening the subscriptions offered in its Digital Vending Machine by integrating AI-powered products from DeepL.

Sky News to use AI platforms developed by Washington Post
Sky News partnered with the Washington Post's Arc XP to power its five-year digital transformation initiative, Sky News 2030.