Disney+ May Start Hosting User-generated Ai Videos

During Disney's latest net call, CEO Bob Iger said astir adjacent steps for nan Disney+ streaming service, and he noted that nan intermezo elephantine has had "productive conversations" pinch imaginable AI partners. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney+ mightiness soon play big to user-generated short-form AI videos.

"The different point that we’re really excited about, that AI is going to springiness america nan expertise to do, is to supply users of Disney+ pinch a overmuch much engaged experience, including nan expertise for them to create user-generated contented and to devour personification generated contented — mostly short-form — from others," Iger said. He didn’t specify which companies Disney has been successful talks pinch aliases connection immoderate peculiarly timeline for nan presence of gen-AI features.

There are already a bunch of ways for group to make and stock AI slop videos, truthful this isn't a caller conception he's touting. But it is simply a astonishing guidance for Disney, which has agelong been hawkish astir protecting some its image and its IP. The institution has already made ineligible moves against aggregate different AI platforms, including a cease and desist sent to Character.AI and copyright infringement lawsuits against Midjourney and Hailuo. Iger said he hoped immoderate business would "reflect our request to protect nan IP," and it would almost surely beryllium a lucrative woody for Disney. But moreover wrong nan confines of its ain platform, this is still rather an about-face for nan institution to now promote gen-AI creations of acquainted characters.