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05 Jul

Midjourney Forces Studios to Reveal Their Own AI Use

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Hollywood's AI Glass House: When Plaintiffs Can't Hide Their Own Tech Midjourney just pulled off something we haven't seen much in tech litigation: a legal move that could actually shift the entire framing of AI copyright disputes. Per TechCrunch, the company is asking the court to compel Disney, Warner Bros., and Universal to disclose how they themselves use AI. It's a discovery gambit that exposes something uncomfortable: the studios suing an AI image generator while quietly deploying their own AI tools internally. This isn't just procedural theater. If these studios have been using generative AI—training models, automating workflows, generating assets—then…

03 Jul

OpenAI AI regulation strategy captures market, not safety

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OpenAI's 'America First AI' Gambit Is Really About Killing Competition Sam Altman wants every serious AI company to hand the U.S. government a 5% equity stake. Painted as patriotic infrastructure policy, it's actually the most audacious regulatory arbitrage move in recent tech history—and it deserves scrutiny. Per the Financial Times, OpenAI is in talks with the White House about a government equity arrangement for itself, while simultaneously floating a broader proposal: mandate that all leading AI companies cede a slice of ownership to U.S. sovereign funds. On its surface, it's a sensible idea. Government money built the internet. AI is…

04 Jun

How Big Tech Won AI Regulation Without Fighting

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Big Tech Killed AI Regulation Before It Was Born The Trump administration's new AI oversight order landed this week with all the fanfare of a press release—which is basically what it was. What started as a framework for federal review of frontier AI models before release has become a voluntary suggestion that companies can ignore. Per TechCrunch, the revised order came after weeks of industry objections, ultimately requiring only that advanced AI developers opt-in to 30-day government reviews. Not a mandate. Not even a strongly worded preference. A polite invitation. This isn't incompetence or flip-flopping—it's the sound of Silicon Valley…