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Why Disney just put $1 billion into OpenAI (pivot-to-ai.com)
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to shake down everyone else for licenses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBbVPmlfUqk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251212-why-disney-just-put-1b-into-openai - podcast

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[–] corbin@awful.systems 5 points 6 days ago

Now I'm curious about whether Disney funded Glaze & Nightshade. Quoting Nightshade's FAQ, their lab has arranged to receive donations which are washed through the University of Chicago:

If you or your organization may be interested in pitching in to support and advance our work, you can donate directly to Glaze via the Physical Sciences Division webpage, click on "Make a gift to PSD" and choose "GLAZE" as your area of support (managed by the University of Chicago Physical Sciences Division).

Previously, on Awful, I noted the issues with Nightshade and the curious fact that Disney is the only example stakeholder named in the original Nightshade paper, as well as the fact that Nightshade's authors wonder about the possibility of applying Glaze-style techniques to feature-length films.