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June 12, 2025
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OpenAI Drops o3-Pro
Hollywood sues Midjourney over copyright
Meta sues ‘nudify’ app
Meta unveils V-JEPA 2
Mistral Launches EU Cloud & Smarter AI
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MIDJOURNEY
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In the first major AI copyright lawsuit from Hollywood, Disney and Universal have filed a suit against AI image generator Midjourney, accusing the company of willfully infringing on iconic film content.
The Details:
The studios claim Midjourney used copyrighted characters from franchises like Star Wars, The Simpsons, Shrek, and The Avengers in its AI outputs.
The suit includes AI-generated images of characters from Cars, Toy Story, and Despicable Me, alleging repeated infringement despite cease-and-desist letters.
Disney and Universal argue the actions threaten copyright law and creative industries, calling Midjourney a “bottomless pit of plagiarism.”
Midjourney reportedly earned $300 million last year and ignored demands from both companies to stop generating infringing content.
Filed in the U.S. District Court in California, the case seeks a jury trial and aims to establish precedent on AI’s role in copyright liability.
Why it matters:
This lawsuit marks a turning point in the legal clash between generative AI and the entertainment industry. As studios fight to protect their IP, the outcome could reshape how AI companies train and distribute visual content, and set new rules for what’s off-limits in machine-generated media.
OPENAI
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OpenAI has released o3-pro, a powerful upgrade to its o3 reasoning model, now available for ChatGPT Pro, Team, and API users with stronger performance across key domains like coding, science, and business.
The Details:
O3-pro replaces o1-pro in ChatGPT Pro and Team, with Enterprise and Edu access rolling out next week.
The model is designed for step-by-step reasoning, making it more accurate in math, science, programming, and writing tasks.
It is priced at $20 per million input tokens and $80 per million output tokens through OpenAI’s developer API.
O3-pro supports tools such as web browsing, file analysis, vision inputs, Python execution, and memory-based personalization.
While o3-pro can’t generate images and doesn’t support Canvas yet, it outperforms Gemini 2.5 Pro and Claude 4 Opus on key benchmarks.
Why it matters:
O3-pro is a significant leap in reasoning performance, positioning OpenAI ahead in the high-stakes race for AI supremacy. For developers and professionals, it offers better clarity, accuracy, and domain-specific intelligence, though with some trade-offs in speed and feature support.
META
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Meta is taking legal and technical action against Crush AI, an app that used generative AI to create explicit images without consent, after it allegedly ran thousands of deceptive ads on Facebook and Instagram.
The Details:
Meta filed a lawsuit in Hong Kong against Joy Timeline HK, the company behind Crush AI, for violating ad policies and evading detection.
Crush AI reportedly ran over 8,000 ads in early 2025 by rotating domains and creating dozens of fake ad accounts.
Meta says it has removed these ads repeatedly and is now using advanced detection tools to identify harmful content even when nudity isn’t shown.
The company has already disrupted four ad networks linked to nudify apps this year and is expanding its moderation technology.
Meta is also sharing flagged URLs through the Tech Coalition’s Lantern program and supporting legislation to protect teens online.
Why it matters:
As AI abuse escalates, Meta is under pressure to clean up its platforms. This lawsuit marks a strong signal that it won’t tolerate AI tools used to exploit people. It also highlights the broader challenge tech platforms face in moderating AI-generated harm at scale.
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OpenAI signed a deal in May to use Google Cloud for training and running its models, easing reliance on Microsoft Azure. This surprise move adds a rival to Google’s client list, boosting its cloud clout. Alphabet stock rose, signaling investor confidence despite the awkward rivalry.
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