Warner Bros. Discovery sues Midjourney AI for copying its characters

Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Midjourney over claims the AI startup “brazenly dispenses its intellectual property as if it were its own,” as reported earlier by The Hollywood Reporter. In the lawsuit, Warner Bros. Discovery alleges that Midjourney generated “countless” infringing images and videos of its copyrighted characters, including Superman, Bugs Bunny, Scooby-Doo, and more….

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Stripe enlists a who’s who, including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Paradigm, to build a new blockchain

Stripe is funding a new blockchain company called Tempo, co-founder CEO Patrick Collison announced on Thursday. Tempo is aimed at high-volume processing of stablecoins — coins that help reduce crypto’s notorious volatility because they are pegged to a stable asset like the U.S. dollar. That’s not surprising given that Stripe acquired stablecoin company Bridge. What…

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iPhone 17, the ‘thinnest iPhone ever,’ and everything else we’re expecting out of Apple’s hardware event

Apple is hosting its new hardware event on September 9 at 10 a.m. PT. The company is expected to release its iPhone 17 lineup, along with updates for the Apple Watch and AirPods.  As always, there are many rumors circulating, including bigger screens and improved cameras for the iPhone 17 models and the introduction of…

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Most small business owners have no clue if their marketing is working. That isn’t stopping them from spending more on it

A new report finds that just 18% of small business owners are ‘very confident’ that their marketing is effective, down from 27% in 2024. Small businesses are committing more money to marketing this year than last, but surprisingly few have any confidence that their investment is paying off—even as more report using new tools like…

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