Disney taps Adobe as AI use draws wider scrutiny

Disney has tapped Adobe as its official AI innovation partner under a multiyear agreement. Elsewhere, brands are emphasizing human creativity as handcrafted art becomes more of a luxury in the age of AI, and political campaigns are using generative AI to hold conversations with voters.

Resistance to AI policies and content is also surfacing across platforms. Meta’s new AI training terms are on pause following opposition, while Itch.io is pushing back against a flood of AI-generated material on its storefront. Google faces backlash over a plan that would turn off Search for schools that restrict AI. AI’s effects on learning and the tendency to seek shortcuts around difficult thinking are also drawing scrutiny.

New tools include Xiora AI, which offers real-time conversations with expressive companions on smartphones and computers without a VR headset or app download, and streaming video super-resolution in ComfyUI. Research projects span object reconstruction, skeleton animation, scene manipulation and mesh generation. Anthropic’s Project EVE explores Claude playing MMORPGs.