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Disney and Adobe will build AI models on Disney’s worlds

The multi-year deal gives Disney early access to Adobe’s AI tools. Adobe says the models will learn Disney’s characters, places and visual styles. Neither company gave a price or the length of the deal.

Adobe and The Walt Disney Company announced a multi-year alliance at Adobe’s MAX conference on November 9. With Adobe Firefly Foundry, Disney will get custom generative AI models built on its own properties. Adobe becomes Disney’s “Official AI Innovation Partner”.

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Google lets people install their own AI-made Android apps

Apps built with Google AI Studio can now be launched through Google Play with a standard Google account, without a developer account. They stay private, and sharing with friends is planned for the coming months.

Since October 13, people can put an Android app they built with Google AI Studio on their own devices through Google Play. It works for adults in the United States and some other markets. They need only a standard Google account, not the developer account that costs $25. The apps don’t appear in the public store.

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Google’s Playground turns text prompts into games

The experimental website from Google Labs is open to adults in the US. Players can share games or publish them in a gallery, and a Unity tool for 3D games is still in testing.

Google Labs launched Playground on October 7, a website where people make games by describing them in words, with no coding. It is open to users aged 18 and over in the US. Playing is free, and making games has weekly limits that are higher for paying subscribers. No outlet has published a full test yet.

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Higgsfield says its sales now run above $1 billion a year

The AI video startup multiplied its last four weeks of revenue by 13.

Higgsfield, which makes AI tools for video, told Bloomberg on September 24 that its annualized revenue run rate has passed $1 billion. The company calculates it from its latest four weeks of revenue. Demand is strongest from brands that make video ads, Bloomberg reports.

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ChatGPT Images 2.5 makes editing faster

The real upgrade is better control.

OpenAI says its new image model keeps important details during repeated edits and cuts waiting time. New sketch and comment tools also give people clearer ways to guide the result.

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Gemini can now make a full song

The hard part is using it well.

Google added Lyria 3.5 to Gemini and its developer tools. It can make longer songs with voices, and the developer price starts at eight cents per song.