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Following complaints and cease-and-desist orders last week from Disney and Paramount over copyright infringement in ByteDance’s AI video tool Seedance 2.0, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin stated “In a single day, the Chinese AI service Seedance 2.0 has engaged in unauthorized use of U.S. copyrighted works on a massive scale”. On Monday, ByteDance told CNBC “ByteDance respects intellectual property rights and we have heard the concerns regarding Seedance 2.0”. The company also stated steps are being taken to strengthen current safeguards.
Source: CNBC
Former NPR Host David Greene is suing Google over the similarities of his voice and speaking style to the male podcast voice in the NotebookLM tool. Greene’s lawsuit was filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court and cites an unnamed AI forensic firm used its tool to determine a ‘confidence rating’ of 53-60% it was Greene’s voice the model trained on. In a statement to The Washington Post, Google said “The sound of the male voice in NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews is based on a paid professional actor Google hired.” Previously, actress Scarlett Johansson complained publicly about an OpenAI ChatGPT voice mimicking her style; OpenAI later removed the voice.
Source: The Washington Post and TechCrunch
Google is adding a Gemini-powered audio summary to Google Docs, providing a short synopsis using natural language for a document, including multiple tabs. The feature enables the selection of different voice styles, such as narrator, coach, and persuader. The audio summaries feature is rolling out gradually, limited to paid user tiers including Workspace Business Standard and Plus, Enterprise plans Standard and Plus, and AI add-ons like Google AI Ultra and AI Pro.
Source: Digital Trends
On Western Digital’s Q2 earnings call, CEO Irving Tan said WD’s capacity for 2026 is already booked through. Western Digital’s consumer share of supply dropped to 5%, with enterprise demand grabbing the rest. Tan also stated long-term agreements with enterprise customers include a large capacity percentage for 2027 and 2028 supplies.
Source: wccftech
OpenAI officially discontinued access to the GPT-4o model, noted for ‘glazing’ users and was popular for creating AI partners. The model was previously pulled last August, but reinstated after complaints. A statement on OpenAI’s website reads “the vast majority of usage has shifted to GPT‑5.2, with only 0.1 percent of users still choosing GPT‑4o each day.” OpenAI is currently involved in several wrongful death lawsuits which specify use of the GPT-4o model.
Source: Engadget
YouTube continues to test tweaks to notifications for users that hit the bell, but do not engage with a channel’s videos when notified about new content. Users in the experiment will then no longer receive push notifications for new posts on that channel, regardless of their selection preference. The videos will remain viewable on the standard subscriptions feed. Google states the experiment aims to reduce users simply disabling all notifications from the app instead of altering their preferences per-channel.
Source: Android Central
9to5Google reports YouTube’s continued crackdown on ad blockers may now lead to disabling the ability to view comments and even a video’s description. A new flood of social media posts claims the inability to view descriptions or comments started occurring on all videos on the platform. It remains possible the missing sections on a video could be caused by a tweak within the ad blockers causing the new issues. In 2025 content creators noted a severe drop in views which Google attributed to ad-blocking tools impacting the view counts.
Source: 9to5Google
Apple announced a “special Apple Experience” for press on March 4th at 9am EST. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says the rumoured products coming soon include a new low-cost MacBook with the A18 Pro chip, new MacBook Air, M5 Pro, and M5 Max MacBook Pro models. Also possible are new Mac displays, an iPhone 17e, and new iPad models, alongside a beta of iOS 26.4 with some Google Gemini-powered Siri features.