Mickey Mouse's predecessor, Steamboat Willie, is now public domain, despite years of litigation by Disney. It's not hard to imagine people using that to create facsimile's of Mickey Mouse that look and sound just like the contemporary version.
The nuances of what's acceptable are complicated, and I expect Disney to fight its use as much as possible...
Nonetheless, it's interesting!
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye recently. Hope you find something interesting.
- Will AI's Breakneck Pace Continue? Predictions for the Hottest Thing in Tech. (SingularityHub)
- Meet the ChatGPT Robot that Can Do the Dishes and Even Bake Cakes. (UK)
- The US Should Secure Strategic Positions Between the Earth and the Moon Before China. (TheHill)
- Is Dopamine Running Your Life—Or Ruining It? (PsychologyToday)
- Pigs With Human Brain Cells and Biological Chips: How Lab-Grown Hybrid Life Forms are Bamboozling Scientific Ethics. (3QuarksDaily)
- Nation's Top Economists are Short-Term Happy, Long-Term Glum. (Wall Street Journal)
- The 2023 U.S. Economy, in a Dozen Charts. (CNBC)
- You Can Thank the Fed — Not Repaired Supply Chains — For Falling Inflation, Think Tank Says. (Insider)
- ‘Satoshi Woke Up'—Legend of Bitcoin's Mystery Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Suddenly Deepens. (Forbes)
- China's Tesla-Beating EV Maker BYD Has Carmakers Around the World ‘In a State of Shock' Over Its Prices. (Fortune)
