ARTnews Thursday June 19, 2025
In the newest chapter of Big Entertainment vs. Big Tech, Disney and Universal have filed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Midjourney over tools that allow users to create images and videos that can manipulate famous characters at the click of a prompt. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, “marks the first major foray from Hollywood against tech giants that are hoping to reorient consumer habits with personalized entertainment and information by vacuuming up data on the internet and spitting it out in the form of chatbot copy or images,” notes Art News.
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PetaPixel Thursday June 19, 2025
Shutterstock is launching a major rebrand, accompanied by a host of generative AI offerings that leverage its vast library of multimedia content. There’s also a “fresh new look” that includes a new logo and website design. The rebrand is part of Shutterstock’s “strategic evolution” as a family of brands delivering “scalable creative and GenAI solutions” for customers, notes PetaPixel. The new offerings for customers include an unlimited downloads subscription. Shutterstock is also offering AI training data to tech firms.
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Projections Thursday June 19, 2025
Tonight, photographers and founders from the Patient Caregiver Artist Coalition—Sara Winston, Torrance York, Alicia Vera and Anna and Jordan Rathkopf—will be presenting photographic work drawn from lived experience as patients and caregivers. PCAC fosters a healthcare culture built on empathy, understanding, and inclusivity through art and education, transforming the patient and caregiver experience and shaping how illness is perceived, how policies are made, and how patients are represented in healthcare. Where: via Zoom. When: 7:00 pm ET.
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Eric Meola Thursday June 19, 2025
Fifty years ago, on June 20, 1975, Eric Meola photographed the cover of Bruce Springsteen's break-through album, "Born to Run." The images he made, which have become icons of rock & roll, remain "an
outlier" in Meola's long career, the photographer says. "A number of my friends don't even know I made them," he notes. "I'm really proud of them, but they're not even … Read the full Story >>
