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Disney+ wants viewers to create AI content of its characters. The precedents are not very encouraging.

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The company that literally changed copyright laws To prevent Mickey Mouse from falling into the public domain, it wants its subscribers to create content with its ultra-protected characters. The company’s CEO announced that Disney+ will integrate generative AI tools so that viewers can produce short videos with characters from the house. Contradiction or strategy? Perhaps it is the first diffuse step towards something more radical: a future where studios tolerate spin-offs created by fans. The advertisement. In its last communication of results to shareholdersCEO Bob Iger announced that platform users will be able to create and consume self-generated content, primarily short videos. He has called these changes the most significant since 2019, and Iger confirmed that in addition to its already known alliances with companies with Epic Games, Disney has conversations with AI companies that have not been revealed. His priority, as he has commented, is to protect the properties of the house, which undoubtedly contrasts with the idea of ​​letting viewers generate content to their liking. Where are the shots going? The model Disney is likely exploring already exists. Showrunner, from Amazon-backed Fable Studio, calls itself the “Netflix of AI”. The platform allows you to generate complete animated episodes using simple 10-15 word descriptions. Its SHOW-2 technology automatically manages aspects such as script, animation, voices and editing. Last year they created nine unauthorized episodes of ‘South Park’ that racked up 80 million views. Edward Saatchi, CEO of Fable Studio, has confirmed that he has had conversations with Disney about licensing intellectual property. Saatchi’s vision: specific models where fans pay subscriptions to create stories within official universes. Users could even insert themselves into episodes by supplying photos or videos. Of course, the limitations are abundant: we are talking more about a gimmick with episodic content than about a real possibility of extensive narrative arcs. Showrunner also currently only produces animation. But it represents exactly what Disney seems to be trying: turning its passive audiences into co-creators, all under strict controls. Why now. According to the Deloitte Digital Media Trends 2025 study56% of Generation Z affirm that content on social networks is more relevant to them than traditional series and movies. They don’t just want to passively watch: they also want to participate. On the other hand, Disney+ added 3.8 million subscribers in the last quarter, but needs to differentiate itself in the saturated streaming market. And AI, in which Platforms like Netflix are also enteringgives that opportunity that will reward the fastest, which also has clear precedents in the publishing world: the fanfic phenomenon. Where are we going? We can guess. In the short term, we could see basic tools that allow creating short clips with limited characters and strict moderation. The content probably cannot be exported or taken to social networks. In the medium term, things get interesting. If the model workswe could see more complex narratives and a change that would be truly revolutionary: the entry into the canon of fan content that is especially popular. In an ideal world, compensation models would arrive for featured creators, in a similar way to partner programs that we already see on YouTube or TikTok. New rates could be proposed for platforms that allow creation, compared to cheaper ones that only allow content to be consumed. Again, we have very clear precedents: the communities of modding of the video games that have turned games like ‘Minecraft’ into fully participatory experiences. And before that, games like ‘DOOM’ they grew to infinity thanks to the contribution of the fans. The risks. For the brand, they are very clear: the loss of control of what can and cannot be shown. Disney would have to implement very strict and possibly costly moderation strategies to avoid situations like the memorable chaos generated by ‘Fortnite’ players when they started interacting with Darth Vader’s voice. Then there’s the legal maze: who actually owns the authorship of fan-generated content? Is it a derivative work, a collaboration, or a complete property of Disney or whoever it may be? Not to mention sexual or violent content that breaks laws: who is responsible for that? Beyond the legal implications are the concerns of artists: as Kotaku statedthis may be a way for large corporations to bridge the agreements reached after the 2023 strikes. If it is the viewers who work for free… why pay professional story creators? In Xataka | The chaos of streaming is causing a phenomenon that we thought was in recession: downloads are increasing

This genius has programmed animal crossing characters to play alone. The first thing they have done is rebel against the landlord

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The use of AI opens new exploration (and exploitation) routes for the Modders that manipulate the code of games so that they run into new expressive routes. The last test: Thanks to an advanced memory hacking technique and artificial language models, the residents of ‘Crossing animal‘They comment today, conspire against Tom Nook and explore new dialogue styles, in which there are no lack of social criticism. What have you done to you, animal crossing. The josh fonseca hacker used the Dolphin and Scripts emulator in Python to replace the text messages saved in the RAM of the Gamecube and that function as dialogues during the games (and it was documenting on YouTube). Since the game uses its own text coding system, it developed decoding tools that allowed information to an understandable format for a couple of extensive models of GEMINI -based language (one to write the dialogues themselves, another to give them intention, emphasis and “direct” the charts of the characters) that began to generate new dialogues. In order for the dialogues to be consistent with the game, the model was trained with specific examples and the animal crossing wiki was consulted to create character sheets of a certain complexity. It is an experiment that made, at a minor scale, in ‘Stardew Valley‘. And what happened. In a few moments, the villagers did what they usually do in the game: conversing with naturalness and humor, but without registered in the real world. The thing changed when a Feed RSS, which allowed them to discuss political and current issues. Soon they started talking about Trump very positively, comically positive in fact. The reason: the feed that Fonseca used was of Fox News, simply because he was the one who had the most at hand. This behavior of the characters makes sense: if the knowledge they acquire includes those that belong to the real world, the machine has no way to distinguish them from their fiction. But the next step was even more unexpected. To the barricades. Fonseca also installed a shared memory space thanks to which the characters could gossip. That is, remember the other characters, what they had said and what they felt for them. They began to plant rumors and criticism against Tom Nook, the iconic and discussed Magnate Tanuki of the game. The seed of the rebellion was soon planted: the characters realized that one of the key elements of the game, the high prices imposed by Nook, are an economic spring that forces them to work and trade continuously to pay debts. Suddenly, ‘Animal Crossing’ became a spontaneous reflection on undeniable traps (because if they end, there is no game) of capitalism. It is not the same, but it is the same. In one Interview with 404MediaFonseca seems to recognize that the experiment can alter the original spirit of the Nintendo game, but considers that its experiment is a powerful exercise inspired by hauntology (philosophical current that studies the possible future that never came to complicate). In addition, it states to be convinced that well used is a tool that can enhance art and creativity, as long as human screenwriters continue in the center of the process. The power of the past. Fonseca thinks that there is nothing like the games of yesteryear (something that is perceived on his YouTube channel, overflowing with nostalgic videos): “As a child I thought: ‘Video games will improve every year’. But after twenty years playing, I have become a little skeptical and think: ‘In reality there has not been so much innovation. Technologies of the future that interest me. Header | Josh Fonseca In Xataka | Someone has cut in half a playstation to create a portable version. The result is fantastic

What is, what differentiates it and how to use it to talk to artificial intelligence characters

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Let’s explain What is Janitor aia popular website of characters based on artificial intelligence. We are going to tell you what their advantages are, their disadvantages, and what differentiates this website of alternatives such as Character AI. But if you have never heard of this type of websites, we will start with a simple explanation to know what it is. Then we will tell you its differentiating characteristics, and we will end up telling you how it works. What is Janitor ai Janitor AI is a platform for create and interact with artificial intelligence characters. This is a type of platforms that continues to grow, and becoming stronger according to the improper faculties to interact with people as if they were also real people. In this type of websites, you choose one of their personal and open a chat with them. There is a presentation or staging with a first message from the character, and then you can write anything. Grace is in interact with the character as if he were a real personalthough it really is an AI generating answers from the personality with which it has been created and what you have written first. This type of characters allows you perform text -based role -playing games. Just as if you were rooting with a person saying their part in their message, but with an AI. The possibilities of actions and situations are as many as you can imagine: you can make small scenes of specific moments, or a long -term role. In Janitor you can find a catalog of bots or characters from the de ia created by other users, they are currently more than 34,000. But also to be able to create your own characterconfiguring your story, your personality and everything you want. In addition, so that the conversations you have with the characters are better oriented to your liking, you can also Configure one or several “people”. These people with how the character to which you interpret, and you can add a description with features and characteristics that will take into account when interacting with you. What a difference from Janitor AI Janitor is a free platformto which many users who flee from Character AI and their payment plans come. Here, you can create a free profile and interact everything you want with the other bots. In addition to this, Janitor allows erotic conversations and interactions and sexual with the bots, as long as they respect some basic standards. But ultimately, just as other pages do not allow you to have these interactions or make you pay for them, in Janitor it is free and you can do it as you want. One thing in common with other platforms is that Each character has personality tags They serve to, on the screen where you can see them all, know the type of interaction they will offer. You will know if it is a man, woman or trans, you will know if it is dominant or quite the opposite, if it is human or a monster, if it includes a scenario, if it is designed to interact with men or women, if it is real or invented, if it is a villain, if it is done, or everything you can imagine. Janitor can only be used with a web pageand for the moment it has no official application. Therefore, either on the computer or on the mobile, you will have to pull a browser to use it. How to use Janitor AI To use Janitor ai you have to enter the website Janitorai.comand create a free account. You will have to confirm that you are over 18 years old, and use an email or password, or identify with your Google, X or Discord account. Once you do, you can go to the page of Profile To see your selected person or configure it by adding a description, or the colors with which your dialogue appear. You can go to the section My peoplewhere you can create different characters for yourself, and then choose which one you use for each conversation. On the main page you will have A list of characters or bots of AIto click on that with which you want to interact. Up, you can choose between seeing those that are trend, favorites, or entering the section of Tags and categories. Pressing in All Tags/Categoriesyou can choose between popular tags or look for them all, and click on one so that only the related characters are shown. And both here and on the main page you have a search engine Above all with which you can find characters by description. When you press in a character, you will see your description and your tags in a file, where you can also choose your person to interact. Click on Chat with To start a conversation with the character. In addition, to the right of the file you can see the valuations of other users for this character. And that’s it, then you will enter a conversation, where the character writes a presentation or staging. And then you will have to write To start game and interaction. When writing, you can use quotes or other formulas that you will learn to distinguish between what you say and what you think and do. From here, it’s your whole thing. In Xataka Basics | 22 useful and not so well -known free artificial intelligence tools

My keys are random characters and I have a hard time remembering them. Unless you use one of these password managers

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Do you have the same password for all your accounts or do you use a different? The truth is that the second is the best we can do in the event that some website has some vulnerability, but that can leave us with a problem: remember all passwords. In fact, it has happened to me, so it can be very useful to have a good Password manager. But … What is a password manager? A password manager is an independent program that is responsible for safely storing the passwords that we choose. In this way, once we register it, it will be saved and allow us to log in to the account without writing the password again. There are free services, but also other payment that offer a greater number of functions and, of course, of better advantages. In this article we will talk about Some of the best password managers, with their prices and differences. Proton Pass If we are going to choose a password manager, Better to do it by taking a discount, right? Proton Pass not only offers different monthly plans with its peculiarities, but also right now has a discount on all its subscription plans: Pass plus monthly by 4.99 euros a month instead of 4.99 euros. Annual Proton Plus by 2.99 euros a month instead of 12.99 euros. Pass Family by 4.99 euros per month instead of 6.99 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review All of them have some similar tools, such as cloud storageextreme end encryption, the possibility of saving passwords or email encryption, calendar, cloud storage and VPN service. Here we leave you a table with some of the differences between the subscription plans: Pass plus monthly Annual Pass Pass Pass Family Tools Unlimited alias of Hide-My-Email Integrated 2FA authenticator Safe link exchange Unlimited credit cards Dark Web monitoring Advanced Accounts Protection Your personalized domain for alias Additional mailboxes for alias Unlimited alias of Hide-My-Email Integrated 2FA authenticator Safe link exchange Unlimited credit cards Dark Web monitoring Advanced Accounts Protection Your personalized domain for alias Additional mailboxes for alias 6 Pass Plus accounts Administrator panel for your family Price 4.99 euros / month 2.99 euros / month 4.99 euros / month Obviously, Proton Family offers greater users. Yes, it is more expensive, but it can be interesting if what we are looking for is to use the service on different devices. Pass Plus monthly can be interesting to prove the annual plus tools and Pass has the best value for money by staying the monthly for half that with respect to Pass Plus monthly. PUREVPN PUREVPNas its name indicates, it is mainly a service that offers a VPN tool, although it also has many other security related, such as the password manager. Taking into account that the standard service does not offer the password manager, we would have two modalities: Pure VPN Plus for $ 2.96 per month (2.52 euros to change), with VPN service and password manager. PUREVPN MAX for $ 3.33 per month (2.83 euros to change), with VPN service, password manager, Dark Web monitoring, unlimited ESIM data and data eliminator. * Some price may have changed from the last review Bitwarden Another option that can be interesting is Bitwardena password manager who, although it is true that it has a free modality, has two subscription modalities with more tools. Of course, it is more focused on companies than individuals, although that does not mean that it cannot be useful: The biggest difference between Bitwarden Teams and Bitwarden EnterpriseIn addition to the price, Enterprise offers a family plan and recovery administrator. Bitwarden Teams for 4 dollars a month (3.40 euros to change). Bitwarden Enterprise for $ 6 per month (5.10 euros to change). * Some price may have changed from the last review Dashlane Finally, Dashlane It is another service that, despite being more expensive, also offers a good assortment of tools. Mainly it is a password manager service, but depending on the subscription modality that we choose we can have more or less functions, although in this case they are more focused on companies: Password administrator by 8 euros per month (with annual billing). It includes access protection of employees with unlimited passwords and optimization of security controls. Omnix by 11 euros per month (with annual billing). Includes password administrator, intelligent alerts and additional protection against Phishing. * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Linus Mimietz in UnspashProton Pass, Purevpn, Bitwarden, Dashlane In Xataka | Why it is dangerous to connect to public wifis and what you should do to protect yourself In Xataka | Antivirus in Windows 11: What are, differences between free and payment and the best for your PC

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