Daily — July 3, 2026

Hollywood vs. Midjourney discovery fight, NotebookLM short videos, Twelve Labs' ~$110M.

• [Shumaker] Midjourney Fires Back, Demands Disney, Universal & Warner's Own AI Use ↗

  In the Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. copyright suit against Midjourney, Midjourney is seeking discovery into the plaintiff studios' own use of generative AI. The court allowed only a limited scope — material tied to market harm, technical protection measures, and the reach of any injunction — rather than full disclosure. The fight is widening from 'what did the AI train on' to 'how are the rightsholders using AI themselves.'

• [The Verge] Google Adds 60-Second Vertical 'Short Video Overviews' to NotebookLM ↗

  Google added Short Video Overviews to NotebookLM, turning documents, notes, and web sources into roughly 60-second vertical videos. It generates short-form explainers that pair narration with visuals drawn from the user's uploaded material, rolling out first to Google AI Ultra and Pro users. It auto-converts research, study, and planning material into short-form video rather than text summaries or podcasts.

• [Yonhap] Twelve Labs Raises ~$110M Series B, Deepens Video-AI Infra with AWS ↗

  Video-AI company Twelve Labs raised a 150B KRW (~$110M) Series B, co-led by NEA and Naver Ventures with Amazon as a key investor. The funds go toward expanding a video-cognition system that unifies perception, memory, and reasoning, and optimizing video inference on AWS Trainium. It's a bet on turning large video archives into intelligent infrastructure that can be searched, analyzed, and monetized.