Creative Industries Weekly AI News
December 22 - December 30, 2025This weekly update covers major developments in how AI agents are changing creative industries. The biggest story is how large companies are now working *with* AI creators instead of against them. Disney just gave $1 billion to OpenAI to let people make videos with Mickey Mouse and Star Wars characters. This shows that fighting AI was never the real goal—making deals was. Meanwhile, a small company called Runway beat Google and OpenAI to create the best video AI in the world using only 100 people. Google released a new tool called Antigravity that uses multiple AI agents working together like a team—they can write code, run commands, and even test their own work automatically. These AI agents are getting so good at their jobs that creative workers are worried about losing work, but some experts say AI could actually help creators make more things faster and better. The real story is that AI is no longer trying to replace humans. Instead, it is becoming infrastructure—like electricity or the internet—that makes creative work easier and faster for everyone. Companies like Adobe and Anthropic are buying the technology layer underneath AI tools to make sure their products stay fast and powerful. For creative professionals, this means the future is about learning to work *with* these AI systems, not against them.