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Alman's new approach favors an opt-in model—where creators or rights holders explicitly permit content made with their characters—particularly for videos and monetized outputs. However, his comments did not clarify whether similar controls would apply to AI training data, leading to speculation that AI systems may train on copyrighted characters regardless of consent. The industry seems poised on the brink of a significant shift, where user-generated AI content could become a dominant form of media.