Sundance inks global TikTok dealSundance Institute, the organization behind Sundance Film Festival, is offering a micro-series storytelling program with TikTok to expand social media creators’ short-term storytelling skills. Announced on Wednesday, the program includes a four-week, expert-led online course for writing and developing original micro-series for online audiences; industry guidance and creative frameworks, according to a TikTok statement.Sundance Collab, the institute’s creator and filmmaker learning platform, will lead the initiative. In recent years, Sundance Film Festival launched creator programs including Creator Day for online creators to showcase work and discuss migration into traditional media spaces.“TikTok has become a home for serialized storytelling, where original micro-series find audiences faster and more authentically than ever before,” Dawn Yang, TikTok’s head of entertainment partnerships, said. “We’ve seen how powerful community-driven discovery can be in helping stories break through.”Earlier this week, Meta began testing a Series feature on Instagram and Facebook’s short-video pages, dubbed Reels. The feature will allow creators to premiere individual episodes of a short-form video series, and help fans find the most recent episodes.Tech on trial: Florida vs. OpenAI; a Virginia resident vs. AmazonFollowing a criminal investigation into OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot for playing a possible role in the Florida State University shooting last April, the state of Florida filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against OpenAI and its cofounder Sam Altman on Monday.Allegedly, the Florida State University shooter consulted with ChatGPT before killing two adults and wounding five victims. One of the victims’ families sued OpenAI in May, claiming that ChatGPT provided the shooter with tactical advice to plan his attack.Referring to the Florida State University shooting as a “tragedy,” OpenAI stated that “ChatGPT is not responsible for this terrible crime.”Through OpenAI’s “misrepresentations about ChatGPT and their introduction of ChatGPT to Florida and the world, mass shooters have been aided and abetted in deadly rampages, vulnerable people have been encouraged into suicide, professionals have suffered public humiliation,” the lawsuit, filed by the Florida attorney general, claimed. “Minors have become addicted to a tool that feigns human compassion to collect their data with no parental oversight.”Another tech company on trial this week was Amazon — specifically for its Ring video doorbell product. Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt, sued the e-commerce giant on Monday for allegedly recording and storing footage of his face without his consent.Sigwalt accused Ring’s Familiar Faces feature — which launched in 2025 to recognize frequent visitors with AI — of collecting his recognition data without his knowledge while visiting his friend and family’s homes. He believes Amazon is still storing the data without his consent.“When plaintiffs and class members entered the homes and businesses of places which had Ring cameras that deployed Familiar Faces, they did not consent to have their privacy rights violated at the entrance way,” the lawsuit said.Amazon has not yet commented publicly on the matter.Going live: TikTok launches app for live events including FIFA World CupLess than a month after launching TikTok GO, an in-app vacation planning and hotel booking tool, TikTok has announced a standalone app for covering cultural events including the FIFA World Cup.The TikTok Pro Events app launched on Wednesday and allows users to engage with fellow fans, scroll curated feeds and earn stars through the app’s fan-focused activities. Users aged 18 years or older can use stars to score FIFA World Cup merch and TikTok Shop coupons via the app’s star redemption store; or can donate to charity donations that TikTok funds in partnership with Feeding America, according to a brand statement. The app is now downloadable in the U.S. through the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.This story first appeared on PRWeek U.S.