Disney does a dubious deal with OpenAI

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Bob Iger says Disney’s $1 billion deal with OpenAI is an ‘opportunity, not a threat’: ‘We’d rather participate than be disrupted by it’
Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and is giving the go-ahead for its iconic characters like Mickey Mouse to be used in the AI short-form video app Sora. The two companies announced a three-year deal that would bring more than 200 characters to Sora with a period of exclusivity for part of the duration of the deal.

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Disney CEO Bob Iger explains why he just did a blockbuster OpenAI deal
Bob Iger: Disney’s OpenAI Deal “Does Not In Any Way” Threaten Creatives
Disney’s OpenAI deal is a $1 billion hedge on the future of slop
Disney needed a hedge on the future of AI.

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Billion-dollar OpenAI deal allows users to make content with Disney characters
Creative industries 'incredibly worried' about OpenAI-Disney deal
Disney makes ‘dramatic shift’ on AI content with $1 billion OpenAI investment
The pact makes Disney DIS the first major content partner with Sora, OpenAI’s short-form clip generating platform, and will give users the ability to create their own videos using characters ranging f...

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Disney to invest $1bn in OpenAI
Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI to let fans generate videos with its biggest characters

Disney announces major OpenAI deal, includes $1B equity investment, use of characters on Sora video platform

Disney licensed 200 iconic characters from Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars to OpenAI for its Sora video program in a groundbreaking three-year partnership.

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Disney’s deal gives it an ally against common rival Google, even as it opens the company up to the risks that come from Sora.
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