The Disney–OpenAI deal looks like a strategic move focused on control and optionality rather than capitulation to AI ...

A union representing workers in the creative industries says there is "real concern" among its members about a $1bn (£740m) ...

Disney is making a $US1bn investment in OpenAI and will allow the AI platform to use its characters and properties to generate short, user-prompted social videos.

This partnership grants OpenAI access to Disney’s vast IP (including Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars) to create new forms of ...

Artificial intelligence pioneer OpenAI in 2026 will aim to maintain AI model leadership, push into enterprise apps, and ...

Among these are Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Lilo, Stitch, Ariel, Belle, Beast, Cinderella, Simba, Mufasa, as well as characters from Frozen, Monsters Inc., Toy Story, Up, and Zootopia; as well as ...

Well, 2025 has been a year of reckoning. This story is part of MIT Technology Review’s Hype Correction package, a series that ...

Disney recently inked a $1 billion deal with OpenAI, following a string of investments across several media industries ...

Obsessing over model version matters less than workflow.

Generative AI video technology is not yet good enough for anyone to make an entire feature-length movie. But Bekmambetov felt ...

Last week, Disney boss Bob Iger announced an unprecedented licensing deal that would see 200 iconic characters unlocked for ...

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.