Disney does a dubious deal with OpenAI
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Disney's OpenAI deal comes at a time when the stock is essentially flat over the past 10 years, while the S&P 500 has soared 236%.
Google is cooperating with Disney‘s cease and desist, removing dozens of AI-generated videos featuring characters belonging to the century-old entertainment conglomerate. Following the Disney’s $1B deal with OpenAI for three-year licensing of several characters on Sora,
Doomsday trailers being spread out over the course of a month? That feels like overkill. Does Disney think a lot of people will pay to see Avatar: Fire and Ash four times just so they can see slightly tweaked versions of the same trailer?
Disney staffers spoke about the company's OpenAI deal and AI strategy, including AI tools they are using and one in development codenamed "Jarvis."
Disney executive Dana Walden explained Disney's decision to suspend "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" was made to reduce tensions after Jimmy Kimmel's controversial Charlie Kirk comments.
The entertainment company's deal with OpenAI has spurred conversation about how AI will shape the future of media and storytelling.
It was announced in November 2024 that Aerosmith was being replaced by The Muppets on the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando. When The Muppets take over the ride, guests will go on a search for the Electric Mayhem crew, who go missing ahead of a gig headlining a big Hollywood concert.
Is it possible that the world didn’t need a six-part docuseries about Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour and a three-plus-hour concert film of the tour’s final show, which is of course in addition to the earlier concert film that hit theaters in fall 2023?