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"Three-year deal lets users create AI videos of Mickey Mouse, Darth Vader, and more."

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/disney-invests-1-billion-in-openai-licenses-200-characters-for-ai-video-app-sora/

I'm sure that's going to take about 30 minutes before they begin to regret the videos coming out of it...

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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 86 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I hope people are starting to understand that this is what the pro copyright media campaign is actually about. They don't want to stop AI, they want to own it.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

least till they find it's worthless, and they just lit 1b on fire giving it to a bullshitter

[–] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 27 points 2 days ago

Well, they aren't getting much of it for a billion dollars!