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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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[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Like... If you spend a few minutes looking around the ai generated porn you'll see plenty of Disney characters. No license needed.

[–] miguel@fedia.io 10 points 2 days ago

Pretty much. In effect, they just paid 1 billion dollars to shovel their IP into the public domain woodchipper.

[–] ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

On Disney’s end of the deal, the company plans to deploy ChatGPT for its employees and use OpenAI’s technology to build new features for Disney+

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Disney+, so we can poison your wife in exchange for slop videos.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah but your Rule 34 insurance premiums are less if you have a license.