One of the biggest topics of discussion in the media in 2025 has been AI. Large Language models that collect massive amounts of data in order to do what they do, and large amounts of that data belong to copyright holders. Companies have filed lawsuits over the use of that content, and while no legal decisions have yet been made, Disney has gone in the other direction with industry leader OpenAI and apparently decided, if you can’t beat them, at least make sure they pay you.

Disney Has Made A Major Investment In OpenAI

This morning, The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI announced a landmark deal that sees more than 200 Disney characters added to Sora, OpenAI’s short-form video production product, and sees Disney take an equity stake in OpenAI that is worth an incredible $1 billion. That'

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