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Disney cancels $1 billion OpenAI partnership amid Sora shutdown plans

Ars Technica·Kyle Orland·6 months ago
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That said, Reuters’ source also suggested that Disney and OpenAI were still discussing whether there was another way the companies could partner with or invest in each other. No more shockwaves The December announcement of the planned Disney/OpenAI partnership sent shockwaves through Hollywood , with many publicly worrying about what it meant for the future of physical actors and human-created cinematic content. By January, Disney CEO Bob Iger was talking about Sora-generated content appearing on Disney+ as part of an effort to make the service a destination for daily short form video. “The demand for Disney characters in particular from our users is sort of off the charts,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told CNBC in December. In the months since, though, Hollywood’s worries and attention have largely shifted from Sora to upstart AI video apps like SeeDance 2.0 , which went viral with detailed videos of familiar characters in Hollywood-style scenes, complete with realistic cuts and camera angles.…

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