{"id":169593,"date":"2025-12-11T16:43:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/disney-invests-1-billion-in-openai-licenses-200-characters-for-ai-video-app-sora\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T16:43:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:43:30","slug":"disney-invests-1-billion-in-openai-licenses-200-characters-for-ai-video-app-sora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/disney-invests-1-billion-in-openai-licenses-200-characters-for-ai-video-app-sora\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, licenses 200 characters for AI video app Sora"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>On Thursday, The Walt Disney Company <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/index\/disney-sora-agreement\/\">announced<\/a> a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and a three-year licensing agreement that will allow users of OpenAI\u2019s Sora video generator to create short clips featuring more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars characters. It\u2019s the first major content licensing partnership between a Hollywood studio related to the most recent version of OpenAI\u2019s AI video platform, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/10\/10\/how-sora-2-by-openai-is-challenging-hollywood.html\">drew criticism<\/a> from some parts of the entertainment industry when it <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/ai\/2025\/10\/openais-sora-2-lets-users-insert-themselves-into-ai-videos-with-sound\/\">launched<\/a> in late September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTechnological innovation has continually shaped the evolution of entertainment, bringing with it new ways to create and share great stories with the world,\u201d said Disney CEO Robert A. Iger in the announcement. \u201cThe rapid advancement of artificial intelligence marks an important moment for our industry, and through this collaboration with OpenAI we will thoughtfully and responsibly extend the reach of our storytelling through generative AI, while respecting and protecting creators and their works.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The deal creates interesting bedfellows between a company that basically <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act\">defined<\/a> modern US copyright policy through congressional lobbying back in the 1990s and one that has <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2024\/01\/openai-says-its-impossible-to-create-useful-ai-models-without-copyrighted-material\/\">argued in a submission to the UK House of Lords<\/a> that useful AI models cannot be created without copyrighted material.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/ai\/2025\/12\/disney-invests-1-billion-in-openai-licenses-200-characters-for-ai-video-app-sora\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/ai\/2025\/12\/disney-invests-1-billion-in-openai-licenses-200-characters-for-ai-video-app-sora\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, The Walt Disney Company announced a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and a three-year licensing agreement that will allow users of OpenAI\u2019s Sora video generator to create short clips featuring more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars characters. 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