Overview
- Disney and OpenAI signed a three-year agreement that includes a $1 billion Disney stake with warrants for additional shares.
- More than 200 characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars will be licensed for Sora short videos starting in early 2026, limited to animated, masked or creature figures and excluding real actors’ faces or voices.
- OpenAI pledged guardrails on character use, and Disney’s Bob Iger noted Sora videos are capped at 30 seconds.
- Disney will become a major OpenAI client by giving employees access to ChatGPT and using OpenAI models to build new products and tools.
- Disney separately sent Google an injunction letter over alleged unauthorized use of its content for AI interfaces.