Disney & OpenAI deal: Threat or opportunity?

迪士尼与OpenAI合作:威胁还是机遇?

World Business Report

2025-12-12

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Disney is investing $1bn in OpenAI, letting fans create AI-generated videos with its characters. But what will the deal mean for the future of entertainment? We hear from people across the creative industry. Tickets for next year’s World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico have gone on sale but fans say the prices are “extortionate.” In Kenya, a court has frozen a multibillion-dollar US health deal over data-privacy concerns. And Mexico is hitting China with a wave of new tariffs.
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  • Disney is investing a billion dollars in open AI,

  • giving the startup access to more than 200 Disney characters.

  • We'll hear from a Hollywood actor on what it means for performers.

  • Also today,

  • a Kenyan court freezes a multi-billion dollar US health deal over fears it could expose patients' sensitive medical data.

  • So Disney is taking a $1 billion stake in open AI.

  • And in return,

  • the AI company will be able to use more than 200 of Disney's most famous characters in its video generation tool,

  • Sora.

  • It means some very familiar faces could soon be appearing in AI-made clips.

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