16 h. ago Jim Ward dead at 66: Beloved voice actor for Nickelodeon's The Fairly OddParents and iconic video games passes away

The beloved actor was the voice behind several iconic cartoon and video game characters through his storied career.

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16 h. ago Disney set to invest $1 billion in OpenAI and allow its beloved characters to appear in videos

The deal, licensed for three years, will allow users to create their own Disney content using Sora – OpenAI’s short-form video-making platform

Economics

17 h. ago Disney set to invest $1 billion in OpenAI and allow its characters to be used to make videos

Disney is making a $1 billion investment in artificial intelligence company Open AI, and will allow its characters to feature in user-generated videos.

Economics

17 h. ago Disney invests $1B in OpenAI in deal to bring characters like Mickey Mouse to Sora AI video tool

Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will bring characters like Mickey Mouse and Luke Skywalker to the AI company's Sora video generation tool

Economics

18 h. ago Kim Kardashian to appear as character on hit video game Fortnite

Reality star makes first collaboration with the video game as she follows in the footsteps of other stars like Sabrina Carpenter

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18 h. ago Disney to invest $1bn in OpenAI, allowing use of characters in video generation tool

Agreement comes amid anxiety in Hollywood over impact of AI on the industry, expression and rights of creatorsWalt Disney has announced a $1bn equity investment in OpenAI, enabling the AI start-up’s Sora video generation tool to use its characters.Users of Sora will be able to generate short, user-prompted social videos that draw on more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars characters as part of a three-year licensing agreement between OpenAI and the entertainment giant. Continue reading...

Economics

18 h. ago Disney to invest $1bn in OpenAI, allowing characters in Sora video tool

Agreement comes amid anxiety in Hollywood over impact of AI on the industry, expression and rights of creatorsWalt Disney has announced a $1bn equity investment in OpenAI, enabling the AI startup’s Sora video generation tool to use its characters.Users of Sora will be able to generate short, user-prompted social videos that draw on more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars characters as part of a three-year licensing agreement between OpenAI and the entertainment giant. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Queen Camilla visits set of Rivals as she meets cast and pays tribute to Jilly Cooper

Queen Camilla visited the set of the Disney+ show Rivals in Bristol, where she met some of the show's stars and paid tribute to the book's creator, Dame Jilly Cooper

Politics

5 d. ago I visited abandoned village that was built as set for forgotten Disney film

An entire village was built for a Disney film in the 90s and was left completely preserved long after the hit starring Robin Williams aired - and you can still visit it today

Culture

9 d. ago Taylor Swift Eras Tour film update leaves fans 'crying' as they 'start countdown'

Disney Plus is set to release The Eras Tour: The Final Show next week

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3 w. ago Microsoft and Nvidia to invest up to $15bn in OpenAI rival Anthropic

AI start-up commits to buying $30bn in computing capacity from Microsoft in data centres powered by Nvidia chips

Economics