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The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora

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236 points inesranzo | 4 comments | 11 Dec 25 14:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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giancarlostoro ◴[11 Dec 25 14:40 UTC] No.46231943[source]▶
This will not end well for Disney, there were certain historical characters removed from Sora 2 because people kept making racist videos that are hard to censor, and it became increasingly unhinged. This feels like another circular investment where Disney is hoping to make money back I'm sure. On the other hand, assuming they do the freemium stuff, I look forward to making a few videos of my daughters favorite Disney princesses "talking" to her.
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1. ipaddr ◴[11 Dec 25 14:56 UTC] No.46232134[source]▶
This might end well for Disney. This provides a different marketing angle to bring in younger people to Disney. The filters will block a lot of the sexual violence content. The original cartoons are deemed racist by some so this won't open a door already opened.

But it is another circular investment to throw on the AI bubble pile.

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2. smith7018 ◴[11 Dec 25 15:15 UTC] No.46232393[source]▶
Is it circular, though? Is an AI company giving Disney $1B?
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3. thrance ◴[11 Dec 25 16:03 UTC] No.46233085[source]▶
The "original cartoons" are super tame compared to the heinous shit you can easily find on Sora.
4. andrew_lettuce ◴[11 Dec 25 16:11 UTC] No.46233196[source]▶
If just the news of the deal boosts Disney stock enough to pay for the deal, then yes. Or if it boosts OpenAI valuation because they now have Disney IP enough to pay off on Disney's investment, it is basically Disney producing content indirectly.