The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora

There is no way the character licensing survives an hour of contact with the public, unless it is _extremely_ restricted. I can't imagine a worse job than trying to "curate" the torrent of sewage that is going to get created. Deadpool is pretty much the only Disney-owned property this makes sense for.

And I say this as someone who _likes_ using Sora.

Re: The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora

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Post by giancarlostoro » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 2:40 PM UTC

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.

Re: The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora

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Post by fidotron » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 2:42 PM UTC

Is this their YouTube goes legit moment? i.e. Disney get paid (by indirect means so far) for characters on OpenAI but not (yet) Gemini?

If this includes exclusivity deals it could be big.

Re: The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora

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Post by empath75 » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 2:42 PM UTC

giancarlostoro wrote: post #6

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…

reposting what i said in the other thread:

> There is no way the character licensing survives an hour of contact with the public, unless it is _extremely_ restricted. I can't imagine a worse job than trying to "curate" the torrent of sewage that is going to get created. Deadpool is pretty much the only Disney-owned property this makes sense for. And I say this as someone who _likes_ using Sora.

Re: The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora

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Post by solumunus » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 2:42 PM UTC

Oof.

Re: The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora

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Post by dfedbeef » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 2:43 PM UTC

Disney shareholders, feel free to make images of Iger, Mickey, and Br'er Rabbit lighting piles on money on fire.