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Disney OpenAI Sora Deal
Disney’s boardroom made a surprise announcement this morning of a three-year agreement with OpenAI. More specifically, a $1 billion investment for a chunk of OpenAI shares as well as the licensing rights to over 200 of their most iconic characters. The entire thing is being thrown into OpenAI’s video tool called Sora, which enables you generate short films with only a text prompt.

NVIDIA AI Olaf Robot Hong Kong Disneyland
Walt Disney Imagineering has unexpectedly given Frozen’s lovable snowman Olaf a very lifelike pair of legs that look and function like the actual thing. This new Olaf robot roams the crowds at Hong Kong Disneyland, engaging with children and waving to visitors in a way that makes him appear to have sprung straight out of Arendelle. It took years for the engineers to transform a collection of code and motors into something that truly feels alive, and the ultimate result is right in the heart of the park’s new World of Frozen.

Disney Research Robot Fall
Falling has long been a major issue in robotics, and engineers have been working for years to keep their creations upright, often transforming twitchy bipedal walkers into virtual acrobats capable of navigating all types of uneven terrain or avoiding obstacles with eerie mechanical poise. But when gravity ultimately gets the best of them, those same robots collapse to the ground like a pile of discarded garbage, their joints locking up in a sort of robotic horror or flailing madly until something breaks or bends.

Disney Bitzee Virtual Pet Toy
Disney’s Bitzee has created a toy phenomenon, capturing kids and adults with its mix of nostalgic virtual pet charm and modern interactivity. Thirty Disney characters live in a compact, screen-free holographic pod, making it a tactile experience that’s both classic and new, rooted in the 90s virtual pet craze but with Disney’s beloved characters like Mickey Mouse, Nemo and Elsa.