When OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made the decision to shut down Sora, the company’s AI video generation tool, he called former Disney CEO Bob Iger to give him a heads up.
Iger was the one who spearheaded the partnership, which would have given Sora access to hundreds of Disney characters, and with the entertainment company investing $1 billion in the AI giant. With OpenAI getting out of the video generation business, the Disney deal was toast before it even officially kicked off.
“I get it,” Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro told Altman, the OpenAI CEO recalled in his first interview after the decision was made. “It’s super sad always to disappoint a partner or users or a team, all of which are doing incredible work,” Altman said.
Altman spoke to journalist Laurie Segall for her new Mostly Human podcast, and while topics covered included the full spectrum of
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