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The state of AI in 2025: How Google, Apple, OpenAI, and others fared

AI continued to grow in 2025, but not in all the ways we expected, and not every company experienced the same level of success. Here's my report card.

Android Central

Disney’s Risky Acceptance of AI Videos

Disney will let fans run wild with AI-generated videos of its top characters. The move highlights the uneasy partnership between AI companies and Hollywood.

Kiplinger

Disney Made a Bold Move By Partnering with OpenAI: Will It Help DIS Stock Recover?

Disney has partnered with OpenAI to bring some of its iconic characters to the company's Sora video generator tool. It is a bold move from OpenAI and is an incremental positive for the company.

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We filled the internet with garbage, and now Slop is the word of the year — nice going, AI

Merriam-Webster has named "Slop" as its word of the year. Here's why this is all about AI.

TechRadar

Has Disney sold its soul in deal with OpenAI's Sora?

All it gets is fan-prompted AI slop.

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Disney's $1 Billion Deal Brings Its Magic to OpenAI

The landmark $1 billion licensing agreement between Disney and OpenAI aims to establish “meaningful standards for responsible AI in entertainment.”

MarketBeat

A $1 Billion Reason to Buy Disney Stock Here

Down about 45% from all-time highs, Disney stock offers upside potential in December 2025, as it expands its AI ecosystem.

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Bob Iger Says ‘Creativity Is the New Productivity’ as Disney Bets $1 Billion on OpenAI and Entertainment Wars Heat Up

Disney just dropped $1 billion on OpenAI and handed over the keys to its most valuable characters — Mickey Mouse, Elsa, the entire Marvel universe — to Sora, OpenAI’s AI video generator.

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Disney's $1B OpenAI Deal Explained: How Sora 'Suffocates' and Risks Every Marvel Comics Artist's Job

Disney's $1B investment in OpenAI's Sora gives users access to over 200 Marvel and Star Wars characters, a move that critics say 'suffocates' and risks the jobs of every creative artist on its payroll.

International Business Times UK

Disney's $1 billion investment in OpenAI brings Mickey Mouse to Sora AI's doorstep — will it redefine Hollywood's future?

The Walt Disney Company announced that it is investing $1 billion in OpenAI in a new three-year licensing agreement, which will allow Sora to create user-prompted social videos from its copyrighted content.

Windows Central

Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI to put Mickey Mouse inside your text prompts

Disney has invested $1 billion in OpenAI to let you generate official Marvel and Star Wars clips in Sora by 2026.

Android Central

Disney strikes $1 billion deal with OpenAI to bring Mickey Mouse to Sora AI video tool

OpenAI said the agreement with Walt Disney was part of a push to ensure the rights of creators in the generative AI space - amid growing concerns over copyright, deepfakes and misinformation.

Euronews

Disney $1B OpenAI Sora Deal Licences 200+ Characters — Fans' Creative Power Surge

Disney announces a $1B landmark agreement with OpenAI where users can generate short videos featuring Disney characters, giving OpenAI access to its vast library. Characters like Mickey Mouse, Luke Skywalker, and more come to life in user-generated content.

International Business Times UK

Disney quaffs the Kool-Aid with a $1 billion investment in OpenAI that will see its most iconic characters used to generate AI slop

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Disney wants you to AI-generate yourself into your favorite Marvel movie

The media company is investing $1bn in OpenAI – and allowing its characters to be used in generated videos

Fortune

'Creativity is the new productivity': Bob Iger on why Disney chose to be 'aggressive,' adding OpenAI as a $1 billion partner

"We'd rather participate in the rather dramatic growth, rather than just watching it happen and essentially being disrupted by it," Iger told CNBC.

Fortune

OpenAI and Disney just ended the ‘war’ between AI and Hollywood with their $1 billion Sora deal—and OpenAI made itself ‘indispensable,’ expert says

“Google has YouTube. OpenAI now has the Magic Kingdom,” copyright expert Matthew Sag said.

Fortune

Bob Iger says Disney’s $1 billion deal with OpenAI is an ‘opportunity, not a threat’: ‘We’d rather participate than be disrupted by it’

The three-year deal will bring more than 200 Disney characters to Sora.

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Mickey Mouse meets ChatGPT: Disney signs short video deal with OpenAI

Disney has signed a deal with OpenAI to let the firm's video generation tool produce short videos featuring more than 200 Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars characters.

The Independent UK

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

Axios

Walt Disney to invest $1 billion in OpenAI, license characters for Sora

It's a huge endorsement of AI-created content from one of the biggest media companies in the world.

Android Central

I've tested Gemini 3, and it proves Google has what it takes to win the AI race

OpenAI is old news — there are three things about Google's Gemini 3 rollout that have me convinced it can come out on top of the AI race.

International Business Times UK

AI Chaos: OpenAI, Google and ChatGPT Implement Daily Limits as GPUs 'Melt' Under Pressure

Tech giants are tightening AI access as OpenAI, Google and ChatGPT introduce daily limits amid soaring demand and GPU strain across the Artificial Intelligence industry. Find out the new limits.

Tom’s Guide

Google and OpenAI are cutting back free usage for Gemini 3 Pro and Sora 2 — here are the new limits

Gemini 3 Pro and Sora 2 just cut back free usage as Google and OpenAI start capping what you can do.

TechRadar

OpenAI and Google quietly limit free Sora, Nano Banana Pro and Gemini 3 Pro use – here’s what it means for you

OpenAI and Google have quietly reduced free access to Sora, Nano Banana and Gemini 3 Pro as soaring demand pushes users toward paid plans.

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