Disney is hedging against the future. OpenAI is clearing a path for Sora. And together they've made a blueprint for how AI and Hollywood can move forward.

Disney CEO Bob Iger said the company's licensing deal with OpenAI will let it capitalize on a fast-growing technology and engage younger audiences.

For nearly three years, Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, was a ChatGPT devotee. Then, late last month, he abruptly converted to Google’s chatbot, Gemini. “Holy shit,” he wrote on X. “I’ve used ChatGPT every day for 3 years. Just spent 2 hours on Gemini 3. I’m not going back. The leap is insane.”

The heirs of a Connecticut mother who was killed by her son in a murder-suicide in August are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft.

A shock announcement at an academic conference led to one of the most important companies on the planet. But what’s next?

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A lot has happened in the three months since the world learned of Oracle’s deal to provide $300 billion worth of artificial-intelligence computing services to OpenAI. That was just one in a string of expensive deals signed by the ChatGPT parent, which currently generates less than $20 billion in annual revenue.