The Walt Disney Company has announced a $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI, a development that is likely to send shockwaves through the US creative industry. Under the three-year licensing agreement with OpenAI, users will be able to access more than 200 copyrighted characters across Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars, and make short videos using the Sora app. In addition, users will be able to turn word prompts on ChatGPT images into generated images drawing from the same intellectual