Disney Expands Board for Jeff Williams, Disney Partners With OpenAI, Why Disney and OpenAI?

Today's Above Avalon Daily update includes the following stories:

• Disney Expands Board for Jeff Williams

• Disney Partners With OpenAI

• Why Disney and OpenAI?

We kick things off with Neil’s thoughts on Disney expanding its board of directors to accommodate former Apple COO Jeff Williams. The discussion then turns to Disney and OpenAI signing a three-year partnership that will bring ~200 Disney characters to Sora. We look at why Neil isn’t terribly excited about the partnership from a storytelling perspective and the drivers behind Disney entering the partnership.

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