Disney’s big bets on the metaverse and AI slop aren’t going so well

Summary

OpenAI is shutting down its Sora image-generation program months after Disney announced a $1 billion collaboration to integrate the technology into Disney Plus. Separately, Epic is laying off 1,000 employees, and there has been little news about the $1.5 billion Disney investment in a metaverse project.

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