Disney Tests AI While Warning Google

[kevin1]

The OpenAI deal gives Disney a controlled way to experiment with generative AI and its IP, while keeping future options open. Iger made it clear Disney isn’t trying to block technological change—it wants to shape it. Notably, the same day the OpenAI deal was announced, Disney sent a cease-and-desist to Google over alleged copyright infringement, signaling a sharp line between licensed AI use and unapproved data scraping.

[Nahid Hossen]

Disney experimenting with AI shows strategic caution rather than resistance.