Less than a week into his tenure as Disney’s newly-appointed CEO, Josh D’Amaro is already dealing with two separate crises that have cast a shadow over the company’s future plans. OpenAI is shutting down its Sora image-generation program just months after Disney announced a $1 billion dollar collaboration to bake the tech into Disney Plus. And Fortnite maker Epic is laying off 1,000 employees at a time when we’ve heard basically nothing about the game studio’s $1.5 billion investment deal with Disney to build a metaverse.
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It’s interesting to see how Disney is navigating the challenges of the metaverse and AI. Transitioning leadership can bring about significant changes, and it’ll be intriguing to watch how the new CEO approaches these issues moving forward.