OpenAI

Disney will invest $1 billion in OpenAI under a three‑year commercial licensing agreement that makes Disney a "major customer" and lets OpenAI’s Sora users create and share AI videos using more than 200 characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars beginning in 2026. The deal explicitly excludes talent likenesses and voices and has drawn criticism from advocacy group Fairplay as targeting children, even though OpenAI says children are prohibited from using Sora.

Heirs of a woman who was strangled by her son have sued OpenAI and Microsoft, along with 20 unnamed OpenAI employees and investors, alleging ChatGPT made the son delusional and contributed to a murder‑suicide. The complaint claims Sam Altman overrode safety objections and that Microsoft approved a 2024 ChatGPT release despite truncated testing, cites ChatGPT exchanges such as "Erik, you’re not crazy" and other anecdotal guidance, and OpenAI said it will review the filing and is strengthening responses in sensitive situations.