The beginning of 2026 brought new copyrighted items entering the public domain, including multiple iconic Disney cartoons and ...

The Lunar New Year begins in February, and Disney World and Disney Store have a Mickey Mouse plush to celebrate. It’s the Year of the Horse. We spotted the plush in the Creations Shop at EPCOT, but it ...

A new chapter of animation history begins as the leash on one of Disney’s most iconic hounds has finally been cut. The ...

As part of the Walt Disney Company's $1 billion investment in ChatGPT parent OpenAI, the entertainment giant will let you use Mickey Mouse and other Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars characters in ...

The Walt Disney Company has announced a sweeping partnership with OpenAI that will see it take a $1bn (€852mn) stake in the tech giant. The deal will notably allow cult Disney characters to appear in ...

OpenAI said the agreement with Walt Disney was part of a push to ensure the rights of creators in the generative AI space - amid growing concerns over copyright, deepfakes and misinformation. Disney ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI and licenses more than 200 characters — including Mickey Mouse and Moana — to ...

Walt Disney Co. is licensing iconic characters including Mickey Mouse and Cinderella to OpenAI for use on its artificial intelligence video platform and has agreed to take a $1 billion stake in the ...

Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will bring characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Luke Skywalker to the AI company's Sora video generation tool, in a licensing deal that the two ...

Big Brother 27 alum Mickey Lee is in the ICU after suffering from flu-related cardiac arrests. “Mickey recently suffered a series of cardiac arrests following complications from the flu and is now in ...