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Duncan Crabtree‑Ireland

Duncan Crabtree‑Ireland

National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator, SAG‑AFTRA

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Disney bets $1 billion that OpenAI can turn Mickey into safe AI

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Leading Hollywood labor’s push to keep actors’ faces and voices out of unregulated AI systems.

Mickey Mouse just shook hands with the algorithm Hollywood spent two years trying to tame. Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and letting Sora and ChatGPT Images legally pump out short videos and images starring more than 200 Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars characters — but not the actors who play them.

Updated Dec 11, 2025