Disney ends its partnership with OpenAI, signed in December 2025, in which it pledged to invest $1B and agreed to license some characters to Sora (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Todd Spangler / Variety: Disney ends its partnership with OpenAI, signed in December 2025, in which it pledged to invest $1B and agreed to license some characters to Sora - OpenAI said it will discontinue Sora, the generative-AI video creation platform it launched last year, without providing a reason for the decision.