NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Freston could easily fill a book with stories from the formative days of MTV and his celebrity encounters ...

The world of generative artificial intelligence just got a big boost from the House of Mouse. Disney announced its partnership with OpenAI, the first instance of a major entertainment company joining ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On Thursday morning, Disney made two ...

This past week boasted many overhyped AI breakthroughs, but the healthiest one was the fierce repudiation of a contemptuous McDonald’s ad. Abandon all hope, ye who watch: a still from the doomed ...

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Washington Commanders Coach Dan Quinn announced Wednesday that quarterback Jayden Daniels has been ruled out ahead of Sunday’s road game against the New York Giants. For the seventh time this season, ...

May the slop be with you? The Walt Disney Company said Thursday it will invest $1 billion in OpenAI in a deal that will allow users to churn out AI videos with copyrighted characters from “Star Wars” ...

The studio has announced a landmark deal and $1 billion investment with OpenAI to bring hundreds of Disney characters to its generative AI platforms. Reading time 3 minutes When Bob Iger eagerly told ...

The restaurant industry embraced some buzzy terms in 2025 — “sea of sameness,” “year of uncertainty” come to mind — but perhaps none proved to be as lazy and undescriptive as “slop bowl.” Emerging ...

Disney’s expansive $1 billion licensing agreement with OpenAI is a sign Hollywood is serious about adapting entertainment to the age of artificial intelligence (AI), marking the start of what one Ark ...

There’s sloppy science, and there’s AI slop science. In an ironic twist of fate, beleaguered AI researchers are warning that the field is being choked by a deluge of shoddy academic papers written ...