Disney to Spend $60 Million a Year on Character.AI Talent After Its Own Layoffs as AI Startup Faces Bankruptcy
Disney plans to spend $60 million annually on 66 Character.AI employees despite recent layoffs as its AI strategy expands.
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OpenAI, Anthropic’s AI Lead Is ‘Very Perishable,’ IMD Professor Says: ‘You Don’t Need to Drive a Ferrari to Go to Walmart’
IMD professor Howard Yu says many businesses may not need frontier AI models, making OpenAI and Anthropic’s lead easier to erode.
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