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Sam Altman Felt ‘Terrible’ Telling Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro About OpenAI’s Decision to Kill Off Sora, Says Companies Still Looking to Collaborate

Variety DigitalApril 2, 2026Todd SpanglerRead original

Last updated Apr 2, 2026 by RSS Ingestion

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Last week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman broke the news to newly installed Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro that the AI giant was killing off the Sora video-gen platform — before Disney was able to launch its characters in the system. Altman felt “terrible” about it, but added that Disney and OpenAI are still looking to work […]