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Disney has appointed Karandeep Anand — who served as CEO of Character.AI — as its first-ever chief technology officer, a pick made by new CEO Josh D’Amaro. Character.AI, which Anand led after advising the company, was the subject of a Disney cease-and-desist in September 2025 over alleged copyright infringement and has faced other legal complaints.
Major Hollywood labor unions (SAG-AFTRA and WGAE) are publicly downplaying apocalyptic AI rhetoric from the tech sector and urging attention to concrete harms in entertainment, such as AI-generated actor replicas and job displacement. Studios did not comment for the piece, while unions highlighted negotiated guardrails requiring permission and compensation for replicas and stressed continued advocacy for oversight.
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