Disney's AI bet: USD 1B OpenAI content deal explained
Disney's AI bet: USD 1B OpenAI content deal explained  
Podcast: Mixture of Experts
Published On: Fri Dec 19 2025
Description: Visit Mixture of Experts podcast page to get more AI content → https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/mixture-of-experts Why did Disney pay OpenAI a billion dollars to use their characters? This week on Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang and experts Marina Danilevsky, Martin Keen and Kush Varshney analyze Disney's three-year OpenAI licensing deal, and what it means for IP owners, content creators and the future of fan-generated AI content. Next, Time Magazine names “Architects of AI” as 2025 Person of the Year—it’s not the first time the person of the year was not a person, but what’s different about this? Then, NVIDIA drops Nemotron 3 open-source models; we explore what makes this model release different. Finally, Anthropic’s Soul Document leaked. We unpack model alignment, philosophy in AI and the future of prompting vs. fine-tuning. 00:37 – Introduction 02:14 – Disney and OpenAI billion-dollar deal 10:35 – Time Magazine's Person of the Year: Architects of AI 15:39 – NVIDIA Nemotron 3 open-source models 24:10 – Claude's Soul Document and model alignment  The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.  Subscribe for AI updates → https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/signup?formid=news-urx-52120 #OpenAI, #DisneyAI, #NVIDIANemotron, #ClaudeAI, #AIModels