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Disney’s first CTO is Character.AI’s former CEO
The Verge • • business
Key Points:
- Disney has appointed Karandeep Anand as its first-ever Chief Technology Officer, marking a new leadership role in the company's technology division.
- Anand will report directly to CEO Josh D’Amaro and oversee Disney’s infrastructure, product, engineering, and data/AI platform teams.
- Anand previously served as CEO of chatbot startup Character.AI, where he led the company’s development of microdramas.
- The hiring is notable given Disney’s prior legal actions against Character.AI for copyright infringement, signaling a potential shift in Disney’s approach to AI technology.
- This move may indicate Disney’s strategy to advance its AI initiatives independently following the end of its partnership with OpenAI.
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