DISNEY'S FIRST CTO LED AN AI STARTUP IT ONCE ACCUSED OF COPYING ITS CHARACTERS

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Disney has appointed former Character.AI CEO Karandeep Anand as its first chief technology officer, reporting to CEO Josh D'Amaro. The hire comes after Disney accused Character.AI of using its copyrighted characters without permission and demanded their removal. Anand previously held leadership roles at Meta and spent 15 years at Microsoft, bringing consumer technology and AI experience to Disney's push to make technology a larger part of its entertainment business.