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Oct 12, 2026

Epic Games delays Disney project, mandates increased AI tool usage

Epic Games delayed an upcoming Disney collaboration and instructed developers to use more AI tools to finish the project. The move represents a 'huge pivot' toward AI-first development according to company statements.

Oct 12, 20262 sources

Sep 18, 2026

Disney hires first CTO from Character.AI

Disney appointed Karandeep Anand, former CEO of AI company Character.AI, as its first-ever chief technology officer as the entertainment giant pushes to embrace artificial intelligence across its operations.

Sep 18, 20264 sources

Aug 12, 2026

Josh Kushner and Bob Iger reportedly buying Los Angeles Lakers for $12.5 billion

Investor Josh Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Iger are purchasing the Los Angeles Lakers in a record-breaking $12.5 billion deal, according to ESPN sources.

Aug 12, 20263 sources

Top claims

▪Internal Epic Games Inc. employee messages indicated that human developers will use artificial intelligence models including Anthropic's Claude for full AI artwork and coding workflows
▪Epic Games Inc. CEO Tim Sweeney stated that Epic is retooling developers for AI acceleration to enable teams to build more and better content using Unreal Engine
▪Replacing hand-written code with generative AI degrades video game quality

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