Disney's executive director of AI research and development, Jason Cox, has described his AI chatbot "Sam" as his "son" in more than a dozen blog posts, telling the assistant "I knew you before you wer…
Uber COO Andrew Macdonald said he has not observed direct productivity improvements from increased AI token usage, sparking a backlash against "tokenmaxxing" — the practice of maximizing AI token cons…
A US federal judge denied Chinese AI firm MiniMax's motion to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Disney and other Hollywood studios, ruling the company must face claims that its Hailu…
The article introduces StreamWatchHub, a new API that consolidates streaming service and live football broadcaster data across 10 countries into a single REST endpoint with a consistent schema, availa…
After over a decade at Meta, a former global director was laid off in 2022 as part of a 13% company-wide reduction. The layoff prompted a period of reflection, leading the author to realize their pass…
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), led by Chairman Brendan Carr, has issued a public notice asking for comments on whether ABC's *The View* qualifies as a "bona fide news interview prog…
According to a Business Insider analysis of 15 layoff memos from companies like Block, Meta, and Disney in 2026, the word "AI" was the most frequently used term, appearing 46 times. Executives cited A…
The article discusses the "squash and stretch" principle from Disney's 12 Basic Principles of Animation and how it can be applied to web development, specifically for animating SVG icons. The author d…