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DisneyGPT: Now Making Fairy Tales and Excel Reports Equally Magical

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  • •In December 2025, Disney finalized a billion-dollar AI partnership with OpenAI, allowing integration of ChatGPT and AI tools for employees.
  • •Disney launched DisneyGPT, a chatbot mixing Walt Disney quotes with mundane tasks like IT support and financial analyses to boost productivity internally.
  • •Employees expressed concerns over AI job risks and workaround with unauthorized AI apps; meanwhile, an advanced assistant 'Jarvis' remains in early development.

In a move straight from a sci-fi corporate fairy tale, Disney sealed a billion-dollar romance with OpenAI in December 2025, giving the Mouse House access to shiny new AI toys like Microsoft Copilot, Amazon’s Q Developer, and the internally beloved DisneyGPT chatbot. DisneyGPT promises to 'unlock the magic of your imagination' while handling mundane tasks like IT tickets and financial analyses, peppered with Walt Disney quotes about perseverance so epic it almost distracts staff from the boredom. Meanwhile, behind the curtain, a 'Jarvis' bot—named after Iron Man’s snarky assistant but still 'not fully baked' as of late 2025—is sprinting through gestation, promising to do your tasks but maybe still needs a nap. Despite friendly CEO Bob Iger’s enthusiasm, some Disney employees whisper anxieties about AI stealing their jobs and confess to sneaking around using unauthorized AI tools because the 'official' ones haven’t quite caught up. Disney insists humans will remain the 'creative engine' even as AI tests if spreadsheets can co-star in animations. All this in a corporation where 'responsible AI use' apparently means sprinkling some Walt wisdom on a chatbot that mostly just looks busy.

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Source: Businessinsider | Published: 12/12/2025 | Author: James Faris