Companies × risks
Walt Disney
Walt Disney deploys AI from third-party providers, becoming a major OpenAI customer with a licensing agreement to use APIs and ChatGPT across products and for employees. It also maintains Disney Research, which develops specialised ML for visual and media applications including model architectures for entertainment tasks.
We reviewed 5 public documents from Walt Disney and found it acknowledges 1 of 24 AI risks: devaluation of human creativity.
Sector: Information
Roles: AI deployer
AI risks Walt Disney acknowledges
- Devaluation of human creativity: “the availability of certain AI tools has facilitated the creation of infringing works based on the unauthorized use of our IP” (Walt Disney - FISCAL YEAR 2024 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT)
Documents we reviewed
- Walt Disney - FISCAL YEAR 2024 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT (Annual report, 2024)
- Operating Responsibly - Disney Impact (Corporate policy, 2025)
- 2026 Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement (Investor materials, 2026)
- Artificial Intelligence Topic Brief (AI overview & principles, 2025)
- 2024 Sustainability & Social Impact Report - The Walt Disney Company (ESG report, 2024)