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OpenAI and Disney Character Licensing

OpenAI has a $1b deal with Disney to license characters. They’re saying it’s for Sora, but I’m guessing there’s another angle to this.

They’ve been working with Jony Ive on a new hardware-based AI product. They haven’t announced a form factor, but have said it will not have a screen.

I think they’re going to create AI “characters” that you’ll be able to buy, and that will embody the voice and personality of the character.

ChatGPT 5.2 Released

ChatGPT 5.2 was released today. Whether you see this as a response to other models quickly eclipsing 5.1, or just the natural progression, it was a pretty quick turnaround.

The knowledge cutoff is August 31, 2025, which means this model went from starting training (presumably) to shipped in about 3 months.

GPT 5.1 Codex Max

OpenAI has announced GPT 5.1 Codex Max, an update to their Codex coding product, “built for long-running, detailed work”.

They’re claiming a big jump on SWE-Bench Verified, past Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5, which has been the one to beat in coding performance. Looking forward to some real world usage.

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School starts today. Seems like a good day to start something new.