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In a statement to NPR, OpenAI said its Sora research team will focus on advancing robotics to help solve real-world physical tasks.
Disney's statement, meanwhile, said it respects OpenAI's decision and that it will continue to engage with AI platforms in ways that respect intellectual property.
Disney's former CEO Bob Iger first hinted at plans to enable AI-based fan content last November on an earnings call.
Disney had planned to invest $1 billion in OpenAI in a landmark three-year licensing deal last December.
The 46th annual Golden Raspberries, or Razzie Awards, anointed Australian actress Rebel Wilson with Worst Actress Honours for her, quote, not-quite-believable performance as an action hero in Bride Hard with weaponised curling irons.
Ice Cube earned the Worst Actor Award for his role as a Department of Homeland Security surveillance expert in War of the Worlds.
The film, which scored abysmally low ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, also took Worst Picture, Remake, Screenplay and Director.
The Razzies for Worst Supporting Cast went to Scarlett Rose Stallone for Gunslingers and all seven of the CGI-enhanced dwarves in Disney's live-action Snow White remake.
60 people signed up for live theater operator ATG Entertainment's inaugural Solo Seats event in San Francisco recently.
The tickets included a discounted orchestra seat for the Broadway musical The Notebook on tour, a pre-show mixer with other solo seatsters and a free drink.
Theatregoer Maria Sacada says this is her first time seeing a live show on her own.
Social psychologist Bella DiPaolo says solo leisure is booming owing to rising economic independence and longer life expectancies.
ATG says it plans to expand solo seats nationwide.
In a Friday announcement shared with NPR, the Boston Symphony's board, together with President and CEO Chad Smith, informed staff and musicians of its decision not to renew Andres Nelsons' contract.
The statement says the orchestra and its music director were, quote, not aligned on future vision.
A representative for Nelson's shared his letter to the BSO community with NPR, in which the conductor says he did not anticipate or want the board and Smith's decision.