01 Nov Disney Establishes Group to Oversee AI, Mixed Reality Adoption in ‘Responsible’ Way Across the Company [Variety]
BY TODD SPANGLER
November 1, 2024 | Disney has created a new strategic group to manage and coordinate how the company develops and deploys next-generation tech — like artificial intelligence and mixed reality — and to do it in a “responsible” manner.
The company tapped Jamie Voris, who has served as chief technology officer of Walt Disney Studios for 14 years, to head up the newly formed Disney Office of Technology Enablement. Voris, in the new role, will report to Disney Entertainment co-chairman Alan Bergman, who announced the creation of the group in an internal memo Friday.
“Our ability to remain at the forefront of technological advances will only be more critical as we move forward — making it all the more important to understand and embrace new technological shifts in ways that enable our people, creativity and business,” Bergman said in the memo, obtained by Variety.
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