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  "id": 8271299,
  "title": "A Year After Jousting With Character.AI, Disney Names Its CEO As Its First Chief Technology Officer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/a-year-after-jousting-with-character-ai-disney-names-its-ceo-as-its",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-18T16:38:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
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    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/disney-chief-technology-officer-character-ai-1237107626/"
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  "summary": "Karandeep Anand, former CEO of Character.AI, has been appointed as Disney’s first chief technology officer. He will report directly to CEO Josh D’Amaro, starting in the post on October 2. News of the appointment on Friday came after significant executive moves on Thursday at the company, which D’Amaro has been reshaping to fit his “One […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Disney names Character.AI's Karandeep Anand its first tech chief",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/disney-names-character-ais-karandeep-anand-its-first-tech-chief",
        "published": "2026-09-18T15:17:43.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Disney Taps AI Vet Karandeep Anand as Chief Technology Officer",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/disney-taps-ai-vet-karandeep-anand-as-chief-technology-officer",
        "published": "2026-09-18T16:04:59.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "Disney names Character.AI's Karandeep Anand its first tech chief",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/disney-names-character-ais-karandeep-anand-its-first-tech-chief-8281929",
        "published": "2026-09-18T17:25:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Straits Times Business",
        "title": "Disney names AI executive Karandeep Anand as first-ever chief technology officer",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/disney-names-ai-executive-karandeep-anand-as-first-ever-chief",
        "published": "2026-09-18T19:05:09.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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