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  "id": 8274618,
  "title": "Disney hires former Character.AI CEO Karandeep Anand as its first CTO; about a year ago, Disney accused Character.AI of infringing its copyrights (Todd Spangler/Variety)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/disney-hires-former-character-ai-ceo-karandeep-anand-as-its-first-cto",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-18T16:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/disney-cto-karandeep-anand-character-ai-1236866528/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Disney chief Josh D'Amaro, in a move that shows he's trying to position the Mouse House as a tech-forward entertainment company …",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Finance",
        "title": "Disney names Karandeep Anand as first-ever CTO",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/disney-names-karandeep-anand-as-first-ever-cto",
        "published": "2026-09-18T17:31:20.000Z"
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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."
}