A Google Gemini-created image of Yoda and Darth Vader in a traditional British pub. Disney/Google Gemini Welcome to Rendering, a Deadline column reporting at the intersection of AI and showbiz. Rendering examines how artificial intelligence is disrupting the entertainment industry, taking you inside key battlegrounds and spotlighting change makers wielding the technology for good and ill. Got a story about AI? Rendering wants to hear from you: jkanter@deadline.com. This edition: A glimpse inside Disney's AI war with Google.
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Disney's AI Dispute With Google Runs Deeper Than First Thought, But Can It Afford All-Out War With The Tech Titan?
January 14, 2026
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