Disney has turned to the head of the controversial AI company Character.AI to lead its tech efforts. The company announced Friday that Character.AI CEO Karandeep Anand is joining Disney as a senior executive vice president and its first-ever chief technology officer. Anand will take up the newly created role on Oct. 2 and report directly to Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro. He’ll oversee the company’s enterprise technology, infrastructure, data and AI platforms, pr