THE FUSE

One job you might not have expected AI to come for is theme park mascots. But Disney, which is all-in on AI tech, has found a way, and perhaps there are still a few kinks to work out. As Polygon spotted, a new life-size Olaf animatronic robot has just been rolled out at Disney parks around the world, independently roaming the parks’ paths and chatting away with guests in Josh Gad-voiced lines. That is, unless it appears to suddenly suffer a heart attack and just drop down dead in front of a crowd of terrified children. That’s what happened in Disneyland Paris on March 29.