ZDNet: I tested Sora’s new ‘Character Cameo’ feature, and it was borderline disturbing. “The new feature lets you create AI videos of your pets, inanimate objects, and more. Here’s how it went for me.”
CNBC: OpenAI cracks down on Sora 2 deepfakes after pressure from Bryan Cranston, SAG-AFTRA. “OpenAI announced on Monday in a joint statement that it will be working with Bryan Cranston, SAG-AFTRA, and other actor unions to protect against deepfakes on its artificial intelligence video creation app Sora.”
Engadget: OpenAI’s TikTok of AI slop hit one million downloads faster than ChatGPT. “Sora, OpenAI’s app and social network for AI-generated videos, has been downloaded over one million times, according to Sora head Bill Peebles. The app reached one million downloads in less than five days, Peebles says, ‘even faster than ChatGPT did.'”
Business Insider: OpenAI pauses Sora videos of Martin Luther King Jr., says estates for other figures can request an AI cameo opt-out. “OpenAI is tightening up how its AI video generator, Sora, handles the likenesses of historical figures after users created ‘disrespectful depictions’ of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.” Heaven grant me the confidence of a company which believes all […]
Fast Company: Sora is blocking people from nabbing celebrity and public figure usernames. “If you try to generate an image of a public figure, the Sora app—which is still invitation-only—will generally tell you your prompt violates the platform’s guidelines. But OpenAI is also using a more analog method of preventing celebrity impersonation: blocking users from even signing up for the […]
Gizmodo: You Can’t Use Copyrighted Characters in OpenAI’s Sora Anymore and People Are Freaking Out. “After initially requiring copyright holders to opt out of having their content appear in Sora-generated videos, CEO Sam Altman announced that the company will be moving to an ‘opt-in’ model that will ‘give rightsholders more granular control over generation of characters’—and Sora […]
Gizmodo: The First 24 Hours of Sora 2 Chaos: Copyright Violations, Sam Altman Shoplifting, and More. “Interestingly, not all potential copyright violations come from users who are explicitly asking for it. For instance, one user gave Sora 2 the prompt ‘A cute young woman riding a dragon in a flower world, Studio Ghibli style, saturated rich colors,’ and it just straight up spit out an […]
NBC News: Pikachu at war and Mario on the street: OpenAI’s Sora 2 thrills and alarms the internet. “Powered by OpenAI’s upgraded Sora 2 media generation AI model, the app allows users to create high-definition videos from simple text prompts…. The app is a recipe made for virality. But many of the videos published within the first day of Sora’s debut have also raised alarm bells from […]
Engadget: Microsoft integrates OpenAI’s Sora video creator into Bing. “Microsoft introduced an AI-powered video generator to its Bing search engine. Bing Video Creator is powered by OpenAI’s Sora, which creates short clips based on text prompts. The free feature is rolling out to the Bing mobile app starting today and is slated to arrive later on desktop and to Copilot Search.”
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