US EditionOpenAI Halts Sora Generations Of Martin Luther King After ‘Disrespectful Depictions’
OpenAI halted AI video generation of Dr. King on Sora after offensive depictions, following a request from his estate to protect his likeness, the company said.
- OpenAI halted its AI app Sora from creating deepfake videos portraying Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after his estate requested it, citing "disrespectful" content had been generated about the civil rights campaigner.
- Sora has become popular in the US for making hyper-realistic AI-generated videos, leading to people sharing clips of deceased celebrities and historical figures in outlandish and often offensive scenarios.
- OpenAI said while it believed there were "strong free speech interests in depicting historical figures", they and their families should have control over their likenesses.
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OpenAI MLK AI Ban Sparks Free Speech Firestorm
OpenAI has blocked users from generating videos of Martin Luther King Jr. using its AI video tool, Sora, after the platform was exploited to create disrespectful deepfakes of the civil rights leader. The move comes in response to complaints from King’s estate over offensive content created and shared online. According to OpenAI, the depictions included doctored videos of Dr. King using profanity during his historic “I Have a Dream” speech and ma…
The company has suspended the ability of its AI tool Sora to generate deepfake videos featuring Martin Luther King Jr., after the family of the famous civil rights activist requested it.
OpenAI pauses AI generated deepfakes of Martin Luther King Jr. on Sora 2 app after ‘disrespectful’ depictions
Sora 2, the OpenAI app known for its deepfake videos of celebrities and influencers, is pausing users’ ability to recreate Martin Luther King Jr.’s likeness after his daughter, Bernice A. King, claimed his image was being used in a “demeaning, disjointed” way. In response to the “disrespectful depictions” of King Jr. generated by users on the Sora 2 app, OpenAI claimed it is strengthening its guardrails for how users depict historical figures, …
What Sora’s Martin Luther King, Jr., problem revealed to OpenAI
Martin Luther King, Jr., did plenty to change the world for the better. And nearly 60 years after his assassination, he’s at the center of a major concession by the world’s leading AI company that puts a battle over intellectual property and the right to control your image into the spotlight. In the weeks after OpenAI released Sora 2, its video generation model, onto the world, King’s image has been used in a number of ways that his family have …
OpenAI Blocks MLK Deepfakes—Here’s Who They Should Ban Next
Source: Steve Christo – Corbis / Getty OpenAI recently announced that it is pausing the ability to generate MLK deepfakes on its video platform Sora, following a wave of public backlash over “disrespectful” AI-generated depictions of the civil rights leader. The company says the decision came after King’s estate and his daughter Bernice King formally objected to the use of his likeness and requested that such depictions be halted. OpenAI also in…
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