OpenAI‘s Sora 2 Launches with Controversial Deepfake Policy
San Francisco,CA – 2024/05/16 09:17:51 - OpenAI has begun rolling out Sora 2,its groundbreaking text-to-video AI model,initially to invited iOS users in teh United States and Canada. The launch is marked by a contentious decision: OpenAI permits the creation of deepfake videos, provided public figures consent to the use of their likeness – a policy critics fear could normalize the technology’s misuse. This move positions OpenAI alongside Google’s Veo 3, which also generates videos with sound, in a rapidly evolving AI landscape.
The allowance of deepfakes, even with consent, raises significant ethical concerns about misinformation and potential reputational damage. While OpenAI prohibits the generation of pornographic content and actively blocks the creation of deepfakes without explicit permission from the individuals depicted, the policy opens the door to a new era of synthetic media where the line between reality and fabrication becomes increasingly blurred. The availability of Sora 2, distributed via an invitation-only system granting initial users four invites for friends, signals a broader public release is planned, though a timeline for Android and European availability remains uncertain – potentially facing scrutiny from regulators in Brussels.
