Actor Bryan Cranston has led the effort to get OpenAI to agree to work closer with Hollywood union SAG-AFTRA after the company released its artificial intelligence video making software Sora 2, that raised alarm bells over theft of copyrighted material.

Immediately upon the release of the AI video maker, videos popped up using copyrighted material such as Star Wars and Pokémon . And many actors, studios, and copyright holders quickly expressed their worries that Sora 2 would make unlawful use of copyrighted material all too common.

The ease with which Sora 2 can repurpose other people’s art and images caused an uproar in Hollywood. Almost immediately, for instance, the Motion Picture Association demanded that OpenAI ban the use of copyrighted material to program Sora 2.

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