OpenAI’s Sora app hit 1 million downloads in a week, but backlash erupted over unauthorized deepfakes of celebrities, dead figures and copyrighted characters.
Celebrity families and studios demand OpenAI protect likenesses, after videos of Robin Williams, Martin Luther King Jr. and other figures circulated without permission.
The viral tool raises fears about trust, misinformation campaigns, and loss of control over personal identity in the digital age.
Scrolling through the Sora app can feel a bit like entering a real-life multiverse.
Michael Jackson performs standup; the alien from the “Predator” movies flips burgers at McDonald’s; a home security camera captures a moose crashing through the glass door; Queen Elizabeth dives from the top of a table at a pub.
Such improbable realitie

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