A Japanese trade organization that includes heavy-hitting media creators like Studio Ghibli, Square Enix, and Bandai just announced that it sent a letter to OpenAI dated October 28 concerning alleged copyright violations.

The letter includes some observations about the similarity of Sora 2 videos to “Japanese content,” and issues two requests: It asks OpenAI not to use CODA content as training data without prior permission, and requests that OpenAI “responds sincerely” when a CODA member complains about copyright issues.

Notably absent are anything like “demands” of “immediate action,” or any sort of direct legal threats.

Sora 2, OpenAI’s top-of-the line text-to-video model was released in late September, and anyone with an interest in AI watched in a mix of amazement and disgust as

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