According to CNBC, OpenAI must not use the term “cameo” in the Sora app after a temporary restraining order was issued by Judge Eumi K. Lee of the Northern District of California. Last month, OpenAI was sued by Cameo, the celebrity video-selling platform for violating its trademark.

The judge’s restraining order will expire on December 22.

Sora is the social-media-style app that debuted alongside the attention-grabbing video generation model Sora 2 on September 30. Much of the controversy around the use of the model (and app) has directly or indirectly involved the Cameo feature.

“Cameos” in Sora are video generations involving likenesses uploaded through a process within the app. Prompting Sora for a Cameo allows the user to invoke a specific person, and receive a video featuring a

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