Summary
OpenAI has paused using its AI tool, Sora, to make videos of Martin Luther King Jr. after people shared offensive deepfake videos online. The company is working to improve safeguards to prevent misuse of AI-generated content involving historical figures.
Key Facts
- OpenAI temporarily stopped using Sora to create videos of Martin Luther King Jr.
- The decision followed criticism over offensive AI-generated videos shared on social media.
- Sora can make very realistic videos using text prompts or images.
- The tool requires consent from living people to feature in videos, but not for deceased public figures.
- Videos featuring offensive content were widely condemned and sparked calls for more controls.
- Families of public figures, like Malcolm X and Robin Williams, expressed distress over AI depictions.
- OpenAI is enhancing its rules for using historical figures' likenesses in these videos.
