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After successful Sora PR, Sam Altman switches from opt out to opt in for copyright owners.
Read more: After successful Sora PR, Sam Altman switches from opt out to opt in for copyright owners.Predictable, part 2. After getting a lot of media attention over their controversial adoption of a policy requiring copyright holders to “opt out” of Sora’s video generation of their copyrighted characters, Sam Altman announced a switch to something similar to the “opt in” system for images in the likeness of a person, plus other options…
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OpenAI is eating the world. Launches Sora app, TikTok rival, and “Buy it” in ChatGPT, Amazon rival.
Read more: OpenAI is eating the world. Launches Sora app, TikTok rival, and “Buy it” in ChatGPT, Amazon rival.OpenAI is flooding the zone. This week, it launched two new features to compete with TikTok, YouTube, and Amazon. 1. Buy It with Instant Checkout on ChatGPT: The first is the ability to shop on ChatGPT. This adds an alternative source of revenue and creates a potential rival to Amazon and TikTok shop. As more…
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OpenAI flirts with more copyright suits as it prepares video generator reportedly using copyrighted outputs subject to opt out
Read more: OpenAI flirts with more copyright suits as it prepares video generator reportedly using copyrighted outputs subject to opt outFourteen copyright lawsuits in the United States apparently isn’t enough for OpenAI. Per the Wall Street Journal, “OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator that creates videos featuring copyright material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear, according to people familiar with the matter.” If OpenAI…
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YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says OpenAI would be violating YouTube’s terms of service if training Sora on YouTube videos
Read more: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says OpenAI would be violating YouTube’s terms of service if training Sora on YouTube videosThe Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern interviewed CTO Mira Murati on Stern’s podcast. There was a telling exchange in which Murati appeared unsure or evasive in answering what data OpenAI used to train Sora, its text-to-video generator, including being “unsure” about whether OpenAI is using YouTube videos. Well, when asked about it, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan…
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OpenAI courts Hollywood studios with Sora, and showcases new videos made by artists
Read more: OpenAI courts Hollywood studios with Sora, and showcases new videos made by artistsOpenAI appears to be making a big push in developing and showcasing its yet-to-be-released text to video generator named Sora. Bloomberg reported that OpenAI has meetings with Hollywood studios “to form partnerships in the entertainment industry and encourage filmmakers to integrate its new AI video generator into their work.” Meanwhile, on its website, OpenAI showcased…
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OpenAI Sora creates Leafy Elephant & other dazzling videos
Read more: OpenAI Sora creates Leafy Elephant & other dazzling videosOne of the most impressive aspects of AI generators is the ability to create visually whatever one imagines. Case in point: this video of a “leafy elephant” generated from the prompt “an elephant made of leaves running in the jungle.” Or this artistic video generated from the prompt “A 2d abstract japanese animation where drops…
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OpenAI’s Mira Murati says she is “not sure” what videos used to train Sora
Read more: OpenAI’s Mira Murati says she is “not sure” what videos used to train SoraThe Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern interviewed CTO Mira Murati on Stern’s podcast. There was a telling exchange in which Murati appeared unsure or evasive in answering what data OpenAI used to train Sora, its text-to-video generator. From the Wall Street Journal: Joanna Stern: What data was used to train Sora? Mira Murati: We used…
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Should OpenAI’s video creator Sora stir panic among YouTube creators?
Read more: Should OpenAI’s video creator Sora stir panic among YouTube creators?When famed YouTube creator and tech reviewer Marques Brownlee expressed “concern” about how OpenAI’s preview of its text to video generator Sora (which is not even publicly available), I took notice. Then, when filmmaker Tyler Perry said he shelved his planned $800 million studio expansion after watching the short videos generated by Sora, I felt…
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OpenAI’s Sora text to video: a wild imagination is no limit
Read more: OpenAI’s Sora text to video: a wild imagination is no limitOne striking aspect of text to image and now text to video generators is that anything that can imagined can be created in an image or video. Even a wild imagination is not limited in what can be depicted or created. So, when critics say that AI generators are not “creative” or may lead to…