Group opens OpenAI video tool Sora in protest

A protest group has opened up access to OpenAI’s AI video tool Sora. OpenAI’s video generator makes it possible to create AI videos up to 10 seconds at 1080p. The protest group is doing it to expose ‘artwashing’ by OpenAI.

Artwashing means that large organizations that damage the environment use art for their public image. So they want to appear better than they really are by using art to achieve this. The protest group that put Sora online states that OpenAI does that. It says hundreds of artists have provided unpaid work for the Sora program. They are not against AI being used for art, but that the problem is how the program has been approached.

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This concerns, among other things, the phase of testing the software: these people would not have been compensated for this, while the company is worth 150 billion dollars, the group states. “This early access program does not seem to be about creative expression and artistic discussion, but about PR and advertising.” It says that all output from Sora must be approved by OpenAI before being shared. Furthermore, few creators in the program would have the opportunity to have their work screened.

The group posted a project Hugging Facea platform for AI developers, which clearly referred to the Sora software. This software is not yet publicly available, but it will be made available this way. The group has managed to create a frontend that allows users to create videos with Sora, likely using authentication tokens from a system with early access to the tool.

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This allows you to generate 10-second videos with AI: videos that appear lifelike. The 1080p resolution also helps with that. There are currently large queues as many people are curious about the tool. OpenAI is said to have already taken it to Hollywood to see if film studios are interested. It can create realistic videos of just about anything you can think of. Puppies, women, rain: it’s up to you.

At least, it was not actually the intention that everyone could just get started with this. The protest group says it shared it with the world in the hope that OpenAI will become more open, more inclusive of creatives and that it will support the arts beyond PR stunts. OpenAI has not yet responded to the leak.

There seems to be a ruckus around Sora and not just because of this protest action. Prominent figures have already resigned. The larger rollout was also postponed because the software was not yet ready for it. Basically, Sora is able to create a one-minute video in 10 minutes. However, OpenAI would first want to ensure that it is safe and that, for example, no famous people can be imitated. It would take more time to perfect the model, it stated in October Reddit.

Source: www.bright.nl