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Sora 2 and the Talent Takedown
How OpenAI’s latest video model is forcing Hollywood’s unions into uncharted territory
CAA Tells OpenAI: Pay the People Who Built Hollywood Before Your Bots Replace Them
The powerhouse agency pushes regulators and studios to guarantee consent, credit, and compensation as Sora’s viral video tool tests how far creators’ rights can bend before breaking.
Sora Explodes in Popularity - and in Controversy - as OpenAI’s Video App Floods Feeds with Disturbing Clips
The new tool’s instant success has also exposed how quickly synthetic imagery can veer into violence, racism, and unlicensed mimicry before moderation can catch up.
OpenAI Investor Vinod Khosla Says Hollywood’s “Tunnel-Vision Creatives” Are Missing the Point of Sora
The billionaire venture capitalist argues that AI video will broaden—not shrink—the creator class, even as studios and unions brace for disruption.
OpenAI’s Sora Tops One Million Downloads in Five Days, Igniting the Fastest AI Video Boom Yet
Marketers and indie filmmakers rush to use the new generative-video app as regulators scramble to define what authenticity means in an age of instant cinematography.
China's AI Made Slick Memes of Fat U.S. Workers. H'wood Should be Scared
A new category leader is poised to do to entertainment what TikTok did to Silicon Valley — at $79 a year
Sora Short Films: New Abstract Expressionism
First series of short films created with Sora demonstrate how it empowers filmmakers to push traditional storytelling boundaries, potentially marking “a new era of abstract expressionism.”
OpenAI Unveils New Text-to-Video AI Model, Sora
OpenAI introduces Sora, a new AI tool that generates photorealistic and complex videos up to one minute long based on text prompts.