OpenAI video app Sora achieved 1 million downloads faster than ChatGPT
OpenAI says the latest version of its text-to-video AI tool Sora has been downloaded more than a million times in less than five days – achieving the feat faster than ChatGPT achieved at launch.
The app, which has topped the Apple App Store charts in the US, creates realistic-looking ten-second long videos with simple text prompts.
The numbers were announced in Postwho said the “incremental growth” came even though the app was only available to people in North America who received an invitation.
But its handling of copyrighted material — and images of dead public figures — has drawn significant criticism online despite the growth.
Sora, an app that makes it easier for users to post videos they’ve created on social media, has led to a flood of videos appearing on social media feeds.
Some included photos of deceased celebrities such as musicians Michael Jackson and Tupac Shakur.
Three days ago, I asked Zelda Williams, Robin Williams’ daughter People to stop sending them AI-generated videos of her father, the famous American comedian who died in 2014.
An appeal that press reports linked to Sora’s popularity.
An OpenAI spokesperson said American news website Axios In an email there were “strong freedom of expression concerns” in allowing depictions of historical figures.
But for “recently deceased” public figures, authorized people can request that their images not be used — though he did not specify what is considered “recent,” the spokesperson said.
The videos also often contain images of characters from movies, television, and games.
In one of Sam Altman’s Sora deepfake images, the OpenAI chief appears with several Pokémon characters and says “I hope Nintendo doesn’t sue us.” CNBC reported.
In another viral video, he grills and eats the game’s famous mascot, Pikachu.
Nintendo has not revealed any plans to take legal action, but several companies behind popular generative AI systems, including OpenAI, are currently locked in legal battles with creators and rights holders to creative works.
The potential cost of these battles is high.
Anthropic Artificial Intelligence Company It agreed to pay $1.5 billion (£1.11 billion) to settle a class action lawsuit brought by authors who said the company stole their work to train its AI models.
OpenAI says it is working to adapt its approach to these issues.
On October 4, Mr. Altman blogged That the company was “rapidly learning from how people use Sora and receiving feedback from users, rights holders and other interested groups.”
He said the company “will give rights holders greater control over character generation.”
He said there are plans for some form of revenue sharing in the future.
But it remains to be seen whether rights holders will agree that Sora’s videos are a new kind of “interactive fan fiction” as Mr. Altman suggested — or whether that will force the company to face questioning in the civil courts.