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Stevie Bonifield

OpenAI hastily retreats from gung-ho copyright policy after embarrassing Sora video output like AI Sam Altman surrounded by Pokémon saying 'I hope Nintendo doesn't sue us'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman throws up his hands.

Less than a week after OpenAI launched its Sora 2 AI video generation model on September 30, it's already backtracking to change its policy around copyrighted content, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.

In a blog post published on October 3, Sam Altman responded to a wave of copyright concerns surrounding Sora 2 and announced that OpenAI is updating its policy for copyrighted content to make it opt-in, meaning Sora will refuse prompts containing copyrighted material unless the copyright holder specifically gives OpenAI permission to use it.

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