{"id":2104457,"date":"2025-10-20T22:49:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2104457"},"modified":"2025-10-20T22:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:49:15","slug":"sora-2s-ai-videos-of-robin-williams-and-others-put-hollywood-on-alert-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sora-2s-ai-videos-of-robin-williams-and-others-put-hollywood-on-alert-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Sora 2\u2019s AI videos of Robin Williams and others put Hollywood on alert : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-94245\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 1600;&#10;        --source-height: 1200;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1600x1200+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F50%2F9c%2Fd3c31ef24ae794cab8533bfc0c13%2Fsoraaidiptych.jpg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1600x1200+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F50%2F9c%2Fd3c31ef24ae794cab8533bfc0c13%2Fsoraaidiptych.jpg 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1600x1200+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F50%2F9c%2Fd3c31ef24ae794cab8533bfc0c13%2Fsoraaidiptych.jpg 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1600x1200+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F50%2F9c%2Fd3c31ef24ae794cab8533bfc0c13%2Fsoraaidiptych.jpg 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1600x1200+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F50%2F9c%2Fd3c31ef24ae794cab8533bfc0c13%2Fsoraaidiptych.jpg 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1600x1200+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F50%2F9c%2Fd3c31ef24ae794cab8533bfc0c13%2Fsoraaidiptych.jpg 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1600x1200+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F50%2F9c%2Fd3c31ef24ae794cab8533bfc0c13%2Fsoraaidiptych.jpg 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1600x1200+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F50%2F9c%2Fd3c31ef24ae794cab8533bfc0c13%2Fsoraaidiptych.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1025px) 650px, calc(100vw - 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The app&#8217;s ability to do so with ease left many in the industry deeply concerned.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    <i>Sora\/Open AI\/Annotation by NPR<\/i><\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        <i>Sora\/Open AI\/Annotation by NPR<\/i><\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>OpenAI says it has released new policies for an artificial intelligence tool called Sora 2, in response to concerns from Hollywood studios, unions and talent agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The tool allows users to create realistic, high-quality audio and video, using text prompts and images.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s about creating new possibilities,&#8221; OpenAI promised in a promotional video for Sora 2. &#8220;You can view the power to step into any world or scene, and letting your friends cast you in theirs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But with Sora 2, some creators have also made fake AI-generated videos of historical figures doing things they never did. For example, Martin Luther King, Jr. changing his &#8220;I Have a Dream&#8221; speech, Michael Jackson, rapping and stealing someone&#8217;s chicken nuggets, or Mr. Rogers greeting rapper Tupac Shakur to his neighborhood.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Some videos reimagined the late Robin Williams talking on a park bench and in other locations. His daughter Zelda <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/robin-williams-daughter-ai-recreations-gross-1236541633\/\" target=\"_blank\">begged fans to stop sending her such AI-generated content<\/a>, calling it &#8220;horrible slop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re not making art,&#8221; she wrote on Instagram, &#8220;You&#8217;re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-94249\" class=\"bucketwrap image small\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 1074;&#10;        --source-height: 1600;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1074x1600+0+0\/resize\/200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F86%2F55%2Fd74a349b429f9d82be9d7a7bd24f%2Fimg-0922.JPG 200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1074x1600+0+0\/resize\/300\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F86%2F55%2Fd74a349b429f9d82be9d7a7bd24f%2Fimg-0922.JPG 300w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1074x1600+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F86%2F55%2Fd74a349b429f9d82be9d7a7bd24f%2Fimg-0922.JPG 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1074x1600+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F86%2F55%2Fd74a349b429f9d82be9d7a7bd24f%2Fimg-0922.JPG 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1074x1600+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F86%2F55%2Fd74a349b429f9d82be9d7a7bd24f%2Fimg-0922.JPG 800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1074x1600+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F86%2F55%2Fd74a349b429f9d82be9d7a7bd24f%2Fimg-0922.JPG\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1350px) 216px, (min-width: 1025px) calc(((100vw - 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365px)\/4) - 30px), (min-width: 768px) calc(((100vw - 30px)\/3) - 30px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1074x1600+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F86%2F55%2Fd74a349b429f9d82be9d7a7bd24f%2Fimg-0922.JPG\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1074x1600+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F86%2F55%2Fd74a349b429f9d82be9d7a7bd24f%2Fimg-0922.JPG\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Actress Chaley Rose is one of many in the entertainment industry worried about OpenAI\u2019s\u00a0 video-generating technology.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Actress Chaley Rose is one of many in the entertainment industry worried about OpenAI&#8217;s\u00a0 video-generating technology.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Karolina Turek\/Chaley Rose<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Karolina Turek\/Chaley Rose<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s kind of cool, it&#8217;s kind of scary,&#8221; says actress Chaley Rose, who&#8217;s best known for her role in the TV series <em>Nashville<\/em>. &#8220;People can borrow from actors, our vulnerability and our art to teach the characters they create how to do what we do. I would hate to have my image out there and not have given permission or to actually be the one doing the acting and having control over the performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood&#8217;s top talent agencies first sounded the alarm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no substitute for human talent in our business, and we will continue to fight tirelessly for our clients to ensure that they are protected,&#8221; United Talent Agency wrote in a statement last week. &#8220;When it comes to OpenAI&#8217;s Sora or any other platform that seeks to profit from our clients&#8217; intellectual property and likeness, we stand with artists. The future of industries based on creative expression and artistry relies on controls, protections, and rightful compensation. The use of such property without consent, credit or compensation is exploitation, not innovation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Creative Artists Agency issued a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/caa-openai-sora-2-harmful-intellectual-property-1236543954\/\" target=\"_blank\">similar warning last week<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Last year, California&#8217;s governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill requiring the consent of actors and performers to use their digital replicas.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the talent agencies and SAG-AFTRA (which also represents many NPR employees) announced they and OpenAI are supporting similar federal legislation, called the &#8220;NO FAKES&#8221; Act.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, some of the videos created using Sora 2 have relied on copyrighted material. 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<i>Sora\/Open AI\/Annotation by NPR<\/i><\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        <i>Sora\/Open AI\/Annotation by NPR<\/i><\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The Motion Picture Association, which represents major Hollywood studios, said in a statement that since Sora 2&#8217;s release, &#8220;videos that infringe our members&#8217; films, shows, and characters have proliferated on OpenAI&#8217;s service and across social media.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5567119-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5528974\" 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AI crowd scenes have traditionally posed a big technical challenge for companies like OpenAI and Google. But their models are improving all the time. \" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5567119-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the national executive director of the union SAG-AFTRA told NPR last week that it wasn&#8217;t feasible for rightsholders to find every possible use of their material.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a moment of real concern and danger for everyone in the entertainment industry. And it should be for all Americans, all of us, really,&#8221; says Crabtree-Ireland. <\/p>\n<p>SAG-AFTRA says actor Bryan Cranston alerted the union to possible abuses. 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