Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd of demonstrators outside the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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OpenAI has suspended an artificial intelligence-generated video of Martin Luther King Jr. after a user used its short video tool Sora to create a “disrespectful depiction” of the civil rights leader.
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ChatGPT’s creators said they are working to strengthen “guardrails” for historical figures, and that public figures and representatives can request not to appear in Sola’s videos.
OpenAI did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment.
Other celebrities have also advocated the use of AI deepfakes.
Last week, Zelda Williams, the daughter of the late comedian Robin Williams, asked people to stop sending her father AI videos.
Last year, actress Scarlett Johansson said the company used a voice on ChatGPT that was “eerily similar” to her performance in the movie “Her.” OpenAI then extracted the audio from the platform.
OpenAI launched Sora at the end of September. This tool allows users to create short AI-generated videos using text prompts. Bill Peebles, head of Sora, said the tool had more than 1 million downloads within five days, reaching the milestone faster than ChatGPT.
The rise of AI and AI-generated videos has also raised questions and concerns about the spread of misinformation, piracy, and the prevalence of rapidly created AI-generated videos flooding social feeds.
