Overview
- Sora 2 reached 1 million downloads in North America in under five days and topped the U.S. App Store, according to Sora executive Bill Peebles.
- Japan issued a formal request that OpenAI prevent infringement of anime and manga, citing cultural value and referencing the AI Promotion Act, with no official OpenAI response yet.
- Hollywood studios, agencies, and SAG-AFTRA condemned OpenAI’s initial opt‑out framing for likenesses and characters, asserting existing copyright protections and signaling potential litigation.
- Sam Altman said OpenAI will offer more granular rights‑holder controls and explore revenue sharing, while the company describes new guardrails, takedowns, and block requests for well‑known characters.
- Families and advocates objected to Sora 2’s reanimation of recently deceased public figures; OpenAI allows authorized representatives to request blocks, as critics fault the app’s social‑feed design for rapid spread of problematic videos.