OpenAI’s video generation tool Sora, which has been teased for nearly a year, was recently leaked. Although OpenAI contained the leak in less than 3 hours, many people had already used the leaked Sora to generate their own creations. Today, we’ll break down exactly what happened and share some videos that netizens made with Sora.
Sora Access Permissions Leaked: Turns Out to Be Artists’ Discontent and Rebellion Against OpenAI
In February this year, OpenAI announced its ownVideo Generation Tool SoraAt the time, video generation tools were still in their infancy, so when OpenAI unveiled Sora’s high-quality videos, people couldn’t help but shake in their boots, thinking that Sora might become a nightmare for video creators once it was released.
Over time, more and more high-quality video generation tools have officially launched, which has reduced the discussion around Sora, which still hasn’t been released. Although Sora still hasn’t launched, it still makes occasional appearances to stay relevant—for example, in March this year, Sora announcedVisual artists, designers, and filmmakers get early access to videos generated by Sora.The quality of the generated output is very good, but the problem is that Sora has been slow to launch.
Just in the past few days, news suddenly spread online that Sora is now available. It turns out someone released Sora’s access on Hugging Face, giving Sora an early exposure before its official launch.
Reason for Sora Access Permission Exposure
An art community postOpen LetterThey said they gained access to Sora, becoming early testers and creative partners. However, they believe they were merely used by OpenAI as tools for art washing, and that their purpose was only to show the world that Sora can be a useful tool for artists.
The open letter mentions that hundreds of artists have provided unpaid labor for OpenAI, with these artists freely helping OpenAI with bug testing, giving feedback, and conducting experiments. However, the artists’ work has not been treated fairly, because their creations had to be approved by OpenAI before being shared with the public—if OpenAI said no, their work couldn’t be posted online at all. This made the artists feel disrespected, and also gave them the impression that OpenAI only invited them to provide training data for Sora, serving as free bug testers and PR puppets for the project.
Because of the above reasons, the artists decided to release access to Sora for free, allowing ordinary people to use Sora to generate videos without restrictions, just like artists. Although access was temporarily shut down by OpenAI less than three hours after it was released, many people still used Sora to create videos. The videos we found are as follows:
Leaked Sora Demo 1: pic.twitter.com/SQz9Mu1NBw
— el.cine (@EHuanglu) November 26, 2024
Leaked Sora Demo 8: pic.twitter.com/LLmpG4IdRC
— el.cine (@EHuanglu) November 26, 2024
Leaked Sora Demo 9: pic.twitter.com/FbwSjTEJdQ
— el.cine (@EHuanglu) November 26, 2024
Leaked Sora Demo 7: pic.twitter.com/vYufPMEeSM
— el.cine (@EHuanglu) November 26, 2024
Leaked Sora Demo 6: pic.twitter.com/RBEg0TqP5F
— el.cine (@EHuanglu) November 26, 2024
Leaked Sora Demo 5: pic.twitter.com/1mxCFf0NsT
— el.cine (@EHuanglu) November 26, 2024
Leaked Sora Demo 4: pic.twitter.com/iK5owLgz6n
— el.cine (@EHuanglu) November 26, 2024
Leaked Sora Demo 3: pic.twitter.com/fT6TOd737U
— el.cine (@EHuanglu) November 26, 2024
Leaked Sora Demo 2: pic.twitter.com/IbQZHxLfS5
— el.cine (@EHuanglu) November 26, 2024
It looks like the videos Sora generates are quite impressive, but if you look closely, you can still see shortcomings in visual continuity and detail. I feel that many of China’s current video generation tools can already surpass Sora. I’ve attached a link below—feel free to check out the results produced by Chinese video generation tools. What artists are most frustrated about is OpenAI’s attitude toward them. By publicly sharing Sora’s access, they hope OpenAI will become more open and artist-friendly in the future, and actually support art instead of just using it as a marketing gimmick. Right now, the open letter released by the art community is gathering signatures, and so far it has over 836 signatories. If you’re interested, feel free toGo to the official open letter websiteLearn more.
Source: KOCPC Chinese