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Artists Leak OpenAI's Sora Turbo Video Model in Protest Over Unpaid R&D

Nov 26, 2024, 04:25 PM

On November 26, 2024, OpenAI's Sora, an AI-powered video generation model, appears to have been leaked online. A group of early testers and artists who were given early access to Sora released it via a Hugging Face Space, allowing public access to the model's capabilities for about three hours. The leaked model, referred to as 'Sora Turbo,' enables users to generate uncensored high-quality 10-second 1080p videos, which include an OpenAI watermark in the bottom right corner. The group claims they were exploited for unpaid research and development with limited creative freedom, leading them to leak the model as a form of protest against OpenAI's early access program. OpenAI is reportedly attempting to contain the leak, and access to the model via Hugging Face has been shut down. The incident raises concerns about OpenAI's handling of early access programs and the security of their models.