The video app can produce realistic deepfakes of Marx shopping and MLK Jr trolling. Some say using ‘historical figures’ is the company’s way of testing the legal waters

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ast night I was flicking through a dating app. One guy stood out: “Henry VIII, 34, King of England, nonmonogamy”. Next thing I know, I am at a candlelit bar sharing a martini with the biggest serial dater of the 16th century.

On Sora 2, if you can think it, you can probably see it – even when you know you shouldn’t. Launched this October in the US and Canada via invitation only, OpenAI’s video app hit 1m downloads in just five days, surpassing ChatGPT’s debut.

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