A group has reportedly leaked access to OpenAI’s much-anticipated video generator Sora. The news comes in protest by others after the company was accused of dubbing and art washing with the latest project.
The access was posted on the Hugging Face platform that managed to link directly to Sora’s API. It’s all very interesting considering how Sora is yet to be available to the public just yet.
The group managed to develop a front end that arose from an initial access system whereby users could produce videos through Sora. The reason why it’s so real has to do with how easy it was to produce and install videos using headers or cookies through the platform’s space configuration.
Through this means, the user could produce videos of up to 10 seconds through 1080p resolution and all that’s necessary is typing short text. When it tried, the queue was reportedly said to be so long but several individuals through X did upload samples that included the company’s visual watermark.
Shortly after this news, the front end stopped working which probably meant that the platform revoked access. As per the group, after just three hours, the company shut down access to Sora for everyone. But if it is true, it can produce clips that are 10 seconds long and the number can be as high as 1080.
Now the question is why exactly was this done? Well, if reports are to be believed, OpenAI is to blame for the great amount of pressure added on early testers of Sora. They want the project to be highlighted in all the right ways white giving nothing or barely anything in return.
It’s an industry practice that’s become so common now. Pay nothing to labor for bug testing but expect a lot of great feedback and experimental work in return. Many artists want this norm to stop because it’s obviously not fair.
Meanwhile, the group is claiming that OpenAI continues to mislead about the latest video generator and what it’s capable of doing. In that context, OpenAi has decided to break the silence. They claim the goal is to balance safety and creativity for Sora so all users can benefit.
The company’s spokesperson also shared how artists do not have any kind of obligations to OpenAI or Sora other than using the tool safely and responsibly. However, they failed to define what the term responsible means here.
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The access was posted on the Hugging Face platform that managed to link directly to Sora’s API. It’s all very interesting considering how Sora is yet to be available to the public just yet.
The group managed to develop a front end that arose from an initial access system whereby users could produce videos through Sora. The reason why it’s so real has to do with how easy it was to produce and install videos using headers or cookies through the platform’s space configuration.
Through this means, the user could produce videos of up to 10 seconds through 1080p resolution and all that’s necessary is typing short text. When it tried, the queue was reportedly said to be so long but several individuals through X did upload samples that included the company’s visual watermark.
Shortly after this news, the front end stopped working which probably meant that the platform revoked access. As per the group, after just three hours, the company shut down access to Sora for everyone. But if it is true, it can produce clips that are 10 seconds long and the number can be as high as 1080.
Now the question is why exactly was this done? Well, if reports are to be believed, OpenAI is to blame for the great amount of pressure added on early testers of Sora. They want the project to be highlighted in all the right ways white giving nothing or barely anything in return.
It’s an industry practice that’s become so common now. Pay nothing to labor for bug testing but expect a lot of great feedback and experimental work in return. Many artists want this norm to stop because it’s obviously not fair.
Meanwhile, the group is claiming that OpenAI continues to mislead about the latest video generator and what it’s capable of doing. In that context, OpenAi has decided to break the silence. They claim the goal is to balance safety and creativity for Sora so all users can benefit.
The company’s spokesperson also shared how artists do not have any kind of obligations to OpenAI or Sora other than using the tool safely and responsibly. However, they failed to define what the term responsible means here.
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