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OpenAI’s new social app is filled with terrifying Sam Altman deepfakes

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OpenAI launched Sora, a TikTok-like social app that generates AI videos, but users quickly flooded it with deepfakes of CEO Sam Altman appearing in bizarre scenarios involving copyrighted characters like Pikachu and SpongeBob. The app's "cameo" feature lets users upload biometric data to create realistic deepfakes of themselves or others, raising serious concerns about disinformation and misuse as the technology becomes widely accessible.

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