SMRTR TechOct 7, 2025Futurism

People Are Making Sora 2 Videos of Stephen Hawking Being Horribly Brutalized

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OpenAI's new text-to-video generator Sora 2 features a TikTok-style feed where users are creating disturbing content, including videos of deceased physicist Stephen Hawking being violently attacked in wrestling rings and by UFC fighters. Despite OpenAI's safety documentation claiming it blocks depictions of public figures, the company told PCMag it allows generation of "historical figures," creating an exception for dead celebrities. The content raises serious ethical questions about using AI to brutalize the likeness of a wheelchair-bound scientist who was actually a vocal critic of AI dangers.

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