OpenAI’s Sora: Viral AI Video App Arrives on Android Amid Excitement and Controversy

Sora AI Video App Launches on Android: OpenAI’s Sora app – which turns text prompts into short, realistic videos – is now available on Android in the US, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and more, expanding beyond its initial invite-only iPhone release ^[1] ^[2]. (The app remains free to download; initially users needed an invite code, though OpenAI briefly dropped the waitlist to let more people in ^[3].)
Text-to-Video with a Twist: Sora can generate up to 10-second videos complete with motion, backgrounds and sound from a simple written prompt ^[4]. It offers various visual styles (cinematic, animated, realistic) and features a “cameo” tool that lets users insert themselves or friends into the AI-generated video scenes ^[5].
Viral Success on iOS: The app became an instant hit on iPhone, topping over 1 million downloads in less than a week after its launch ^[6]. The new Android release is expected to give Sora another boost, opening access to millions of additional users now able to try text-to-video creation on their phones ^[7].
Creative Playground – and Concerns: Sora has quickly turned into a creative playground for making short films, music videos, memes and personal clips ^[8]. However, its ability to produce hyper-realistic videos has sparked worries about deepfakes and misinformation, as well as questions of content ownership. OpenAI says it has built in safeguards to prevent misuse and will improve detection systems as the user base grows ^[9].
Contentious Cameos and IP Issues: A headline feature called “cameos” even enables users to insert famous characters or public figures (from Ronald McDonald to SpongeBob SquarePants) into their AI videos ^[10]. OpenAI is urging brands to proactively allow and monetize these fan-generated cameos – and plans to give rights holders control over how their characters appear, potentially even sharing revenue with those who opt in ^[11] ^[12]. Nonetheless, intellectual property experts warn this area is fraught with legal uncertainty and could lead to high-profile litigation ^[13].
Backlash from Creators: Major content owners are already pushing back. In Japan, animation and game studios (including Studio Ghibli and Bandai Namco) have demanded OpenAI stop using their copyrighted material to train Sora 2 ^[14], arguing that the app’s “opt-out” policy violated copyright law – under Japanese law, prior permission is required for use of copyrighted works ^[15]. After Sora’s launch triggered a flood of AI videos mimicking popular anime, Japan’s government formally asked OpenAI to cease replicating Japanese artworks in its model ^[16].
First Legal Challenge – “Cameo” vs. Cameo: OpenAI is already facing a lawsuit over Sora’s “Cameo” feature name. The company behind the celebrity shout-out app Cameo sued OpenAI in late October, claiming Sora’s use of the term “Cameo” for user avatars infringes its trademark and causes consumer confusion ^[17]. The suit notes that Sora can generate videos featuring AI versions of celebrities (like Mark Cuban or Jake Paul), effectively competing with Cameo’s business of paid celebrity videos ^[18]. An OpenAI spokesperson said they “disagree that anyone can claim exclusive ownership over the word ‘cameo’” ^[19], and Cameo’s CEO noted they tried to resolve the dispute privately but OpenAI refused to rename the feature ^[20].

Sora Goes Mobile: From iOS Debut to Android Expansion

OpenAI’s Sora is a new generative AI app that has rapidly gone from a closed beta to a widening public release on mobile devices. The company first rolled out Sora as an invite-only iOS app at the end of September 2025, initially limited to users in the United States and Canada ^[21]. One month later, in early November, OpenAI brought Sora to Android, significantly broadening its reach to key markets in Asia and beyond ^[22]. The Android app launched on Google Play without a waitlist in some regions (like the U.S.) as OpenAI temporarily waived its usual invite-code requirement to meet surging demand ^[23].

This staggered rollout mirrors how OpenAI handled previous products, using an invite system to manage scaling. Sora is free to download and use on both iPhone and Android ^[24]. While it began with a small pool of users, the company has been accelerating access: what started as a U.S./Canada-only test is now available in countries ranging from Japan and South Korea to Thailand and Poland (alongside North America) as of the Android release ^[25]. The swift expansion reflects how quickly Sora has caught on – and how eager OpenAI is to seed a global user community for its AI video platform.

How Sora Works: AI Videos from a Text Prompt (and Your Face)

So what exactly is Sora? In essence, it’s a text-to-video generator wrapped in a social media app. A user types a description of a scene they want to see, and Sora’s cloud-based AI model creates a short video (roughly up to 10 seconds long) that attempts to bring the text to life – complete with moving characters, dynamic backgrounds, and even synchronized audio ^[26]. You can choose different visual styles for your clip, such as a cinematic look, a cartoonish animation, or photorealism ^[27], giving creators some artistic control over the result.

One tech columnist described Sora as “essentially the AI version of TikTok.” Users scan their face and record a bit of their voice, then enter prompts to generate videos of themselves – or rather a highly realistic AI avatar of themselves – doing fantastical things, like “jumping out of an airplane with parakeets” or “dribbling a soccer ball on Mars” ^[28]. This highlights Sora’s most novel trick: a feature called “cameos” that lets you create a digital likeness (face and voice) and insert it into any scene. Sora effectively builds an AI avatar of you or your friends which can star in your prompted videos ^[29]. With permission, friends’ avatars can appear in each other’s creations as well ^[30]. In practice, this means you can conjure up a mini-movie of yourself scaling Mount Everest or acting in a sci-fi space battle, without ever filming a frame in real life.

Beyond personal avatars, Sora’s AI has shown it can recognizably recreate famous figures and characters too – a capability that users have eagerly experimented with, but one that raises thorny questions (more on that later). Want to see Mario and SpongeBob team up to fight Godzilla in Times Square? In Sora, such surreal crossovers are just a few keystrokes away. The app’s AI models (now at the “Sora 2” generation) have rapidly improved in fidelity and creativity, to the point that early testers found Sora rivaling the output quality of Google’s latest video AI (Veo 3) in side-by-side comparisons ^[31].

Crucially, Sora isn’t just an isolated creation tool – it’s designed as a social platform for sharing and remixing AI videos. The app includes a feed where you can browse videos made by other Sora users around the world ^[32]. People post their wildest or funniest clips, and others can then build on them. In fact, remixing is a core part of the community: you can take someone else’s Sora video, tweak the text prompt or swap in different elements, and generate a new iteration. Users have been doing this recursively – often mutating the original scene in absurd ways until it “devolves into often-hysterical chaotic messes,” as one report put it ^[33]. This collaborative, viral content loop is reminiscent of TikTok duets or meme culture, but turbocharged by AI’s ability to spin up new variants in minutes. Sora even has simple editing tools to adjust the output or fine-tune prompts, making the creation process feel like a playful conversation between the user and the AI.

With the recent “cameo” update, Sora’s social feed has also filled with users testing how far they can push the idea of inserting themselves (or anyone) into popular content. For example, one could generate a clip of themselves dancing in a famous music video or acting alongside a movie star – all through AI. It’s easy to imagine the entertainment value, but also the potential for controversy, which Sora is now beginning to confront.

An Overnight Sensation: Sora’s Rapid Growth

In the span of a few weeks, Sora has gone from a niche pilot to one of the most talked-about new apps. When OpenAI launched the iOS version in late September, interest spread quickly through tech circles and social media. Within five days, over one million people had downloaded Sora on iPhones, an astonishing uptake for a new creative app ^[34]. For comparison, that’s a faster early download pace than even Instagram or TikTok achieved in their infancy. Sora rode a wave of curiosity (the allure of “AI-generated videos on your phone!”) and perhaps benefitted from OpenAI’s brand recognition from ChatGPT.

OpenAI expanded server capacity and began sending out more invite codes, and by November 4th it officially opened Sora on Android as well. The Android release instantly made Sora accessible to millions of additional users who don’t use iPhones ^[35]. Regions like East Asia – where Android dominates – are now coming online, which could dramatically enlarge Sora’s user community. Given the initial momentum, it’s conceivable Sora’s user base will swell into the tens of millions in short order if the app continues to be freely available and interest remains high.

What’s driving people to Sora? Partly the sheer novelty and fun of it. Users have described Sora as a sort of sandbox for imagination, where you can produce any skit or scenario you dream up, however bizarre, and watch it play out on screen. Social media has been flooded with Sora-generated clips – from uncanny mini-movies to goofy meme videos. “People are using it to make short films, music videos, funny memes and personal clips,” one tech desk reported, noting that Sora has already “become a creative playground for many” ^[36]. The app dramatically lowers the barrier to entry for video creation: no actors, cameras or editing software needed – just type a scenario and get a shareable clip. As one report observed, tasks that once required costly software and hours of editing “can now be done in minutes with a few lines of text” ^[37]. This democratization of visual content creation has excited hobbyists and creators; it could also have big implications for the entertainment and advertising industries if Sora-style generation goes mainstream.

OpenAI, for its part, has framed Sora’s launch as an experiment in deploying cutting-edge multimodal AI to the public. The company famously did this with ChatGPT (text AI) in 2022 to great success, and is now attempting the same for AI video. “We want to make advanced AI tools available to everyone,” OpenAI’s leadership often says, and Sora’s rollout on mobile is a clear play to achieve mass adoption ^[38]. Of course, with that visibility comes scrutiny and responsibility – something OpenAI is learning quickly as Sora’s popularity surges.

Deepfakes, Misinformation and Safeguards

The excitement around Sora is accompanied by serious concerns about misuse. By allowing anyone to generate fairly realistic video footage of almost anything, Sora inevitably raises the specter of deepfakes – AI-generated fake videos that can mislead or deceive. Observers have pointed out that the technology could be exploited to create false or defamatory clips, such as a politician saying words they never actually said, or a phony “news” video that is difficult for viewers to immediately discern as fake. Sora’s capabilities (especially with the cameo feature inserting real faces and voices) make these scenarios more than theoretical. As one outlet noted, the app’s ability to churn out realistic videos “raises questions about deepfakes, misinformation and content ownership” in the digital media ecosystem ^[39].

OpenAI says it is keenly aware of these risks and has implemented safeguards in Sora to discourage abuse. While the company hasn’t disclosed all the methods, it has hinted at a few measures. For one, Sora’s content filters restrict certain prompt inputs – presumably obvious misuse cases like violent or sexual content, or attempts to target private individuals with fake videos. The app also watermarks or labels AI-generated videos in some way (perhaps embedding metadata or visible indicators) to help distinguish them from real footage, though the exact watermarking approach isn’t clear. Additionally, OpenAI has mentioned that detection systems are in place and will be continually improved to catch misuse or harmful outputs ^[40]. In other words, they are working on mechanisms to flag or block blatantly fake-but-dangerous videos (for instance, a counterfeit emergency alert or a video impersonation designed to defraud someone).

Interestingly, Sora’s app imposes certain technical restrictions to limit how content can spread. Users are blocked from screen-recording videos directly within the app’s interface (for example, you can’t just use your phone’s recorder on someone’s published Sora video) ^[41]. This suggests OpenAI wants to keep a degree of control – perhaps to ensure videos remain tagged as AI-generated and don’t easily escape into the wild without context. However, determined users can still find ways around this (such as generating a video and then recording it externally), so it’s not foolproof. The balance OpenAI must strike is allowing creativity and sharing, while preventing the most damaging misuse.

So far, no major misinformation incident involving Sora has been reported – the community seems to be using it mostly for playful or artistic endeavors. But experts warn that as the technology improves, the line between AI video and real video will blur, and bad actors could seize on tools like Sora to produce propaganda or scams. This is a challenge not just for OpenAI but for society: how to reap the creative benefits of generative video while mitigating its potential to seriously mislead. Regulators and platforms are already discussing policies for AI content. OpenAI has joined industry pledges to develop watermarking and safety standards across AI media ^[42]. With Sora, they now have a high-profile test case to show they can keep these safeguards effective at large scale.

Dealing with IP: OpenAI’s Plan for Brands and Characters

Aside from deepfake worries, intellectual property (IP) issues have become the other major cloud on Sora’s horizon. The app’s very premise – remixing and generating any visual content on the fly – clashes with traditional notions of copyright and trademark. Sora didn’t launch in a legal vacuum; OpenAI has been trying to get ahead of the problem by forging a new approach to IP in the age of generative video.

One of the most provocative aspects of Sora is how it enables the use of famous characters and branded mascots in user-created videos. In Sora, an imaginative fan can have Mickey Mouse appear in their video or make Nike’s Jordan logo character come to life in an AI skit, all without the explicit permission of Disney or Nike. Ordinarily, that kind of unauthorized use of protected characters would be a clear IP violation. But Sora’s “cameos” feature has effectively opened Pandora’s box, and OpenAI is now attempting a delicate dance: it is asking IP owners to come on board with this new form of content rather than fighting it outright.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, OpenAI has been encouraging brands and rights holders to proactively approve and even monetize the use of their characters on Sora ^[43]. The logic is that, given the technology’s capabilities, it may be better for companies to permit controlled fan-generated appearances of their mascots (perhaps in exchange for a cut of revenue or promotional benefits) than to constantly play whack-a-mole trying to stamp them out. This approach could “reshape how intellectual property is managed in the age of generative AI,” the WSJ noted – but it also underscores how legally uncharted this territory is ^[44].

OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman has publicly outlined some concrete steps. In early October, Altman wrote on his blog that OpenAI would soon introduce new controls in Sora specifically for content owners ^[45]. Rights holders (like film studios or game companies) will be given tools to dictate how their characters can or can’t appear in AI-generated videos. For example, a studio could outright block any use of its famous cartoon character in Sora if it wishes ^[46]. Conversely, a company might allow it but with certain conditions – perhaps only in non-commercial user posts, or only if depicted in a positive/lighthearted manner. This granular control is meant to assuage the fears of IP owners that their brands could be tarnished or misused by the app.

Moreover, Altman announced plans to share revenue with those rights holders who do permit their characters’ use ^[47] ^[48]. In the future, if a particular mascot or fictional character becomes popular in Sora videos, the copyright owner could receive a portion of any monetization that occurs (for instance, if Sora introduces paid features, ads, or a marketplace for premium content involving that character). Altman admitted this revenue-sharing model will “take some trial and error to figure out”, and OpenAI intends to test various approaches within Sora ^[49]. The goal is to craft a sustainable, mutually beneficial framework so that creators can play with well-known IP in their videos with the blessing of the owners, who in turn get compensation and oversight.

This is essentially OpenAI’s pitch: instead of treating Sora as an infringement engine, treat it as a new platform for fan engagement – one that content owners can supervise and even profit from. Not all companies are convinced. Disney, for one, has reportedly opted out of allowing its characters on Sora entirely (at least for now) ^[50]. Sources told Reuters that Disney instructed OpenAI not to let any Disney-owned characters or scenes be generated in the app. Disney’s cautious stance is not surprising given its strict defense of its IP (from Mickey Mouse to Marvel heroes) and its broader concerns about unlicensed AI content. Other Hollywood studios and large IP holders are likely evaluating similar decisions. OpenAI’s team has a lot of outreach and trust-building to do if they want major brands to sign on to this experimental arrangement.

Legal experts note that even with opt-in systems, the liability questions remain tricky. Who is responsible if a user generates a video that infringes someone’s rights – the user, or the platform (OpenAI), or the rights owner who didn’t block it? And how will courts interpret the creation of a new AI video that depicts a copyrighted character? These questions haven’t been definitively answered yet. Gary Kibel, a technology-focused attorney, commented that we may soon see high-profile litigation testing these issues, especially as famous brands discover unlicensed uses of their IP going viral in AI videos ^[51]. OpenAI’s proactive measures might mitigate some disputes, but it’s likely impossible to preempt all conflicts when millions of users can summon any character on a whim.

Indeed, Altman’s moves can be seen as both a goodwill gesture and a defensive strategy. By building in IP management from the start, OpenAI may hope to avoid the fate of Napster or other early disruptors that were crushed by lawsuits. The coming months will reveal if big content players are willing to partner in this grand AI content experiment – or if they’ll choose to fight it in court.

Pushback and Legal Challenges from Content Owners

Despite OpenAI’s calls for collaboration, many creators and rights holders are already pushing back hard against Sora’s use of their content. Nowhere has this been more evident than in Japan’s creative industry, which reacted swiftly and negatively to Sora’s debut. In early November, the Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) – a Japanese anti-piracy coalition whose members include major anime studios like Studio Ghibli and game publishers like Bandai Namco – issued a public letter demanding that OpenAI cease using their members’ works to train Sora 2 ^[52]. The letter argues that OpenAI’s previous “opt-out” approach (where rights holders had to request removal if they didn’t want their IP included in training data) was fundamentally flawed and likely illegal under Japanese law.

CODA’s position is that using copyrighted material in machine learning training without prior permission is a form of infringement, especially when the AI then generates outputs that closely resemble or replicate those protected characters ^[53]. The letter explicitly states that “the act of replication during the machine learning process may constitute copyright infringement,” and notes that Japan’s legal system requires explicit prior permission for such use – there is no automatic safe harbor just because a company offers an opt-out later ^[54]. In other words, from CODA’s perspective, OpenAI should have asked first before ingesting artists’ content to develop Sora’s video model. The group is urging OpenAI to “respond sincerely” to these claims and immediately stop using member content unless permission is granted ^[55].

This strong rebuke came after Sora’s launch on September 30 sparked an “avalanche” of AI-generated videos featuring popular Japanese anime and game imagery ^[56]. Social media was flooded with user-made Sora clips mimicking the style of Studio Ghibli films or dropping beloved manga characters into new scenes. While many fans found it exciting, Japanese creators saw it as a threat to their intellectual property and cultural icons. The situation escalated to the point that the Japanese government formally asked OpenAI to pause or modify Sora’s operations regarding Japanese content ^[57]. Japan’s concern is not just about one or two characters – it’s about an entire industry’s body of work potentially being mined and imitated by an AI without license. This clash highlights a cultural dimension as well: Japan has been protective of anime/manga IP and wary of AI’s impact on artists. OpenAI’s vow (mentioned by Altman) to change from opt-out to an explicit opt-in policy for Sora’s training data going forward may be a direct result of this pressure ^[58].

On a different front, OpenAI also faces a very immediate legal battle over Sora’s features – in this case, not from a content studio but from a tech company that feels its trademark is being violated. In late October, the makers of the Cameo app (a platform where users pay celebrities to record personalized video messages) filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that Sora’s use of the term “Cameo” for its personalized AI avatars is unlawful ^[59]. Cameo (the company) argues that OpenAI not only lifted their brand name, but is also offering a service that directly competes with Cameo’s core business: delivering custom videos of public figures.

In Sora, a user can generate an “extremely realistic AI-generated video featuring a celebrity’s likeness,” effectively giving people a way to get a virtual celebrity greeting without paying or involving the actual celebrity ^[60]. For instance, instead of paying hundreds of dollars for a real video shout-out from a famous athlete on the Cameo platform, a user might use Sora to create a fake video of that athlete saying a desired message. Cameo’s lawsuit points out this scenario and claims that consumers could be confused or Cameo’s brand diluted by Sora’s feature ^[61] ^[62].

Cameo’s CEO, Steven Galanis, said they attempted to resolve the issue privately – essentially asking OpenAI to stop calling the feature “Cameo” – but “OpenAI refused” ^[63]. OpenAI’s response, via a spokesperson, is that they “disagree that anyone can claim exclusive ownership over the word ‘cameo’.” ^[64] They likely chose the term in a generic sense (a cameo appearance), but given it’s also the well-known brand name of the celebrity video service, Cameo sees it as a brazen encroachment. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and an injunction to force OpenAI to drop the name “Cameo” from its app ^[65].

This case will be an intriguing one to watch. It pits a traditional celebrity-content business against a cutting-edge AI platform, and it touches on both trademark law and the rights of individuals (celebrities) to control their likeness. If the suit proceeds, a court may have to weigh whether an AI-generated clip of, say, Tom Cruise arranged by a user is merely a parody/automation (and thus protected or at least not squarely addressed by current law), or whether it infringes the actor’s rights and the Cameo platform’s trademarked service. It’s a first-of-its-kind dispute, and its outcome could set precedents for how AI-generated likenesses and naming conventions are handled legally.

Broader legal challenges are almost certainly on the horizon for Sora. We might see copyright lawsuits if an artist finds that Sora output reproduced a specific protected scene or character. We could see personality rights claims if someone’s image is used inappropriately. OpenAI’s conciliatory measures (like the planned rights-holder controls) might prevent some fights, but the reality is that generative AI is testing the limits of IP law in real time. As one legal expert quipped, the technology is moving fast and “complex legal questions about copyright, brand protection and AI” are inevitable ^[66]. Sora sits squarely at the intersection of those issues, meaning the coming year will likely bring a series of negotiations – and perhaps courtroom showdowns – that will shape the rules of engagement for AI video content.

The Road Ahead: Sora and the Future of AI Video

In a matter of weeks, Sora has demonstrated both the exciting possibilities and the disruptive challenges of AI-generated video. It offers a glimpse of a future where creating a believable video is as easy as typing a sentence – a development that could transform entertainment, education, marketing, social media and more. Yet it also underscores the hurdles that come with such power: ethical use, authenticity, and respect for creators’ rights.

OpenAI is not alone in this race. The growing popularity of Sora has spurred other tech giants to accelerate their own plans. Notably, Meta (Facebook’s parent) recently announced a system called “Vibes” which similarly allows users to create and share short AI-generated video clips ^[67]. Google, which has been researching generative video (as evidenced by its Veo models), is another contender likely to bring forth consumer-facing AI video tools in the near future ^[68] ^[69]. In fact, the competition is already heating up: Microsoft (an OpenAI partner) integrated an earlier Sora model into some of its products, while Google’s labs and startups like Runway have rolled out text-to-video demos that match or exceed some of Sora’s capabilities ^[70]. This means Sora’s window to dominate the market could be narrow – unless its social network effect (the community and content network it’s building) gives it an edge that purely technical demos lack.

For users and creators, the advent of Sora and its rivals could herald a new era of “AI cinematography”. We may see an explosion of user-generated AI films, virtual actors and personalized entertainment. Imagine training your own AI character that can appear in any story you dream up, or quickly storyboarding a video concept by having Sora render each scene. It lowers costs and opens creative video production to people who never had access before. Some optimists even call it the next step beyond the YouTube revolution – moving from user-recorded content to user-generated content.

However, society will have to adjust to a world where seeing is not necessarily believing. The line “What’s your source?” might take on new urgency when videos can be synthetically produced. Media literacy, verification tools, and maybe even legal verification marks (a kind of authenticity badge for real videos) could become important as AI video proliferates. Policymakers are already deliberating how to label AI content and hold platforms accountable. OpenAI and peers have committed to developing watermarking techniques for AI creations ^[71] ^[72], though watermarks can be imperfect. It’s a technical and social arms race: as generative models improve, so must detection and norms around them.

OpenAI’s rollout of Sora also reflects a strategic shift. After ChatGPT’s runaway success with text, and with image generators becoming common, the company clearly sees video as the next frontier. By being first to launch a polished AI video app with a social sharing model, OpenAI has a chance to shape the narrative and standards in this domain. If Sora can navigate its early controversies and continue to delight users, it might do for short-form video what ChatGPT did for conversational AI – making it mainstream. But if it stumbles, whether due to misuse scandals or legal injunctions, it could likewise become a cautionary tale.

At present, the user excitement remains strong. Sora is trending on app stores and social feeds, as people marvel at what it can do. “Sora’s arrival on Android shows how quickly AI video tools are moving from research labs into everyday use,” one publication noted ^[73]. Indeed, what was cutting-edge research not long ago is now something a teenager can play with on their phone. That democratization is profound.

In the coming months, keep an eye on a few key developments around Sora: how OpenAI implements the promised IP controls and monetization for rights holders (will big brands sign on or stay away?), what new features or model improvements arrive (higher resolution videos? longer clips? live video generation?), and how competitors respond (if Meta and Google launch robust alternatives, the space could get even more interesting). Also watch for regulatory or legal actions – for instance, if any government moves to restrict apps like Sora pending better safeguards, or if additional lawsuits emerge from other quarters (musicians? actors’ unions? international regulators).

For now, OpenAI’s Sora stands at the cutting edge of consumer AI. It’s wowing users, unnerving industry giants, and inaugurating a new chapter in the story of content creation. Whether Sora itself becomes the dominant platform or not, it has undoubtedly set the stage for an AI video revolution – one that will challenge our creativity, our laws, and our understanding of reality in the digital age. ^[74]

Sources:

Stephen Schenck, Android Authority – “Sora is finally live on Android, and you don’t need an invite to start creating” ^[75] ^[76]
MC Tech Desk, Moneycontrol – “OpenAI’s Sora app goes live on Google Play for Android users: All the details” ^[77] ^[78] ^[79]
Stevie Bonifield, The Verge – “Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, Square Enix demand OpenAI stop using their content to train AI” ^[80] ^[81]
Chris Welch, Bloomberg News – “OpenAI Brings Sora Video-Generating App to Android Devices” ^[82]
Mrinmay Dey, Reuters – “OpenAI to boost content owners’ control for Sora AI video app, plans monetization” ^[83] ^[84]
Blake Brittain, Reuters – “OpenAI sued for trademark infringement over Sora’s ‘Cameo’ feature” ^[85] ^[86]
Davis+Gilbert LLP (press summary) – “WSJ: OpenAI Wants Brands to Allow Their Mascots in Gen AI Videos” ^[87] ^[88]
Parmy Olson, Bloomberg Opinion – Commentary on Sora (“AI version of TikTok”) ^[89]
Rachel Metz, Bloomberg News – “OpenAI Releases Social App for Sharing AI Videos From Sora” ^[90]
Additional context: OpenAI statements on X, Japanese government communications, and various tech news analyses as cited above.

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