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Earlier this year OpenAI unveiled Sora, a text-to-video AI model, showing off detailed scenes and complex camera motion from relatively simple prompts. It's been radio silence since then, but the company recently granted artists free early access to the tool for testing. However, a group off around 20 of those just leaked access to Sora in protest, saying they were acting as "PR puppets," prompting OpenAI to suspend access, The Washington Post reported. "We received access to Sora with the promise to be early testers, red teamers and creative partners. However, we believe instead we are being lured into 'art washing' to tell the world that Sora is a useful tool for artists," the group wrote on the AI art repository site, Hugging Face. Pointing out that OpenAI recently hit a $150 billion evaluation, they noted that artists have been providing unpaid testing and feedback. The group also noted that all Sora-generated content needed to be approved by OpenAI, making it "less about creative expression... and more about PR and advertisement." The group then said it had released the tool to let anyone play with it, saying it hopes that OpenAI will "support the arts beyond PR stunts." In response, OpenAI shut down early Sora access after just three hours while it looks into the situation. "Hundreds of artists in our alpha have shaped Soras development, helping prioritize new features and safeguards, OpenAI spokesperson Niko Felix wrote in a message to The Post. Participation is voluntary, with no obligation to provide feedback or use the tool. Another artist in the program, André Allen Anjos, chimed in as well saying that the protest artists' stance didn't reflect the views of most artists in the program. Though Sora isn't yet widely available, the tool has been scrutinized over its training materials. In March, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati said she wasn't sure if Sora took training data from YouTube or other video platforms. The next month, YouTube's CEO specifically warned OpenAI that training models on its videos was against its terms of service. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/openai-suspends-access-to-sora-video-generation-tool-after-artists-protest-133015289.html?src=rss
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Alongside a new foldable and flagship phone, Huawei has revealed its first mobile OS made entirely in-house. Its part of Huaweis plans to build a platform entirely free of major US tech sources, both for hardware and software because the company is banned from using some of them. Huawei Case in point: the Mate 70 series follows the Mate 60, the first Huawei smartphone to use a fully made processor in China. Huawei said the new OS still needs several months of refinement to improve the user experience, but the aim is to install it on all future smartphones. While we havent tested it yet, many of the features and screens look rather iOS-inspired, like the drop-down menu. There is also design consistency across Huaweis phones, tablets and foldables. Of course, theres an AI assistant, too, called Xiaoyi. Mat Smith Get this delivered daily direct to your inbox. Subscribe right here! The biggest tech stories you missed Intels CHIPS Act funding cut by over $600 million Amazon Japan hit with a raid over antitrust concerns The best Black Friday deals on gaming X says The Onion cant have Alex Jones Infowars accounts So now it has rules? X filed a limited objection to the transfer of Infowars X accounts to The Onion in a federal bankruptcy court on Monday. Jones assets, including the Infowars website, went into a liquidation auction earlier this month to raise money for the nearly $1.5 billion in damages he accrued in civil trials brought by the family members of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The Onions parent company, Global Tetrahedron, stepped in to purchase the Infowars site after receiving permission from the families to accept a lower bid. X Corporation cites its own terms of service (TOS) agreement in its objection. The TOS states accounts cannot be transferred, gifted, sold or assigned to other parties without Xs express written consent. Continue reading. Uber tries offering coders for hire Its the new gig economy. Ubers new Scaled Solutions division is a platform of analysts, testers and independent data operators, according to the companys website. Bloomberg reports the once in-house team is now offering coders and data labelers to outside companies, like the makers of Pokémon Go and self-driving trucking software company Aurora. According to an onboarding FAQ reviewed by Bloomberg, contractor pay is distributed monthly, based on the tasks contractors complete. Continue reading.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/general/the-morning-after-engadget-newsletter-122522339.html?src=rss
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Another legal complication may have surfaced in The Onions bid to buy the Infowars empire from bankrupt conspiracy media mogul Alex Jones. X filed a limited objection to the transfer of Infowars X accounts to the satirical media empire in a federal Bankruptcy Court on Monday. The objection claims that X Corporations terms of service states the Trustee cannot sell, assign or otherwise transfer such license absent X Corp.s consent, according to court records. X Corporation cites its own Terms of Service (TOS) agreement in its objection. The TOS states accounts cannot be transferred, gifted, sold or assigned to other parties without Xs express written consent. Because the X accounts are governed by the TOS, the TOS make clear that X accounts are X Corp.s exclusive property, according to Xs court filing. Jones assets including the Infowars website went into a liquidation auction earlier this month to raise money for the nearly $1.5 billion in damages he accrued in civil trials brought by the family members of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Jones was found liable for spreading rumors about the victims family members that the Sandy Hook shooting was staged as a false flag attack. The Onions parent company Global Tetrahedron stepped in to purchase the Infowars site after receiving permission from the families to accept a lower bid and forgo a portion of the sale to pay Jones other creditors. Onion CEO Ben Collins announced the deal on his Bluesky account as well as the newspapers plans to turn Infowars.com into a very funny, very stupid website. US Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez halted the deal calling for an evidentiary hearing to review the auction process. The auctions trustee Christopher Murray said in court that Global Tetrahedrons bid was not the highest offered but the sale price included a legal clause citing its deal with the families. The Associated Press reported Monday that Lopez will hear arguments on the trustees sale of Infowars to The Onion on December 9 or 17 in order to ensure a fair and transparent process.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/social-media/x-says-the-onion-cant-have-alex-jones-infowars-accounts-000006993.html?src=rss
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