Openai Pauses Sora Video Generations of Martin Luther King Jr
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OpenAI temporarily paused its Sora video generation feature for content related to Martin Luther King Jr, sparking discussion about AI-generated content and historical representation; the single comment on the post questioned the reasoning behind this decision.
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