"stop Ripping Off Manga and Anime," Japan's Government Warns Openai
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Japan's government warns OpenAI against using manga and anime to train AI models without permission, raising concerns about intellectual property and cultural sensitivity.
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> Shiozaki, in a separate X post (translated), noted that Sora 2 refuses to generate characters owned by U.S. entertainment giants, like Disney:
> “When I tried inputting prompts into Sora2 myself, it generated footage of popular anime characters with a quality indistinguishable from the originals, one after another. Yet, for some reason, characters owned by major U.S. companies, like Mickey Mouse or Superman, didn't appear.
> “This was clearly an imbalance and potentially a serious issue under copyright law. The efforts and sensibilities of Japanese creators, who have led the world, were at risk of being disregarded.”