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In this week's episode:
OpenAI's Sora faces copyright issues and user complaints about censorship, despite scaling up with new partnerships.
We discuss the proliferation of Sora 2 watermark removers and the challenges in detecting AI-generated content.
Discord reports a major data breach involving 1.5 TB of data and 2 million government ID photos.
A man loses access to nuclear secrets after storing AI-generated 'robot porn' on a government computer.
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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
Sora’s Copyright Gamble:
OpenAI has ticked off Japan: https://www.polygon.com/open-ai-sora-anime-nintendo-ghibli-sam-altman/
Sam Altman vaguely acknowledges need for change: https://blog.samaltman.com/sora-update-number-1
Japanese Digital Minister requests OpenAI change their copyright model: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/16/companies/japan-opt-in-model-sora2/
Users are complaining about how ‘censored’ the model is now: https://www.404media.co/sora-2-content-violation-guardrails-error/
Yet they’re still scaling up, a new 10 gigawatt deal and partnership with Broadcom: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/13/tech/openai-broadcom-power
Sora 2 – Slop, Watermarks, and More:
See example comments: https://www.tiktok.com/@operationinflation/video/7559088883103780110?_r=1&_t=ZP-90W0L8s9CN5
Does C2PA help?: https://c2pa.org/
Tool to verify: https://verify.contentauthenticity.org/
Global Investigative Journalists Network: Reporter’s Guide to Detecting AI Generated Content: https://gijn.org/resource/guide-detecting-ai-generated-content/
Discord’s Oct 2025 Data Breach:
CSN | 1.5 TB of Data and 2 Million Govt ID Photos: https://cybersecuritynews.com/discord-data-breach-sensitive-data/
Discord said their vendor 5CA was responsible, but 5CA says otherwise: https://5ca.com/blog/holding-statement-security-incident/
BleepingComputer spoke with the hackers: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-claim-discord-breach-exposed-data-of-55-million-users/
Man Stores AI-Generated ‘Robot Porn' on His Government Computer, Loses Access to Nuclear Secrets:
https://www.404media.co/man-stores-ai-generated-robot-porn-on-his-government-computer-loses-access-to-nuclear-secrets/
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