A group of artists and early testers of OpenAI's unreleased text-to-video tool Sora leaked access to the new model in protest after claiming the tool was used for 'unpaid R&D'.
The group released what appeared to be a front-end version of Sora to the AI development platform HuggingFace on November 26, allowing anyone to use the tool for creation. However, it was reported that OpenAI intervened and shut it down shortly after.
The leak was conducted by a group of artists and beta testers under the username 'PR-Puppets'.
“We gained access to Sora and committed to being early testers, red team members, and creative partners. However, we believe we were lured into 'art washing' to tell the world that Sora is a useful tool for artists,” the organization stated.
According to an open letter released simultaneously with the Sora leak incident, the organization claimed that 'hundreds of artists' provided unpaid labor through erroneous testing, feedback, and experimental work, only to find themselves excluded from any compensation or recognition from OpenAI.
Artists claim that OpenAI (now privately valued at $157 billion) unfairly prevents artists and contributors from being compensated for testing, feedback, and development. (Cointelegraph) #feedfeverchallenge