"Nintendo has earned its reputation for being fiercely protective of its IP, including the Mario characters and the Pokémon universe. However, OpenAI's newly released Sora 2 has included so many Nintendo characters that it almost seems like it's inviting a legal response from the Japanese gaming publisher. Sora 2 is an AI-powered video and audio production tool, meaning that you can feed a prompt in, much like similar image generators, to create a video from your description."
"According to The New York Times, OpenAI has reached out to major copyright holders and Hollywood stars about being retroactively removed from Sora 2. It's not clear if a similar effort was made to reach out to Nintendo, but the sheer volume of Pokémon and Mario-inspired Sora 2 content suggests that the AI model was heavily trained on Nintendo's IP."
"How will Nintendo respond? It was only a year ago that Nintendo went after AI-generated Mario pictures. It seems unlikely that Nintendo will let Sora 2 pass without taking action, especially since the company is famously litigious. A report earlier this year suggested that Disney is in talks with OpenAI, but the house of mouse decided to sue Midjourney over allegedly misappropriated movies and images."
OpenAI's Sora 2 is an AI-driven video and audio production tool that generates content from text prompts and appears to reproduce numerous Nintendo characters, including Mario and Pokémon, indicating heavy training on Nintendo intellectual property. OpenAI has contacted major copyright holders and Hollywood figures about retroactive removals, though outreach to Nintendo is unclear. Sora 2 also recreates other game properties such as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Portal. Nintendo previously pursued AI-generated Mario images and is likely to respond, given its litigious history. Other rights holders like Disney and several authors have pursued legal action or negotiations with AI firms.
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