"On Tuesday, Robin Willians' daughter, Zelda, took to Instagram to share a plea with followers. "Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad," she wrote. "If you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.""
"The late comedian George Carlin's daughter, Kelly, expressed a similar view. She took to BlueSky to share her experience, writing that videos using her father's likeness are both "overwhelming, and depressing." Assassinated civil rights leader Malcolm X's daughter told the Post that "it is deeply disrespectful and hurtful to see my father's image used in such a cavalier and insensitive manner when he dedicated his life to truth.""
OpenAI's Sora video-generation app launched and quickly reached the top of the U.S. Apple App Store. Experts and creators raised copyright and deepfake concerns as the app appeared to enable creation of well-known cartoon characters and likenesses of public figures. OpenAI curtailed some types of videos but family members of deceased celebrities say protections remain inadequate. Zelda Williams pleaded on Instagram for people to stop sending AI videos of her father. Kelly Carlin described videos of her father's likeness as overwhelming and depressing. Malcolm X's daughter called use of his image deeply disrespectful. OpenAI said it will work with families of recently deceased public figures to remove likenesses.
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