"OpenAI's generative AI platform doesn't have many fans in the creative community, and it seems you can count Trey Stone and Matt Parker among them. The South Park duo largely center this week's episode around the AI video platform, with a plot in which Butters ignites a school-wide scandal after seeking revenge on his ex-girlfriend, Red, by using Sora to generate a video of her farting and getting urinated on by Santa."
"Detective Harrison Yates responds to South Park Elementary and, believing Butters was the victim of an actual assault, attempts to interview him, only to be interrupted by Studio Ghibli creators who threaten Butters with a cease and desist. "It takes hundreds of artists three years to make Totoro. And in two minutes you spit out your shit," they exclaim. "You cannot just do whatever you want with someone's IP.""
"To Detective Yates' horror, more Sora-generated videos featuring South Park students begin popping up, including one of Kenny being assaulted by Popeye and another of Droopy Dog pooping into Stan's mouth. Unable to get any answers, Detectives Yates and his partner, Detective Murphy, decide to try to gain the students' trust by going undercover dressed as Rocky and Bullwinkle: "We're getting no cooperation... Kids won't talk to a cop... We've got to go undercover as one of these predators.""
Sora, an AI video platform, generates explicit deepfake videos of South Park students, triggering a school-wide scandal when Butters uses it to attack his ex-girlfriend Red and she retaliates with a Totoro video. Studio Ghibli creators confront authorities, arguing that Totoro cannot be reproduced instantly and threatening legal action over intellectual property. Detectives Harrison Yates and Murphy investigate but struggle to obtain cooperation, resorting to undercover disguises. Additional Sora-generated assaults appear, escalating confusion. Peter Thiel uses Sora to send AI videos of Cartman to calm Mrs. Cartman while holding Cartman hostage to influence political outcomes. Characters lament loss of control as anyone can fabricate realistic content.
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