OpenAI suspends Sora depictions of Martin Luther King Jr. following a request from his family

Photo: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial located in downtown Washington, DC. Photo credit: National Park Service via Flickr. Public domain. Article by Mariella Moon. Engadget – October 17, 2025.

OpenAI has paused video generations of Martin Luther King Jr. on Sora at the request of King Inc., the estate that manages his legacy. The company said in an announcement on X that it worked with the estate to address how his “likeness is represented in Sora generations” after people used the app to create disrespectful depictions of the American civil rights leader. […]

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