OpenAI Expands Sora 2 Access Amid Warnings on AI’s Harm to Children
OpenAI Expands Sora 2 Access Amid Warnings on AI’s Harm to Children
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OpenAI has significantly expanded access to its advanced video generation model, Sora 2, introducing longer video capabilities and new creation tools, even as an Australian education minister warns that AI chatbots are actively harming children.
OpenAI has begun rolling out broader access to Sora 2, including new features aimed at enhancing creative control, as reported by Maktoob Media.
The new version allows users to generate significantly longer videos, moving beyond the short clips of the original model. The expanded access also includes a web version, making the powerful text-to-video tool available outside of the previous restricted interface. Crucially, Sora 2 now includes storyboard and editing tools, granting professional users greater control over narrative structure, scene progression, and fine-tuning elements within the generated video content.
In a contrasting development, Australia’s Education Minister raised an alarm over the potential negative impacts of AI tools, specifically warning that AI chatbots are hurting children, according to The Guardian.
The minister announced a new anti-bullying plan designed to tackle the ways AI platforms are being weaponized against students. Concerns focus on how chatbots can be manipulated to generate malicious content, spread misinformation, and facilitate new forms of online harassment and bullying, underscoring the severe social risks accompanying the rapid advancement of generative AI technology like Sora.
