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Podcast: Tech Gumbo
Episode: AI Actress Sparks Hollywood Uproar, OpenAI’s Sora 2 Shocks the Internet, and Sam Altman Warns of an AI Bubble
Description: News and Updates:
An AI actress named Tilly Norwood, created by Dutch producer Eline Van der Velden, ignited outrage in Hollywood. SAG-AFTRA condemned her as a threat to human performers, calling her “a computer-generated character” built on unpaid human work. Stars including Whoopi Goldberg and Emily Blunt slammed the concept as unethical and dehumanizing.
OpenAI’s Sora 2 marks a major leap in AI video generation, producing realistic clips with accurate physics, synchronized sound, and multi-shot continuity. While hailed as groundbreaking, experts say full movie production remains far off, as the model is limited to 60-second clips and risks recycl...