How Did the OpenAi Protest Unfurl?
The group created a public webpage that allowed any visitor to use the Sora access that OpenAI had provided to the artists but for their private use and testing.
The Washington Post reports that the stunt was “unusual” because “feedback from early testers is tightly controlled by companies, and harsh criticism is rarely made public”.
It could also be that the artists had signed NDAs. André Allen Anjos, a musician who goes by the name of RAC, is among the people who had been given access but he is not a protester. He said that most artists were “excited about being involved” but was limited in what he could say because of the NDA. Breaking the NDA could see a potential legal wrangle in the future.
The protesters stated: “We are not against the use of AI technology as a tool for the arts (if we were, we probably wouldn’t have been invited to this program).”
