As OpenAI rolls out its new social media app Sora—which allows users to prompt the company’s Sora 2 model to produce fantastical videos of almost anything—there are obvious concerns that the platform could be used to generate deepfakes and otherwise misleading content.

To combat this problem, the company says it adjusted its systems to prevent users from manipulating images of other people, including political leaders like Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, or Emmanuel Macron. If you try to generate an image of a public figure, the Sora app—which is still invitation-only—will generally tell you your prompt violates the platform’s guidelines.

But OpenAI is also using a more analog method of preventing celebrity impersonation: blocking users from even signing up for the platform with certain use

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