After Sora 2 was used to relentlessly churn out depictions of Japanese anime and video game characters, the creators of those characters are striking back.

On October 28, a group representing Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, Square Enix, and other major Japanese publishers submitted a written request to OpenAI demanding that it stop using their copyrighted content to train the video generating AI tool.

The move, as first reported by Automaton, is the latest example of Japan signaling protectiveness of its art and media against an AI industry that catapulted itself to extraordinary heights by devouring copyrighted works en masse without permission or compensation.

In a statement, the group, called the Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), said that it had determined Sora 2 is abl

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