Non-profit consumer advocacy group Public Citizen demanded in a Tuesday letter that OpenAI withdraw its video-generation software Sora 2 after the application sparked fears about the spread of misinformation and privacy violations.

The letter, addressed to the company and CEO Sam Altman, accused OpenAI of hastily releasing the app so that it could launch ahead of competitors.

That showed a "consistent and dangerous pattern of OpenAI rushing to market with a product that is either inherently unsafe or lacking in needed guardrails," the watchdog group said.

Sora 2, the letter says, shows a "reckless disregard" for product safety and people's rights to their own likeness. It also contributes to the broader undermining of the public's trust in the authenticity of online content, it argued.

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