Deepfake case study · Video
Martin Luther King Jr., women on the app deepfake (Nov 2025)
OpenAI's Sora video app allowed users to create videos of people, including deceased celebrities, doing improbable things. The King family spoke out against the use of Martin Luther King Jr.'s image, leading OpenAI…
- Incident date
- Nov 2025
- Target
- Martin Luther King Jr., women on the app
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
OpenAI's Sora video app allowed users to create videos of people, including deceased celebrities, doing improbable things. The King family spoke out against the use of Martin Luther King Jr.'s image, leading OpenAI to pause this ability. The author encountered fetish content being made using their likeness and those of other women on the app.