‘Legacies condensed to AI slop’: OpenAI Sora videos of the dead raise alarm with legal experts

The video app can produce realistic deepfakes of Marx shopping and MLK Jr trolling. Some say using historical figures' is the company's way of testing the legal waters

Last night I was flicking through a dating app. One guy stood out: Henry VIII, 34, King of England, nonmonogamy". Next thing I know, I am at a candlelit bar sharing a martini with the biggest serial dater of the 16th century.

But the night is not over. Next, I am DJing back-to-back with Diana, Princess of Wales. The crowd's ready for the drop," she shouts in my ear, holding a headphone to her tiara. Finally, Karl Marx is explaining why he can't resist 60% off, as we wait in the cold to get first dibs on Black Friday sales.