SAG‑AFTRA

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Successfully forced OpenAI to tighten Sora deepfake guardrails in late 2025

OpenAI previewed Sora in February 2024, then shut the consumer app on April 26, 2026 and the developer API on September 24. The math never worked: about $1 million a day in compute against $2.1 million in lifetime revenue, with monthly users below 500,000 at the end.

Updated Oct 24

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As of September 2026: Represents some KQED employees in the settlement class; did not respond to comment requests

KQED, the San Francisco public media nonprofit whose newsroom covers wage theft, will pay nearly $900,000 to settle a class action accusing it of the same. More than 580 hourly employees who worked at the station between August 2019 and May 2025 will share about two-thirds of that money.

Updated Sep 7

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As of May 2026: Won industry‑wide AI safeguards for performers; now watching studio–AI alliances warily.

Mickey Mouse just shook hands with the algorithm Hollywood spent two years trying to tame. Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI, letting Sora and ChatGPT Images legally generate short videos and images of more than 200 Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars characters — not the actors who play them.

Updated May 11