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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 15h

“OpenAI has done more than most to build controls into the system, but the deeper question is this: what does "permission" mean in a world where harm can outrun response?”

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Demystifying Trust and Safety-Special Edition

OpenAI’s Sora Is a Technical Marvel, and a Trust and Safety Stress Test Wearing Lipstick By Daisy Soderberg-Rivkin There's a specific kind of tension that settles in when something is breathtakingly i...

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 1d

we asked for flying cars and instead got AskJeeves for bespoke Internet Research Agency videos

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 1d

lol former Oracle exec: "I remember earlier in my career when I told people I was working for Oracle they would say, ‘Oh you mean the toothbrush company,' and I would say, 'not Oral B, Oracle'

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Who is Larry Ellison, the billionaire Trump friend who's part of the TikTok takeover?

Larry Ellison has a lower profile than other tech billionaires, but his influence over media is about to be immense. His family's empire could soon own CBS, Paramount, CNN and TikTok.

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/06/nx-s1-5560216/who-is-larry-ellison-the-billionaire-trump-friend-whos-part-of-the-tiktok-takeover”

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 1d

feels notable that Sora is dropping in a moment when the AI capex bubble crowd is getting bigger and bigger and everyone is looking around for the next killer AI app and AI investors are really wondering what their return is exactly. the answer: rebranding deepfakes as cameos for a laugh.

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 2d

The name Sora will hit different for criminal lawyers in NY, since a “Sora hearing,” a very common type of hearing, is a reference to the state’s sexual offender registration act

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 4d

Apple bowing to Trump admin’s pressure on ICEBlock invites even more jawboning, says @gshans.bsky.social.

"Compliance will only incentivize further government demands."

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Legal experts condemn Apple bowing to White House's request to remove ICE tracking app

It's the latest example of tech giants bowing to pressure from the Trump administration. Legal experts say the developer of the app has free speech rights that may have been violated.

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 4d

my colleague @gbrumfiel.bsky.social did a great story looking at how Sora’s AI slop machine can collapse our collective sense of reality and create wildly new disinfo problems www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

Kiss reality goodbye: AI-generated social media has arrived

With the launch of Sora 2, OpenAI has opened a new chapter in addictive, and some worry dangerous, AI video content.

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 4d

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 4d

all the videos here were from
prompts i created.

see some on here upset that i’m experimenting with the capacity and limits of new ai, which is part of my job!

i’m just sharing the raw results because it’s interesting and very telling to see how Sora responds to various ridiculous prompts.

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 4d

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 4d

jake paul telling me to please stop doing this

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 4d

me getting arrested outside of erewhon

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 4d

me walking into Canyon Coffee in LA

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 4d

bob ross painting my face

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 4d

@taylorlorenz.bsky.social stealing american flags and MAGA hats from a corner store through cctv footage

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 4d

tupac dancing to ambient music

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 4d

princes diana doing parkour

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 4d

kurt cobain playing pogs

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 4d

Sora has consumed too much of my
last few days, but here’s my favorite slop

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 5d

suppose it’s just cost the cost of being a prompt genius tho!!

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 5d

if @katienotopoulos.bsky.social had to pay the energy bill for her day on Sora, she’d need a mortgage banker

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 5d

Google tells me that earlier today it removed apps similar to ICEBlock from Google Play stores for “violations of our policies,” but didn’t specify the apps

Apple yanked ICEBlock from App Stores today after DOJ pressure

Google says that app was never on Google Play but made a similar crackdown

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 5d

since new Sora dropped i’ve asked Brick to expedite my order

Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 5d

how are the air conditioners doing at OAI data centers rn?

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 8d

“Bots or likely bots authored 44.5% of X posts mentioning Cracker Barrel in the 24 hours after the new logo gained attention on Aug. 20, according to research for ⁦‪@WSJ‬⁩ by PeakMetrics. That number rose to 49% among posts calling for a boycott.”

Bot Networks Are Helping Drag Consumer Brands Into the Culture Wars

AI tools have made coordinated attacks targeting corporations much more common, researchers say.

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