"Since its launch, Sora users have been gleefully churning out absurd and dark short-form clips that spoof Disney's intellectual property - especially those made by its animation studio Pixar, aping their recognizable aesthetic and often prominently flashing Disney's and Pixar's logos. It doesn't bode well for how fans will end up using the collaboration once it goes online. One of the most popular Sora trends has been to generate Disney-style trailers built on exceedingly dark humor."
"One video shows a Pixar-ified version of the 2008 holocaust movie "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas," in which Pixar Hitler sends the young protagonists into a gas chamber. Or if your poor taste leans towards current events, how about a Pixar-style story about Jeffrey Epstein inviting children to his "amazing" island? Or the opposite of that: a fun adventure movie in which the kids try to escape Epstein's lair instead? Or an anthropomorphic folder labeled "Epstein Files" being buried alive?"
"Other originals include a trailer for "Towers," a montage of a young man's journey to becoming a pilot who - you guessed it - flies his airliner into a pair of skyscrapers, in just one example of a popular subgenre of Sora videos in which Pixar-style characters perpetrate the 9/11 terror attacks. Many are explicitly racist, touting stereotypes targeting Indians and Black people. Cruel gags about people with Down syndrome abound, too."
Disney licensed more than 200 characters from Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, and Pixar to OpenAI for use on Sora starting in 2026. The deal marks the first major licensing agreement between OpenAI and a major Hollywood studio. Sora users have already been generating short-form clips that spoof Disney intellectual property, often imitating Pixar's aesthetic and prominently displaying Disney and Pixar logos. Popular trends on Sora include Disney-style trailers using exceedingly dark humor, including depictions of the Holocaust, Jeffrey Epstein, and 9/11. Many clips are explicitly racist and include cruel gags about people with Down syndrome, raising concerns about future use of the licensed characters.
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