AI video tool, to some 300 visual artists and filmmakers to "gain feedback" on the technology. The tech company got it - but not the kind it was hoping for. On Tuesday, a group of Sora testers released a version of the tool publicly alongside a manifesto decrying OpenAI's program as exploitative and "more about PR and advertisement.

OpenAI shut down its highly anticipated video generation service Sora, after artists invited to test its capabilities staged a protest that allowed anyone to use it.

A group of artists appears to have leaked access to Sora, OpenAI's video generator, in protest of what it's calling duplicity and "art washing" on OpenAI's part.