OpenAI Sora 2 Ignites Likeness Debate

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down OpenAI’s Sora 2 update, DeepMind’s vision for video foundation models, California’s sweeping new AI law, and Spotify’s fight against 75 million spammy tracks.

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CHAPTERS:

0:00:00 - Podcast begins

0:01:51 - Jason's Irish tour with Meta Oakley HSNT glasses

0:08:33 - Sora 2 is here (openai.com/index/sora-2)wsj.com/tech/ai/openais-new-sora-video-generat…

0:12:04 - ⁠iJustine's Sora test and promotion⁠ (x.com/ijustine/status/1973126263700332860?s=61)

0:14:32 - OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out (wsj.com/tech/ai/openais-new-sora-video-generat…)

0:19:34 - Foom: all slop, all the time... (watchfoom.com)

0:29:11 - DeepMind says video models like Veo 3 could become general purpose foundation models for vision, like LLMs for text (simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/27/video-models-are…)

0:34:24 - AI Actress Tilly Norwood Condemned by SAG-AFTRA: Tilly ‘Is Not an Actor… It Has No Life Experience to Draw From, No Emotion (variety.com/2025/film/news/sag-aftra-tilly-nor…)

0:40:59 - ’ (variety.com/2025/film/news/sag-aftra-tilly-nor…)CEO of Controversial Startup Vows to Keep Mass Publishing AI Podcasts Despite Backlash (archive.ph/0umI5#selection-1211.0-1211.86)

0:53:07 - Spotify Announces New AI Safeguards, Says It’s Removed 75 Million ‘Spammy’ Tracks (variety.com/2025/digital/news/spotify-new-ai-s…)

0:55:00 - California Governor Signs Sweeping A.I. Law (nytimes.com/2025/09/29/technology/california-a…)

0:56:23 - Hawley and Blumenthal unveil AI evaluation bill (axios.com/2025/09/29/hawley-blumenthal-unveil-…)

1:00:43 - This is Gemini for Home and the redesigned Home app, rollout starts today (9to5google.com/2025/10/01/gemini-for-home-app-…)

1:04:09 - Marissa Mayer Is Dissolving Her Sunshine Startup Lab to make AI digital assistant (wired.com/story/marissa-mayer-sunshine-startup…)

1:06:44 - Introducing Claude Sonnet 4.5 (anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-4-5)

1:08:03 - DoorDash Unveils Delivery Robot, Smart Scale in Hardware Debut (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-30/doordas…)

1:10:02 - Opera launches Neon AI browser to join agentic web browsing race (reuters.com/technology/opera-launches-neon-ai-…)

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