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An Oregon federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from sending the National Guard into Portland, as the city contends with hundreds of protestors at an ICE facility.

If you upload an image to serve as the inspiration for an AI-generated video from OpenAI's Sora, "the app will reject your image if it detects a face — any face," writes Mashable." (Unless that person has agreed to participate.) All Sora videos also include a watermark, notes PC Magazine, and Sora banned the creation of AI-generated videos showing public figures. "But it turns out the policy doesn't apply to dead celebrities..." Unlike lower-quality deepfakes, many of the Sora videos appear disturbingly realistic and accurately mimic the voices and facial expressions of deceased celebrities. Some of the clips even contain licensed music... [A]ccording to OpenAI, the videos are fair game. "We don't have a comment to add, but we do allow the generation of historical figures," the company tells PCMag. CNBC reported Saturday that Sora users have also "flooded the platform with artificial intelligence-generated clips of popular brands and animated characters." They noted Sora generated videos with clearly-copyrighted characters like Ronald McDonald, Simpsons characters, Pikachu, Patrick Star from "SpongeBob SquarePants," and Pikachu. (as Cracked.com puts it, "Ever wish 'South Park' was two minutes long and not funny?") OpenAI's "opt-out" policy for copyright holders was unusual, CNBC writes, since "Typically, third parties have to get explicit permission to use someone's work under copyright law"" (as explained by Jason Bloom, partner/chair of the intellectual property litigation practice group at law firm Haynes Boone). "You can't just post a notice to the public saying we're going to use everybody's works, unless you tell us not to," he said. "That's not how copyright works." "A lot of the videos that people are going to generate of these cartoon characters are going to infringe copyright," Mark Lemley, a professor at Stanford Law School, said in an interview. "OpenAI is opening itself up to quite a lot of copyright lawsuits by doing this..."

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Rebecca Lafferty, now a mother of three and a hypnotherapist in Salt Lake City, is the daughter of convicted killer Dan Lafferty, who is serving two life sentences.

Sources say No10's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney has privately said he was not responsible for the Prime Minister's claim that Nigel Farage's migrants policy was racist.

Bad news for anyone who doesn't want to share a bed with a partner who sounds like an asthmatic walrus - snoring is set to dramatically rise in the UK because we are getting fatter.

Leaders of Britain's Jewish community have slammed an Israeli minister for inviting 'thug' Tommy Robinson to visit the country.

The women all dazzled in their glamorous looks as they rubbed shoulders with the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle.

Tom Pritzker, chairman of Hyatt Hotels, is linked to the duke in a most embarrassing way. Now 75, the Chicago-based businessman was accused - like Andrew - of having sex with Virginia Giuffre.

'Man the phones' and 'man the desk' are some of the phrases the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has told its members to avoid in its recently released inclusive language guide.

For most, they are the festive period's centrepiece - but the perfect Christmas tree may little more than a pipe dream this year, as the hottest summer on record has scorched crops.

Strictly was back and bigger than ever for Week Two as the couple's descended on the dancefloor once again. 

Experts warned that those tight shorts could lead to lower sperm counts - and the razor-sharp saddles might not help, either. But there is worse news for the more occasional cyclist.

Paloma Faith has revealed she regularly saw a BBC psychologist while filming the upcoming spin-off Celebrity Traitors.  

He's the highly controversial former valet who was forced to resign three times amid questions over his conduct but we can reveal that the King has had a secret meeting with Michael Fawcett.

The huge retail giant reported a pre-tax loss of £34.3million in the year to February, compared with a profit of £111.5mn the year before, according to company accounts.

Judge Deborah Boardman said that Sophie - formally Nicholas- Roske's actions were 'reprehensible' and that she considered several factors in the sentencing.

A Daily Mail analysis shows that the Met Police has arrested at least 1,984 people for allegedly supporting Palestine Action since it was sanctioned.

Nuchelle Chance, an assistant psychology professor at Fort Hays State University, posted several controversial statements to Facebook following Charlie Kirk's death.

All eyes are usually on Claudia Winkleman when it comes to The Traitors but this year the host, 53, is being challenged in the fashion stakes as several very glamorous stars move into Ardross Castle.

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