Artificial intelligence has only advanced and grown stronger since OpenAI released their first model, “GPT-1”. In 2025, OpenAI introduced “Sora 2”, an AI video generation app. Since then, it has acquired mixed opinions and controversy. Thanks to its completely AI-generated videos, Sora has been one of the hottest topics taking over various platforms such as TikTok and Instagram. Despite the app’s original purpose to create realistic and imaginative video content from text descriptions, it is terrifying how realistic the videos have become and how difficult it is to detect them as AI. For example, Jake Paul, a content creator and professional wrestler, has recently become a victim to Sora’s content. Multiple videos surfacing in early October became viral worldwide. Jake Paul has been shown doing makeup tutorials, harassing people in public, and showing off outfits wearing clothing that is very out of character for him (Jake Paul Reference Vid). These videos portray false realities and impersonate others, making them appear to be doing things that never actually happened. 

However, this does not only apply to Jake Paul. In fact, anyone with access to Sora can impersonate others.. You can even scan your own face to make videos of yourself and friends. Although Sora’s videos have a watermark to prove they were AI generated from the app, there is a way to remove the watermark, making the videos nearly indistinguishable from reality. According to The New York Times article “OpenAI’s Sora Makes Disinformation Extremely Easy and Extremely Real”, Sora has created fake videos showing attacks on city streets, protests and other made-up news. This type of content could seriously mislead people about what’s really happening in the world. While false or outdated videos have always spread on social media, AI tools like Sora make it much easier for this kind of content to be created and shown to people, many of whom are most likely going to believe it. This spread of false content goes beyond fake influencer clips or false realities online. It could change how people see major world events and spread fear or confusion during real crises. While Sora has some strict boundaries on the types of videos that can be made, it seems like it’s only a matter of time before these dangerous videos get out of hand and become widespread.