OpenAI should stop naming its creations after existing products

In September, OpenAI It launched a way for users to create a digital likeness of themselves that they can use to create a character Deep fake videos. This is one of the core features of Sora, the OpenAI app for sharing Artificial intelligence videos Inside a TikTok style feed. The self-deepfake feature was called “cameo,” and with this prominent feature, Sora quickly rose to the top of Apple’s iOS download charts.

This feature name has led to a trademark lawsuit with veilan app where fans can pay celebrities to record personalized videos. Now, due to legal action, OpenAI has temporarily removed the “Cameo” branding from its site Sister app. The app now refers to the feature as “Characters.”

Creative originality cannot be achieved by… Generative artificial intelligencewhich is built on finding patterns in large data sets, and OpenAI seems to match this derived look with its own naming schemes. In addition to being asked to remove the “veil” from Sora, OpenAI was also recently ordered not to announce his arrival device “io” in response to a separate lawsuit from A A company called “iyO” Which is already building an AI device.

according to Update logs On OpenAI’s website, the company removed the name of the Sora feature more than a week after U.S. District Judge Eumi K. Lee issued a temporary restraining order. The judge’s order prohibited OpenAI from using the word “cameo” or variations of the word. The next hearing, which may decide whether the ban will continue, is scheduled for December 19.

Discussions between Cameo and OpenAI have been “pretty much non-existent,” according to Cameo CEO Stephen Galanis. “They clearly knew Cameo existed. They clearly knew we had trademarks on it,” he said in a call with WIRED shortly after the judge issued the temporary restraining order. “They chose the name anyway.”

He sees this lawsuit as an “existential” battle over the word “hijab” and the app brand he has built over the past eight years. “When people think about that word, it now means something different than real personal connections,” Galanis said. “This means the decline of artificial intelligence.” Galanis claimed that the name of the OpenAI feature was actually hurting Cameo’s visibility in Google search results.

“We disagree with the complaint’s assertion that anyone can claim exclusive ownership of the word ‘cameo,’ and we look forward to continuing to take our case to court,” an OpenAI spokesperson said in an emailed statement.