Artificial intelligenceOpenAI's Sora creates copyright headaches with Pikachu, Goku videos
Japan publishers frustrated by generative AI with opt-out model for rights holders
OpenAI's Sora generative AI can easily create short videos from user prompts, often with copyrighted characters. (Photo by Masaharu Ban)
Nikkei staff writers
October 4, 2025 01:33 JST
TOKYO -- U.S.-based OpenAI's new Sora generative artificial intelligence has created a flood of videos with characters from popular Japanese franchises such as Pokemon and Dragonball, stoking frustration among publishers about what they view as inadequate intellectual property safeguards.