Earlier this week, OpenAI announced the development of a new generative AI model named Sora, which is capable of generating videos up to a minute in length based on a text prompt. Much of the video generated by Sora is of sufficient quality to be mistaken for real footage by a casual viewer, which provides a powerful tool for those who wish to use video content for deceptive purposes. Additionally, the mere existence of this technology makes it easier for dishonest actors to falsely claim real video footage is artificially generated (a phenomenon known as the “liar’s dividend”). there is no spoon, except for the three seconds when there isAlthough the quality of the videos produced by Sora is impressive, there are a variety of anomalies present indicating the synthetic origin of the content. For example, a brief video shared by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman of a woman cooking includes a segment where a spoon appears out of nowhere in the cook’s hand for just long enough to stir the contents of the bowl in front of her, after which the spoon spontaneously vanishes. There are other oddities present as well: why does this person store eggs precariously on the edge of a shelf rather in the refrigerator? What’s the deal with the diagonal rolling pin in the background and what principle of physics holds it in place? The cook’s body language is also unnatural — the head in particular doesn’t stay in sync with the body over the course…Seeing isn't always believing: video edition