I have to tell you about Sora 2. It’s OpenAI’s new video-generating app that’s both mind-blowing and terrifying.

It’s the first tool from any AI company that lets you give it a prompt, and in literally seconds, you get a full-blown, AI-generated video up to a minute long. The results aren’t perfect, but they’re close. Like Hollywood close. 

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The lighting, camera motion, facial expressions, it’s all shockingly realistic. 

Want to see a golden retriever surfing through Times Square in slow motion? Done. A drone shot of a city being built out of clouds? Easy. 

People are using Sora 2 to generate fake videos of dead celebrities doing things they never did. 

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I’m sure you know that under U.S. law, "defaming" someone only applies to living people, not the dead. That means families and estates have no legal recourse when someone uses AI to humiliate or misrepresent their loved one. It’s a free-for-all right now, and no one’s accountable. 

Even creepier?  

Sora is also being used for stalking and impersonation. All it takes is a photo, and you can make a video of anyone doing anything. Fake crimes, revenge content, political lies, it’s all possible. 

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OpenAI says you need permission to use a person’s face or voice. Yea, like that’s going to stop someone.  

If the guy who runs OpenAI can’t stop his own face from being misused, what chance do the rest of us have? Right now, you can only get Sora 2 as an iPhone app. You’ll need an OpenAI account, and it’s still invite-only, so most people don’t have access yet.  

Sora 2 is an incredible tool. But it’s being abused, and the guardrails are flimsy at best. So from now on, when a video goes viral, you better assume it’s fake until proven real.

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A woman in Texas was shot and killed in a PetSmart parking lot after an argument over not saying "thank you" for opening the door, according to police.

Cecilia Simpson, 41, was shot several times outside a PetSmart in Dallas on Tuesday at around 1 p.m., Dallas police told FOX 4. A witness told police that Simpson held the door open for Keona Zachyua Hampton, 22, at a Five Below store, an arrest affidavit states.

Simpson allegedly became irritated that Hampton didn't thank her for holding the door open, triggering an argument. Simpson and her daughter went to their car and drove to PetSmart, which was in the same plaza.

When Simpson and her daughter entered the PetSmart store, she told employees they were being followed by Hampton. Hampton allegedly walked into the store and began arguing with Simpson's daughter. Hampton exited the store, but returned a few minutes later, when she allegedly started another argument with Simpson.

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After being asked to leave the store, Hampton allegedly threw a bottle at the vehicle Simpson was driving with her daughter in it. According to police, a physical fight then ensued when Hampton took out a handgun and allegedly shot Simpson three times.

Hampton was arrested on Tuesday night during a traffic stop and admitted she got into an argument with Simpson, but claimed she only took out the gun when the situation became physical.

Hampton was booked into jail on a murder charge. Her bail hasn't been set.

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An ER nurse who saw the incident told FOX 4 her perspective on what happened.

"The shooter was saying, ‘Come outside. Let’s handle this outside. Let's fight outside.' And the mom and daughter were just telling her to like go away," she said. "The mother and daughter tried to get in the car to de-escalate the situation but the lady wasn't having it. They started to fight and that's when the lady pulled out her gun and shot her."

The nurse said she performed CPR before paramedics arrived.

"The daughter was next to the mom the whole time. It's hard, you know, because the screaming of a child for her mother is never easy and it's never going to leave my head," she said. "I've been trying not to cry, but just like, you know, being in high school, my mom was such an important person in my life and she's the reason I became a nurse. My whole family is."