Plus, the business risk of democratic decline, and African perspectives on democracy and governance.
How OpenAI’s Sora hurts the creative industries Sora is OpenAI’s new generative AI application, which builds on the company’s generative image model and has the ability to translate text-prompt data into high-quality video. Though Sora is still demonstrating certain imperfections, the model’s grasp of object interaction and spatial relationships far exceeds the capabilities of its predecessors. In the first of a two-part series, Nicol Turner Lee and Natasha White explore the impact of Sora on the creative industry, especially among industry film giants, who—if enticed to use the technology—could reinvigorate many of the concerns around copyright and intellectual property protections previously voiced by creators. | More research and commentary The business risk of democratic decline. Autocrats and populist leaders measurably damage their country’s economies, and certain businesses are at particularly high risk. Vanessa Williamson outlines which sectors are impacted the most. African perspectives on democracy and governance. Africa experienced a wave of democratic unrest from 2020-23, with seven countries—Mali, Chad, Guinea, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Gabon—falling to military coups during this time. On a new episode of the Foresight Africa podcast, Landry Signé and Joseph Asunka discuss why and how to reverse the recent trends. | About Brookings The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. Our mission is to conduct in-depth, nonpartisan research to improve policy and governance at local, national, and global levels. If you were forwarded this email, sign up for the Brookings Brief to stay updated on our latest work. | The conclusions and recommendations of any Brookings publication are solely those of its author(s), and do not reflect the views of the Institution, its management, or its other scholars. | |