To create life-like deepfakes with Sora’s Cameo feature, OpenAI needs to store your facial and audio data. Canceling your Sora account will also nuke your ChatGPT presence.
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OpenAI’s Sora app has gone viral for letting users create AI-generated videos of themselves. But what does it do with your facial data? Can you delete your account if you change your mind?
OpenAI confirms that it does need to store your facial and audio data for Sora’s Cameo feature, which can create disturbingly real “deepfakes” of your likeness, including your voice.
However, the company has committed to deleting users’ facial and audio data for Cameo if they cancel their account. “Uploaded cameos are kept by OpenAI to use for new Sora videos, and are encrypted at rest and in transit,” OpenAI tells PCMag. “Uploads are automatically deleted within 30 days after users delete them. You can see our retention policies here.”
Still, that policy doesn’t specifically address the Sora app. Rather, it somewhat vaguely says: “We’ll retain your Personal Data for only as long as we need in order to provide our Services to you, or for other legitimate business purposes such as resolving disputes, safety and security reasons, or complying with our legal obligations.
