“South Park” came out swinging against OpenAI’s Sora 2 app and the rising copyright concerns that have emerged following its release.
In Wednesday’s new episode, titled “Sora Not Sorry,” Butters found himself in an AI war with Red, who he was beefing with over a Labubu scheme. After Butters created an AI video, which saw Santa peeing on Red, the latter responded by using Sora to make a sex tape of Butters and the fan-favorite Studio Ghibli character, Totoro.
The video quickly sparked controversy in South Park, prompting the police to respond and interview Butters about the alleged abuse from Totoro — who cops believed was a “predator.” At the same time, representatives from Studio Ghibli touched down in South Park, where they hit Butters with a cease-and-desist over the sex tape featuring their character.
However, that didn’t stop the AI war from raging on, resulting in a number of IP characters surfacing in X-rated videos made by the students of South Park.
Eventually, Butters and company stood trial against the beloved animated dog Bluey, who went after the students for creating a video of her “going to the bathroom in a very, very bad place.”
The AI plotline also made its way to Washington D.C. after Donald Trump and JD Vance consummated their love in the Lincoln Bedroom. Yet, after footage of their encounter was leaked on Fox News, the president called the tape “fake” and blamed it on Sora 2.
Comedy Central teased the AI-centric episode ahead of the episode, noting in an episode description: “Butters’ Al revenge plan backfires, igniting an epidemic of fake videos at school that leaves Detective Harris struggling to tell fantasy from reality.”
The episode marked the third episode for Season 28, which was unexpectedly announced back in October. So far, the new season has continued the plotline involving Trump’s love child with Satan, taking multiple shots at the president and the administration along the way.
“South Park” will air its next episodes on Wednesday Nov. 26 and Dec. 10. Past episodes are now streaming on Paramount+.
More to come…
