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Sora’s shutdown could be a reality check moment for AI video

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24 Mar
Sora by OpenAI discontinued

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p><a href="https://x.com/soraofficialapp/status/2036532795984715896?s=46">https://x.com/soraofficialapp/status/2036532795984715896?s=46</a></p>

OPINION · WHAT · singularityOPEN STORY
25 Mar
Kinda feels like Sora got "laid" off because nobody could justify the compute

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>This decision of theirs might be a signal of where frontier AI is actually heading</p> <p>Sora was impressive, no doubt, but even a short near to

OPINION · WHERE · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
30 Mar
Why OpenAI really shut down Sora

OpenAI's decision last week to shut down Sora, its AI video-generation tool, just six months after releasing it to the public raised immediate suspicions. The app had invited

REPORT · WHAT · TechCrunch AIOPEN STORY
25 Mar
Good alternatives for Sora?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Now that Sora is shutting down, anyone know some good alternatives? I mostly use Sora to generate animated videos, so an alternative would need

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
24 Mar
OpenAI plans to shut down Sora just 15 months after its launch

Move comes amid a reported plan to refocus on business and productivity use cases.

REPORT · WHAT · Ars TechnicaOPEN STORY
24 Mar
SORA IS SHUTTING DOWN???

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I literally just saw the tweet and I cannot believe this is real</p> <p>I genuinely had to read the announcement three times because I thought it

OPINION · WHO · OpenAIOPEN STORY
24 Mar
OpenAI just gave up on Sora and its billion-dollar Disney deal

On Tuesday afternoon, OpenAI announced "We're saying goodbye to Sora," the video generation tool that it launched at the end of 2024, and centered in a massive licensing deal with

REPORT · WHAT · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
24 Mar
Never understood the point of OpenAI’s social video generation app Sora in terms of the company’s mission, nor its market fit.

Never understood the point of OpenAI’s social video generation app Sora in terms of the company’s mission, nor its market fit. Who wants to watch other people’s fake AI videos?

OPINION · WHO · Kashmir Hill (NYT)OPEN STORY
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