Pls opensource Sora 2
What we have, as of March 25th, is a request — pointed and public — for OpenAI to open-source Sora 2, the next iteration of its text-to-video model. The original Sora made headlines when OpenAI demonstrated it in early 2024, showing uncanny video generation that felt like a step-change in what diffusion models could produce. It was never open-sourced. The community noticed. Now, with a sequel presumably in development or already in limited deployment, someone is making the ask out loud, in a forum where OpenAI's own people are listening. Whether that someone is a researcher, a developer, or a frustrated power user, the sentiment behind the request is real even if the story itself is thin.
If confirmed — meaning if OpenAI actually responded to or acted on this request — here is what it means. Open-sourcing Sora 2 would be one of the most consequential model releases in the history of generative video. It would immediately democratise capabilities that currently require either OpenAI API access or expensive proprietary tooling, putting cinematic-quality video generation into the hands of indie developers, artists, and researchers who have been working around the edges with open alternatives like CogVideoX and Wan. The second-order effect is more interesting: it would put enormous competitive pressure on Runway, Kling, and every other commercial video generation platform, compressing their runway — no pun intended — from years to months. It would also force a conversation about synthetic media responsibility that the industry has been quietly deferring.
Watch for any official OpenAI response to open-source advocacy, or any leak suggesting Sora 2 has reached a state of completion that would make a public release strategically viable rather than purely philanthropic.
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hear me out. The model is deprecated. It's not making OpenAI money anymore. Nobody is actively building new products on it. It's basically a
<!-- 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>
<!-- 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
<!-- 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
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>With sora 2 pro finally available and everyone comparing it to what google and kling are doing, I wanted to share an actual side by side
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>OpenAI just shut down Sora only ~6 months after launch.</p> <p>Not because it didn’t work — but because:</p> <ul> <li>it was too expensive to
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>cant ban something thats opensource</p> </div><!-- SC_ON -->   submitted by   <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/KeyGlove47">
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>The reason im saying this is because I've read the news.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON -->   submitted by   <a
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