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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Dara Kerr

OpenAI shutters AI video generator Sora in abrupt announcement

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Sam Altman, the OpenAI chief executive. Photograph: Kylie Cooper/Reuters

In an abrupt announcement on Tuesday, OpenAI said it was “saying goodbye” to its AI video generator Sora. The move comes just six months after the company’s splashy launch of a stand-alone app with which people could make and share hyper-realistic AI videos in a scrolling social feed.

“To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you,” the company wrote in a post on X. “What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing.”

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