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Ryan Morrison

Sora 2 vs Veo 3.1: I tested both AI video generators with 7 audio prompts — here's the winner

A conversation in Sora 2.

Everyone's obsessing over which AI video generator produces the prettiest pixels, but they're missing the point entirely. The real battleground between OpenAI's Sora 2 and Google's Veo 3.1 isn't visual fidelity — it's audio sophistication and spatial realism.

Both models have their quirks. Sora 2's Cameo feature lets you place yourself in scenes beautifully. Veo 3.1 nails cross-scene consistency. But their real value is audio, and both are surprisingly good at it. Unlike other models where audio is an add-on, with Sora and Veo, it's baked into the training data.

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