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Amanda Caswell

The 100-Gigawatt Wall: The real reason OpenAI is sacrificing Sora

Disney sora.

It feels like just yesterday Sora 2 rolled out, and the internet collectively held its breath. For a moment, the "waitlist" was the most exclusive club in tech, and the promise was cinematic: any movie you could imagine, delivered in a prompt. But as thousands flocked to the site, the reality shifted from "breathtaking" to "broken," with videos ranging from viral masterpieces to deepfake nightmares.

It felt like the future. But yesterday, that future was officially cancelled.

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