OpenAI pulls the plug on Sora, the viral AI video app that sparked deepfake concerns - AP News

OpenAI pulls the plug on Sora, the viral AI video app that sparked deepfake concerns  AP News

OpenAI ends Disney partnership as it closes Sora video-making tool

The move comes less two years after the launch of the AI video app sent shockwaves through the media industry.

Disney CEO’s First Week Marred by ‘Fortnite,’ OpenAI Woes - Bloomberg.com

Disney CEO’s First Week Marred by ‘Fortnite,’ OpenAI Woes  Bloomberg.com

OpenAI Is Shutting Down Sora, Its A.I. Video Generator

The start-up said it would discontinue Sora just three months after signing a multiyear deal to bring Disney characters to the service.

By Cade Metz

OpenAI shutters AI video generator Sora in abrupt announcement

Tech firm ‘says goodbye’ to Sora, made publicly available in 2024, just six months after its launch of a stand-alone app 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 where 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 c...

By Dara Kerr

OpenAI pulls the plug on Sora, the viral AI video app that sparked deepfake concerns

OpenAI said Tuesday that it was "saying goodbye to the Sora app" and that it would share more soon about how to preserve what users already created on the app.

By The Associated Press

OpenAI pulls AI video app Sora as concerns grow on deepfake videos

This is first big step by ChatGPT maker to focus its business on potentially more lucrative areas, such as coding tools.

OpenAI shuts down Sora app amid rising concerns about deepfakes and consent

OpenAI is shutting down its social media app Sora, which went viral last fall as a place to share short-form videos generated by artificial intelligence, but also raised alarms in Hollywood and beyond about the dangers of letting people create AI videos that resulted in nonconsensual images and realistic deepfakes.

OpenAI shutters short-form video app Sora as company reels in costs

OpenAI said it's closing Sora, the short-form video app that went viral after its launch six months ago

OpenAI's Sora decision is all about AI compute

OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images OpenAI pivots from a broad focus to prioritize key projects, shelving the Sora AI video app. CEO of Applications, Fidji Simo, is pushing OpenAI to focus more. Surging AI compute demand is forcing OpenAI to prioritize revenue-generating projects like ChatGPT. Earlier this month, Fidji Simo laid out a sharper strategy for OpenAI: the startup's everything era is over. Now, it's about focus. "We cannot miss this moment becaus...

OpenAI is shutting down Sora video platform, less than a year after launch

OpenAI is shutting down its Sora video platform less than a year after launch, refocusing resources on business and coding tools ahead of a potential IPO. The company is consolidating its consumer offerings into a single 'superapp' combining ChatGPT, Codex, and its browser, aiming to streamline development and enhance productivity.

By TOI TECH DESK

OpenAI Will Shut Down Sora Video Platform

OpenAI said it will discontinue Sora, the generative-AI video creation platform it launched last year, “We’re saying goodbye to Sora. To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you. What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing,” OpenAI’s Sora team said in a statement […]

By Todd Spangler

OpenAI shuts down Sora, pivots to enterprise and developer tools

The Sora-Disney Collapse: What Does It Mean?

Three Hollywood Reporter editors debate the biggest tech news this year.

By Erik Hayden

OpenAI discontinues support for Sora and winds down Disney deal - The Straits Times

OpenAI discontinues support for Sora and winds down Disney deal  The Straits Times

Sora shutting down: OpenAI closing AI video-making app draws sharp reactions; Disney exits investment deal

Sora, the AI video-generating app from OpenAI is closing down, it announced in a statement and Disney is reportedly set to exit the investment deal with OpenAI.

OpenAI Pulls the Plug on Sora Just Months After Launch

At the end of 2024, the company unveiled Sora, a text-to-video AI model that could generate moving images based on user prompts

By Charisma Madarang

OpenAI discontinues support for Sora and winds down Disney deal

In a note to staff about the changes, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company is focusing its efforts on AI agents and a new artificial intelligence model called Spud.

Disney’s $1B Investment In Open AI DOA As Sam Altman Pulls Sora Plug: “The Deal Is Not Moving Forward”

Disney’s much heralded $1 billion investment in Open AI is over as the Sam Altman-led tech giant will be shuttering its standalone Sora text-to-video app “The deal is not moving forward,” an insider tells Deadline of the agreement then House of Mouse CEO Bob Iger reached last year with Altman. It is unclear how much […]

By Dominic Patten

OpenAI Shuts Down Sora Generative Video App, Disney Pulls Out of Investment and Licensing Deal

Sam Altman’s OpenAI has shut down its controversial video generation app Sora, the company announced Tuesday. As a result, Disney has exited the $1 billion investment deal it made last year with OpenAI that would have allowed Sora to license Disney-owned characters and content.

By Jim Vejvoda

OpenAI shuts down Sora video app in shift toward business tools

Artificial intelligence major OpenAI announced on Tuesday that it would shut down its video generation app Sora, only six months after its launch, as the company shifts toward busi...

EA Is Officially Killing Off One Major Video Game Forever

EA is no stranger to shutting down games, and the latest victim stood out as a unique entry in a legendary series despite all of its flaws.

By Ben Brosofsky

OpenAI to shutdown Sora video app in pivot toward business tools

OpenAI announced it will shut down its Sora video generation app just six months after launch, shifting its focus toward business and agentic AI tools. Read More: https://punchng.com/openai-to-shutdown-sora-video-app-in-pivot-toward-business-tools/

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