OpenAI to shut down AI video app Sora
OpenAI announced that it would discontinue its generative AI video creation app “Sora” released last year, without disclosing the reason.
The company behind ChatGPT released Sora in September in an attempt to garner attention and potentially advertising dollars following short-form videos on TikTok, YouTube, or Meta-owned Instagram and Facebook.
But a growing number of advocacy groups, academics, and experts have raised concerns about the risk of having people create AI videos about just about anything they can type into a prompt, leading to the proliferation of nonconsensual images and realistic deepfakes amid a sea of benign “AI slop.”
“We say goodbye to Sora. We thank everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built a community around Sora. What we create with Sora matters, and we know this news is disappointing,” OpenAI’s Sora team said in a statement Tuesday.
The statement added: “We will share more information soon, including timelines for our apps and APIs, and details about preserving your work.” OpenAI did not respond to requests for additional information.
The company added that trade-offs need to be made for products with higher computing costs.
Sora’s decision marks the end of a massive $1 billion deal between Disney and the ChatGPT maker that was announced a little more than three months ago.
As part of a three-year agreement, Disney announced it will invest $1 billion in OpenAI and lend more than 200 iconic characters to short AI-generated videos. U.S. tech giants’ AI spending reaches $700 billion
