OpenAI Just Killed Its Video Tool and Disney Found Out 30 Minutes After Their Last Meeting
OpenAI suddenly shut down Sora, its AI video generator, leaving Disney and other partners completely blindsided.
If you thought corporate breakups were messy, wait until you hear this one.
OpenAI just pulled the plug on Sora, its AI-powered video creation tool that was supposed to revolutionize how we make movies, ads, and everything in between. But here's the wild part: Disney's team was literally in a meeting with OpenAI about a Sora project on Monday evening. Just 30 minutes after that call ended, Disney got the news that Sora was dead.
Imagine working on something with a partner, hanging up the phone, and then getting a text that says "by the way, that thing we just talked about? It's gone." That's basically what happened.
This video covering the story racked up over 575,000 views on YouTube in just one day, and people are not happy. Creators and studios had started building entire workflows around Sora, and now they're scrambling to figure out what comes next.
The big question everyone's asking: Why? Some insiders suggest the technology wasn't living up to expectations, while others think OpenAI is pivoting its resources toward something bigger. Either way, a lot of people just got left holding the bag.
As reported by Reuters.
Source: Reuters / YouTube
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