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OpenAI shuts down Sora video app, ending Disney's $1 billion deal
OpenAI has announced the shutdown of its AI video generation app Sora, launched in late 2024, just 15 months after debut. This move also cancels the $1 billion licensing partnership with Disney, which had licensed over 200 characters for Sora and planned a major equity investment.
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- Ars Technica on Sora shutdown and Disney dealarstechnica.com
- The Verge on OpenAI ending Sora apptheverge.com
- The Guardian on Sora shutdowntheguardian.com
- OpenAI now gets to decide which type of product assassin it will becomeThe Register AI + ML (Atom)
- Sora's app and API are dead but OpenAI hints the video model lives on inside ChatGPTThe Decoder AI in practice