OpenAI Will Shut Down Sora Video Platform; Disney Drops Plans for $1 Billion Investment

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By Todd Spangler

Todd Spangler

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OpenAI said it will discontinue Sora, the generative-AI video creation platform it launched in late 2024, without providing a reason for the decision.

“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 Tuesday.

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