OpenAI Will Shut Down Sora Video App; Disney Drops Plans for $1 Billion Investment
variety.com
OpenAI is planning to discontinue Sora, the generative-AI video creation platform it launched in late 2024. Disney has ended its partnership for Sora.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44699253

This is clearly a sign that the product failed to draw in enough customers and its viability was overhyped.

Hopefully, it is the start of the AI bubble bursting.

  • 1rre@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    143·
    14 hours ago

    AI image generation is amazing for replacing stock photos, and not bad at replacing clipart and porn images.

    AI video generation is ok at replacing very simple videos without continuity or physics, but their only real applications are for spreading misinformation or mindless scrolling, there’s just no real way to get anyone to pay for them.

    That’s aside from the fact that sora could’ve been great for generating generic stock footage/b-roll, but the way they implemented it was to generate a script, then audio, then video, which meant that it really struggled to generate anything without a focal point, ie what it would actually be useful for.

    • Bongles@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      11 hours ago

      … but their only real applications are for spreading misinformation …

      There’s a ton of that going around with sora, but for all I know it could be a smalll group of people. According to their pricing page, 140 bucks a month normally (50% off right now lol) will get you almost 5000 videos a year. Seems plenty to spread a bunch of shit.