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.

  • Kühlschrank@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    Yep - they briefly led in video gen but quickly were overtaken by other groups. There are even open source local models that perform really well now.

    They could conceivably catch back up but how does that help them when their priority is chasing the AGI/ASI dragon?