OpenAI on Tuesday said it will discontinue its once-viral AI video app, Sora, 176 days (or about 6 months) after it was initially released. It bravely asked the question: Do we really need this? For once, it came to the right answer. No, no, we do not.
This is the biggest, most public project OpenAI has killed. While it certainly shows a lack of confidence in the generative media side of things, I don’t think it’s a sign that the AI industry is collapsing. (Sorry if that’s what you were hoping for.) The true story is a bit deeper.
If OpenAI had wanted to build the best AI video tool or invent a new kind of social media, it could and would have. But Sora is an odd duck. The second-generation model is impressive, nabbing a slot in CNET’s ranking of AI video tools. But the social media app is bizarre. Half
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