OpenAI will shut down the Sora video app after six months of operation—The Wall Street Journal

Investing.com - According to The Wall Street Journal, OpenAI announced on Tuesday that it plans to discontinue its Sora video generation service six months after launching as a standalone app.

The developer of ChatGPT will also shut down the application programming interface used by developers for Sora. The app was released last year, allowing users to insert themselves into famous movie scenes and perform other functions.

This move is part of OpenAI’s efforts to refocus on commercial and coding features ahead of its potential initial public offering in the fourth quarter of this year. The Sora app is powered by a version of OpenAI’s namesake video creation software.

The app allows users to generate short video clips from text prompts, view videos created by others, and remix clips, effectively providing a social network for this AI developer. The free app quickly topped the charts on the Apple App Store but has since declined in ranking.

An OpenAI spokesperson told Bloomberg in a statement: “As our focus and computational needs grow, the Sora research team continues to focus on world simulation research to advance robotics and help people solve real-world physical tasks.”

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