OpenAI shutters Sora video app to double down on core AI, hardware and robotics

TL;DR
OpenAI will discontinue Sora and its API and Sora.com to refocus on core AI work, hardware, and enterprise products, with a timeline for shutdown to be announced. The company will shift safety oversight, pursue world-simulation robotics research, and explore ways to preserve user-created AI videos; the Disney licensing deal tied to Sora has been dropped.
- OpenAI will shutter Sora video app Axios
- Disney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora The Hollywood Reporter
- OpenAI shutters AI video generator Sora in abrupt announcement The Guardian
- OpenAI Will Shut Down Sora Video App; Disney Drops Plans for $1 Billion Investment Variety
- Disney and OpenAI are breaking up, and it's a big test for new CEO Josh D'Amaro Business Insider
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