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Michael Hoglund

EXPLAINED: Openai shock as firm shuts down popular sora ai video generation app in desperate bid to temper spending | Rare Historical Photos

A smartphone with the Open AI and Sora logos being dispalyed.

OpenAI has been running hot lately: promising to double its workforce, striking a deal with the Pentagon, and raising another $110 billion in funding. But amid all the momentum, one product is quietly bowing out: Sora.

As recently as yesterday, OpenAI was still posting guidelines for the Sora app, which is hardly a sign of impending closure. Yet the company is now doubling down on its enterprise push, announcing the shutdown of one of its most buzzed-about (and then died off) products, Sora.

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