OpenAI to Discontinue Sora Video Platform and Related AI Video Products

OpenAI is planning to discontinue the app for its Sora video platform, a product it released to great fanfare last year. The company will shut down all Sora-related products, including:

• The consumer Sora app
• A Sora version for developers
• The video generation feature inside ChatGPT

This decision comes just 15 months after Sora's launch, marking a significant retreat from OpenAI's video generation ambitions. The shutdown has reportedly led to Disney pulling out of a $1 billion investment deal with the company.

The discontinuation of Sora represents a major shift in OpenAI's product strategy, as the company appears to be focusing resources on other initiatives while facing compute limitations and lower-than-expected user adoption for its video generation tools.