US EditionOpenAI pulls the plug on Sora, the viral AI video app that sparked deepfake concerns
OpenAI ends Sora after 3 million peak downloads and legal concerns; the shutdown also cancels a $1 billion Disney licensing deal.
- On Tuesday, OpenAI announced it will discontinue its Sora consumer app and API, shuttering the viral AI video platform less than six months after its public launch. The company plans to share timelines for data preservation soon.
- Rising compute demands and a shift toward enterprise priorities prompted OpenAI to redirect the Sora research team to robotics and world simulation research. The move aligns with the company's streamlining ahead of an expected IPO later this year.
- The shutdown collapses a planned three-year licensing deal and $1 billion investment with The Walt Disney Company announced in December 2025. Sources indicate the agreement never finalized and no money changed hands between the companies.
- Disney stated it "respects OpenAI's decision to exit the video generation business" and will continue engaging with AI platforms. Users face uncertainty over preserving communities and content created during the app's six-month operation.
- While Sora exits the market, OpenAI remains focused on developing "agentic" technology for autonomous tasks. Competitors including Anthropic and Google continue advancing their own video generation models in an increasingly crowded landscape.
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(CNN, KYMA) - The artificial intelligence (AI) video-generation app Sora is shutting down. On Tuesday, parent company OpenAI said it's shuttering the standalone app to focus on other priorities, and said it needed to make trade-offs that support its business. The Sora Team confirmed the news in a post on X saying in part, "To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you. What you made with Sora mattered, an…
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