Why OpenAI's Pivot After Sora and Disney Deal Is a Surprising One

Sam Altman Opens Up About Telling CEO of Disney That It Had All Been Smoke and Mirrors

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has finally dished on Disney’s reaction to his decision to kill the company’s AI video generator app, Sora — scuttling a billion dollar deal the two giants had planned.  Given the amount of money Disney was prepared to invest, and the suddenness of the decision, speculation abounded on the drama behind the scenes. But in an interview on the “Mostly Human” podcast — the first he’s given since the Sora news — Altman insists t…

Why OpenAI's pivot after Sora and Disney deal is a surprising one

Fresh off its decision to shutter its video app Sora — and 86 a $1 billion investment partnership from Disney — Sam Altman rebounded by…...

Sam Altman’s Open AI “Working Hard With Disney To Find A World Where They Can Still Do Something Amazing” Post Sora

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company abruptly shuttered its Sora video platform to focus on its “compute and our product capacity,” acknowledging that in the process he scuttled a landmark partnership with Disney which had agreed to invest $1 billion in the AI video generation tool. “I love Sora, I love generating videos, and […]

Sam Altman Felt ‘Terrible’ Telling Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro About OpenAI’s Decision to Kill Off Sora, Says Companies Still Looking to Collaborate

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman 'felt terrible' breaking the news to Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro that the AI giant was killing off the Sora video-gen platform before Disney was able to launch its characters in the system.

Sam Altman Says OpenAI Is Still in Talks With Disney After Sora Shutdown

OpenAI is still talking to Disney about a deal after Sora shutdown.