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Sora Shuts Down This April 26th: the Academy Analyzes What Shows Its Closure on the Real Limits of Video Generation Ai

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OpenAI has shut down this April 26th Sora, its AI video generation app, exactly six months after the release of Sora 2 that in September 2025 had scaled to number one in the App Store and exceeded a million downloads in less than five days. The API will be operational until September 24, 2026, giving developers scope to migrate integrations. The shutdown comes after the user count dropped below 500,000 from the first month maximum and the operat…
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OpenAI has shut down this April 26th Sora, its AI video generation app, exactly six months after the release of Sora 2 that in September 2025 had scaled to number one in the App Store and exceeded a million downloads in less than five days. The API will be operational until September 24, 2026, giving developers scope to migrate integrations. The shutdown comes after the user count dropped below 500,000 from the first month maximum and the operat…

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WWWhat's new broke the news on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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