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OpenAI's Sora Is Getting Another Wave of New Features, Including Video Editing

OpenAI’s Sora app adds pet and object AI character cameos plus video editing tools while preparing for an Android release, with 2 million downloads reported.

  • On Wednesday, Bill Peebles, head of Sora at OpenAI, outlined a roadmap adding new creation tools, social upgrades and Android support.
  • Since its late-September debut, Sora has climbed quickly on iPhones with around 2 million downloads and added longer video limits and storyboarding earlier this month.
  • Character cameos will soon allow users to cameo pets, guinea pigs, and stuffed toys, the first editing tool will enable clip stitching, and the generation UI will highlight trending cameos in real time.
  • OpenAI says it will ease moderation and add storyboarding and editing tools to attract professional creators and improve app performance.
  • Ethicists and critics caution that the cameo system raises ethical concerns as convincing videos, despite watermarks, may fool users and bystanders, while reduced moderation contrasts with actors and rights-holders’ industry efforts.
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The Sora application, developed by OpenAI, will allow users to create cameos with images of pets and characters, as part of the functions that are being developed. Currently available only on iOS for the United States and Canada, this artificial intelligence social network offers the possibility to generate and remix videos with content from other users through the Sora 2 model launched at the end of September.One of the platform's biggest attra…

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TechCrunch broke the news in United States on Thursday, October 23, 2025.
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