{"id":1535093,"date":"2026-03-24T22:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/G6HZcGKKEhoDChNvVibjjA"},"modified":"2026-03-24T22:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:05:07","slug":"openai-discontinues-sora-video-generation-app-disney-pulls-out-of-1-billion-investment-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/openai-discontinues-sora-video-generation-app-disney-pulls-out-of-1-billion-investment-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI discontinues Sora video generation app, Disney pulls out of $1 billion investment deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The bell has tolled for Sora, OpenAI’s video generation tool that once cranked out a very popular clip of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stealing graphics cards from Target<\/a>. OpenAI announced that it is “saying goodbye” to the tool, less than six months after the launch of Sora 2 appeared to cause significant nervous sweating<\/a> among Hollywood executives.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re saying goodbye to the Sora app,” OpenAI announced via the official Sora account on X. “To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you. What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing. We\u2019ll share more soon, including timelines for the app and API and details on preserving your work.”<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re saying goodbye to the Sora app. To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you. What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing.We\u2019ll share more soon, including timelines for the app and API and details on\u2026March 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A Wall Street Journal<\/a> report says the end of the Sora app is part of a broader shift that will see the company move away from products that use its video models. A version of Sora for developers is also being discontinued, according to the report, and video functionality in ChatGPT will also no longer be supported. OpenAI is instead looking to focus its effort and resources on productivity tools, such as the desktop “superapp” that will combine ChatGPT, the Codex coding platform, and Atlas web browser.<\/p>\n

Sora was tremendously popular when it launched last year, but it also opened the door to some significant copyright headaches thanks to its ability to quickly and easily generate videos featuring properties belonging to other people, all without permissions\u2014such as this one featuring Altman saying “I hope Nintendo doesn’t sue us” as various Pok\u00e9mon frolic in the background.<\/p>\n

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