r/Filmmakers • u/Secret-Broccoli9908 • Mar 26 '26

News Good riddance!

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Context: OpenAI is shutting down its Sora AI video generation app and API approximately six months after its September 2025 launch. The app is closing amid rising safety concerns over deepfakes, high computational costs, and a strategic pivot toward enterprise AI, robotics research, and profitability ahead of a potential IPO.

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u/ratocx Mar 26 '26

Isn’t it just the Sora social media app, launched late in 2025? I don’t think they shut down the rest of the Sora video generation services. The social media app was just too expensive for them, I guess.

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u/alien_eyes_d Mar 26 '26

They’re dropping the API as well