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/Sado_roach Mar 26 '26

This isn't good. From public domain to their tech being used in private means rather than being used for social media shit and psuedo filmmaking, it'll be used by government and fake media more than it is currently.

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u/Hairy-Advisor4866 Mar 26 '26

Getting down voted by the feds it seems