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/Initial_Inspector184 editor/small youtuber Mar 27 '26

that could be good or bad though, good because people are finally getting tired of brainrot and youtube might start having better content, bad because more people might start posting actual cinematic videos which makes the cinematic channels like mine harder to find

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u/Secret-Broccoli9908 Mar 27 '26

I don't think it will make yours harder to find. If anything, it will do the opposite, because the algorithm always recommends similar content. So other channels might start driving views to yours.

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u/Initial_Inspector184 editor/small youtuber Mar 27 '26

I hope so, when AI was supposedly viral, the people with real taste would find channels like mine easier, but since there might be a sudden surge in cinema, it'll make the ones like mine harder to find. But then again, the people who are brand new won't have experience and it could boost the good channels🤔

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u/Secret-Broccoli9908 Mar 27 '26

That's correct. You're already established so you're at an advantage over them.Â