Etienne / Tek

Whao, what’s going on there: OpenAI shutters AI video generator Sora in abrupt announcement

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/24/openai-ai-video-sora

OpenAI shutters AI video generator Sora after just six months

App that allowed people to make and share AI videos was popular but received criticism for racist and violent content

The Guardian
Mar 25 at 10:01pmWeb
Show threadEtienne / Tek16h ago
It is confirmed by TechCrunch : Sora was burning around $1 million every day. The problem is that there was no clear revenue for Sora and in the meantime, Claude was becoming better at coding, which actually makes money
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/29/why-openai-really-shut-down-sora/
Why OpenAI really shut down Sora | TechCrunch

OpenAI's decision last week to shut down Sora, its AI video-generation tool, just six months after releasing it to the public raised immediate suspicions. The app had invited users to upload their own faces — so was this some kind of elaborate data grab?

TechCrunch
Show threadJay Thoden van Velzen ☁️​🛡️​5d ago
@tek i am guessing deep red negative cashflow. This must be one of the more expensive ones to run/operate
Show threadEtienne / Tek5d ago
@jaythvv Possibly but stopping a project because it burns too much cash is a new thing for OpenAI