tante2d ago

OpenAI kills their Sora Video generator.

Which isn't that surprising TBH:
- it is massively expensive to run
- the results were not that usable
- it was a lawsuit generator

So in order to keep the numbers looking better till their IPO at the end of this year they are starting to cut shit. Just an indicator that things are not looking good cashflow-wise.

Show threadoatmeal2d ago
@tante also speaking of hype dying out hopefully, there are enough free alternatives to get simple jobs done for casual users (ie summaries or translation). I’ve stopped using #Mistral when I realized it was in fact running on USA infra and now using #xPrivo which is 100% EU and open source (even self-hosted option). Canceled my #Claude subscription a month ago.
Show threadGustavo2d ago

@oatmeal @tante I guess people that like that are using alternatives.

Well, the people on my church are, every month they present a 5 minute AI-generated parody of some TV show featuring people from the church and the current month events. From the video style, looks like they are using Google's thing. 

Show threadBornach22h ago

@qgustavor @oatmeal @tante
"free" alternatives

With Sora gone, there is little reason for Google to keep their own AI video generator money pit running. Those unrealistically low tiers will soon vanish.

The same applies to code generation. Even $200/month is still only being sustained by continuing investor funding rounds.
https://youtu.be/oAbpVCn-Ox0

AI Bubble: Nobody will pay for unsubsidised AI | Ed Zitron

YouTube
Show threadoatmeal
@bornach by free I mean open source-ish like operator running open weights models on their own infrastructure. xPrivo runs their own model in the EU and no logging. I think it’s obvious that as the hype will die out local models will still be used widely. They’re useful for some use cases and of course are utilities not ai and none of the bullshit we now have to be dragged through until the media finds something else to click bait to death.
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