Etienne / TekWhao, 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
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/
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?