OpenAI Abruptly Shuts Down Billion-Dollar Disney Collaboration ‘Sora’
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Disney was blindsided by the news, sources told Reuters.
A billion-dollar collaboration that Disney and OpenAI once predicted could remake Hollywood instead quietly flamed out Tuesday, its death marked by a single post on social media.
“We’re saying goodbye to Sora,” the Sora team said in the statement.
“To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you. What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing.”
That’s a far cry from the announcement of Disney and OpenAI’s “landmark agreement” just four months ago, where Disney’s then-CEO Bob Iger and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman predicted Sora would “unlock new possibilities in imaginative storytelling.”
Iger said, “The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence marks an important moment for our industry, and through this collaboration with OpenAI we will thoughtfully and responsibly extend the reach of our storytelling through generative AI, while respecting and protecting creators and their works.”
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