OpenAI’s new software Sora can generate jaw-dropping video in response to text queries

OpenAI unveiled revolutionary new software that can produce high-caliber video in response to a few simple text queries — a dazzling breakthrough from the ChatGPT maker that could also take concerns about deepfakes and rip-offs of licensed content to a new level.

The technology, called Sora, uses its “deep understanding of language” to create clips of up to one-minute long that include “compelling characters” and “multiple shots within a single generated video,” the company said on a website dedicated to the new tech.

“Sora is able to generate complex scenes with multiple characters, specific types of motion and accurate details of the subject and background,” OpenAI said. “The model understands not only what the user has asked for in the prompt, but also how those things exist in the physical world.”

The Sam Altman-led firm provided a few stunning examples from prompts that were seemingly written for a Hollywood script, according to tech outlet Wired, which was given a sneak peek at Sora’s capabilities.

“Beautiful, snowy Tokyo city is bustling. The camera moves through the bustling city street, following several people enjoying the beautiful snowy weather and shopping at nearby stalls. Gorgeous sakura petals are flying through the wind along with snowflakes,” the prompt read.

Sora turned the three sentences into a vibrant 17-second video — well short of the one-minute limit — that rendered a nondescript couple holding hands while walking along a snow-covered street lined with pagoda-topped shops with the Tokyo skyline in the distance.