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GLBOpenAI shutting down Sora, Disney withdrawing OpenAI investment stake
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TenserknotThu, Mar 26
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KingNothing343Thu, Mar 26
Pushee-RiThu, Mar 26
kwerkxWed, Mar 25
lol the shit is circling the drain
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/openai-shutting-down-sora-video-disney-1236698277/
https://apnews.com/article/openai-closes-sora-ai-c60de960536923f33edc04b92ddbe1cd
https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-set-discontinue-sora-video-platform-app-wsj-reports-2026-03-24/
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/24/tech/openai-sora-video-app-shutting-down
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/openai-shutting-down-sora-video-disney-1236698277/
https://apnews.com/article/openai-closes-sora-ai-c60de960536923f33edc04b92ddbe1cd
https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-set-discontinue-sora-video-platform-app-wsj-reports-2026-03-24/
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/24/tech/openai-sora-video-app-shutting-down
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FYI when I posted this, the forum software held it so I made a separate post without links, I wouldn't normally double post
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Perhaps OpenAI now needs all its energy (both literally and figuratively) for its war games with that jerk P. Hegseth, now that Anthropic has refused to work with that scumbag on moral grounds?
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Wed, Mar 25imo this is just Microsoft making OpenAI turn off the money furnace, I think they're just cutting their losses
it turns out building hundreds of giant server farms to make awful 5 second videos of people with an extra leg is maybe not infinite profit after all, who knew!
it turns out building hundreds of giant server farms to make awful 5 second videos of people with an extra leg is maybe not infinite profit after all, who knew!
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Thu, Mar 26@ArtbyMel
Yes, you're 100% right! So there are still people with a conscience out there
After OpenAI's decision, there wasn't just a massive backlash (aka Shxtstorm) - there were also countless accounts that were deactivated. So even more people with a conscience
Yes, you're 100% right! So there are still people with a conscience out there
After OpenAI's decision, there wasn't just a massive backlash (aka Shxtstorm) - there were also countless accounts that were deactivated. So even more people with a conscience
With an IPO valuation coming, someone probably said "Hide the porn." No doubt whatsoever that some form of sora will be back; but after a high valuation, high IPO price, and massive windfall for the investors.
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Thu, Mar 26according to openAI, nothing, they are just getting out of the generative video business period
probably because microsoft turned off the money hose for that trash
probably because microsoft turned off the money hose for that trash
or Disney just decided to take the AI generation production in-house.
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Thu, Mar 26they might do that, but from the sequence of events it really sounds like Disney was caught by surprise, their announcement they were ending their planned deal with OpenAI came about a half a day after the Sora closure announcement.