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Re:OpenAI set to discontinue Sora video platform by wongarsu on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @07:08PM (#47510857)
Wasn't video generation one of their big stepping stones towards AGI? "Simulating worlds", reasoning about physics and real world interactions and all that?

Or are they still doing that behind the scenes and just decided that offering it to the public isn't profitable?

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Re:OpenAI set to discontinue Sora video platform by MasterScrat on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @07:16PM (#47510948)
> As we focus and compute demand grows, the Sora research team continues to focus on world simulation research to advance robotics that will help people solve real-world, physical tasks.

β€” https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-discontinues-sora-vid...

So yeah, focusing on world models

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Re:OpenAI set to discontinue Sora video platform by atleastoptimal on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @07:09PM (#47510870)
probably the latter imo, it’s not like they are going to delete all their SORA work
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