OpenAI teases ‘Sora,’ its new text-to-video AI model

OpenAI on Thursday teased its text-to-video artificial intelligence model Sora, which can generate videos up to a minute long based prompts users type into a text box.

Want to see a turtle riding a bike across the ocean? Now, generative AI can animate that scene in seconds.

OpenAI on Thursday unveiled its new text-to-video model Sora, which can generate videos up to a minute long based on whatever prompt a user types into a text box. Though it’s not yet available to the public, the AI company’s announcement roused a frenzy of reactions online.

AI enthusiasts were quick to brainstorm ideas around the potential of this latest technology, even as others raised immediate concern over how its accessibility might erode human jobs and further the spread of digital disinformation.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman solicited prompt ideas on X and generated a series of videos including the aforementioned aquatic cyclists, as well as a cooking video and a couple of dogs podcasting on a mountain.

“We are not making this model broadly available in our products soon,” a spokesperson for OpenAI wrote in an email, adding that the company is sharing its research progress now to gain early feedback from others in the AI community.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/openai-sora-video-artificial-intelligence-unveiled-rcna139065

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