As the ChatGPT-maker eyes an IPO, it's ditching Sora in favor of a unified AI assistant and enterprise coding tools.
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Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Comment Loader Save Story Save this story OpenAI said Tuesday it would discontinue Sora , its AI video app, roughly six months after launch.
The company also said it would shutter the Sora API that allowed developers and Hollywood studios to access the text-to-video model.
The move shows how the ChatGPT-maker is trying to focus its efforts ahead of a planned IPO.