OpenAI is shutting down its Sora app and API. In response, Disney is pulling out of the partnership the two companies signed just last December.
OpenAI has announced that it's discontinuing its Sora AI video app. "We are saying goodbye to the Sora app. To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built a community around it: thank you," the Sora team wrote. The company says it will share more details soon, including timelines for the app and API shutdown, along with instructions for backing up any work users created.
It's still unclear what this means for OpenAI's broader video AI plans. The company initially posted a farewell to "Sora" entirely, then edited the wording to "Sora app." That distinction suggests the underlying Sora video model isn't completely dead.
The original post said goodbye to "Sora" entirely…
… then OpenAI changed it to "Sora App." | Image: Screenshot THE DECODER
