8 wild Sora AI videos generated by the new OpenAI tool you need to see

'A half duck half dragon flies through a beautiful sunset with a hamster dressed in adventure gear on its back.'
By Christianna Silva  on 
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OpenAI just announced Sora, an AI model for generating videos. They look exactly how you think they might.

On Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X asking users to "reply with captions for videos you'd like to see" and quote posting those with Sora's videos. There are plenty of valid concerns about generative AI, and the pace at which it's being developed. Still, after ChatGPT's AI-generated text and DALL-E's images, videos were the next natural step.

Here's what Sora can do:

Ah yes, the future of Hollywood — videos that look remarkably similar to the 2003 crazy frog.

Topics OpenAI

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Christianna Silva is a Senior Culture Reporter at Mashable. They write about tech and digital culture, with a focus on Facebook and Instagram. Before joining Mashable, they worked as an editor at NPR and MTV News, a reporter at Teen Vogue and VICE News, and as a stablehand at a mini-horse farm. You can follow them on Twitter @christianna_j.


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