More Coding, Less Slop? Why OpenAI Ditched Sora
Apr 07, 2026•21 min
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After the smash success of ChatGPT, OpenAI positioned its video generation model Sora as AI’s next consumer-friendly frontier. Disney signed on to the vision, promising a huge investment and allowing the studio’s characters to appear in Sora videos. Then OpenAI abruptly shut Sora down. WSJ’s Berber Jin takes us inside the pivot and explores what it means for the AI industry. Jessica Mendoza hosts.
Further Listening:
- Artificial: The OpenAI Story
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