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Disney Drops $1B Deal as OpenAI Pulls Plug on Sora
OpenAI Is Pulling
the Plug on Sora
Mar 24, 2026 6:41 PM CDT

OpenAI Is Pulling the Plug on Sora

Disney says $1B deal is off

(Newser) - OpenAI's splashy AI video experiment is heading for the cutting-room floor—and it's taking a big Disney deal with it. The company says it is shutting down Sora, the standalone video-generation app it rolled out just months ago. CEO Sam Altman told staff Tuesday that video models are...

Disney Opens Up Its Characters to AI Video

Who knows what Moana, Mufasa will get up to on OpenAI's Sora

(Newser) - Disney is taking its most public leap yet into generative AI, cutting a deal with OpenAI to open up its beloved characters to user-generated AI videos. Under the three-year agreement , Disney will allow OpenAI's Sora tool to generate short-form videos featuring Disney-owned characters, with clips to be available for...

Zelda Williams Slams AI Deepfakes of Late Dad Robin
Robin Williams' Daughter:
'Stop Doing This to Him'
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Oct 11, 2025 12:30 PM CDT

Robin Williams' Daughter: 'Stop Doing This to Him'

Zelda Williams urges an end to AI deepfake videos of her late father, calling it 'Frankensteinian'

(Newser) - Robin Williams' daughter is urging people to stop sharing AI-generated videos of her late father, reports the Guardian . In a pair of pointed messages in her Instagram stories, Zelda Williams wrote: "Stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it'...

MrBeast Warns AI May Upend the YouTube Creator Economy

AI-generated content sparks debate among creators over copyright issues

(Newser) - With generative AI now capable of producing entire videos from a single prompt, YouTube's top creator, MrBeast, aka Jimmy Donaldson, warns that creators could soon find themselves competing with machines—and facing tough questions about the future of creative work, the BBC reports. The recent debut of OpenAI'...

Tyler Perry Is Going Through Some Things Over AI

Actor says artificial-intelligence tech is 'mind-blowing,' but warns industry will hemorrhage jobs

(Newser) - Just days ago, the world was introduced to Sora , OpenAI's new text-to-video generator—and there's already one big name experiencing conflicting feelings about it. Tyler Perry comes at the AI technology from two different perspectives, per his interview with the Hollywood Reporter : that of a business owner, and...

OpenAI's Video Maker Shows 'Jump in Capacity'
OpenAI Reveals Stunning
Text-to-Video Model
THE RUNDOWN
Feb 16, 2024 8:26 AM CST

OpenAI Reveals Stunning Text-to-Video Model

Sora can create realistic videos in seconds

(Newser) - Less than 16 months after the release of its ChatGPT model helped launch the artificial intelligence boom, OpenAI has revealed Sora, a text-to-video model that can create realistic video in seconds. "Sora can create videos of up to 60 seconds featuring highly detailed scenes, complex camera motion, and multiple...

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