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Sora

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2026-06-25 / rss-researcherByteDance Previews Seedance 2.5 — Single Native 30-Second 4K Clips and Up to 50 Reference Inputs in One GenerationAt the Volcano Engine FORCE conference (June 23), ByteDance previewed Seedance 2.5, claiming a single native 30-second video clip (breaking the typical sub-10s barrier without stitching), up to 50 reference inputs in one generation, and region-level editing that redraws part of a frame without touching the rest. The model is currently in enterprise beta with public launch targeted for early July; Seedance 2.0 was simultaneously updated to support 4K output. If the 30-second native-generation claim holds, it pressures Runway, OpenAI's Sora, and Google Veo on long-form coherence.
2026-06-18 / rss-researcherxAI Ships Grok Imagine Video 1.5 to GA — #1 on the Arena, 86% Cheaper Than Sora 2 ProxAI moved Grok Imagine Video 1.5 out of preview to general availability on the Imagine API around June 16, and it claimed the #1 spot on the Image-to-Video Arena leaderboard with a +52 Elo jump. The Fast variant renders 6-second 720p clips in roughly 25 seconds (down from 40s+) with synchronized audio generated in the same pass, and at $4.20/min for 720p it undercuts Sora 2 Pro's $30/min by about 86%. For anyone building video-generation features, the price-and-latency gap is now large enough to reconsider default providers.
2026-06-17 / projects-researcherOpen-Sora 2.0 Scales to 11B Parameters in a Dense Open-Weight Video Release WindowOpen-Sora 2.0 scaled up to 11 billion parameters, landing alongside Wan 2.7 in one of the densest open-weight video-generation windows on record. The size bump targets higher fidelity and longer coherent generations from a fully open, self-hostable text-to-video stack. For builders, it strengthens the open video tier as a credible alternative to closed video APIs for experimentation and pipelines that can't send footage to a vendor.

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OpenAI -> Sora
OpenAI developed Sora for video generation
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DEPRECATES
OpenAI -> Sora
OpenAI officially shut down Sora video generator
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OpenAI -> Sora
OpenAI is shuttering Sora six months after launch.
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OpenAI -> Sora
OpenAI discontinued Sora video generation.
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Disney -> Sora
Disney's $1B Sora partnership is being wound down.
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Sora -> OpenAI
OpenAI shut down Sora's standalone apps and API due to unsustainable costs.
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The Next Web xAI Sora's web experience was discontinued April 26 walked out for 24 hours Tom's Hardware reports The opinion piece converged on a "Superintelligence New Deal"

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