OpenAI Discontinues Sora — Disney Drops $1B Investment, Video Generation Removed From ChatGPT

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OpenAI announced the shutdown of its Sora video generation app and API on March 24, citing high compute costs and the need to refocus ahead of its IPO. Disney has backed out of its $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI that was tied to the Sora partnership — no money ever changed hands. The shutdown also removes video generation from ChatGPT entirely; OpenAI says the Sora research team will pivot to world simulation for robotics.