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OpenAI’s Sora hit 1 million downloads in less than five days
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images OpenAI’s short-form artificial intelligence video app Sora hit 1 million downloads less than five days after its launch in late September, according to an executive. Bill Peebles, head of Sora at OpenAI, shared the milestone in a post on X late Wednesday. He said Sora reached 1 million […]
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OpenAI’s Sora 2 must stop allowing copyright infringement, Motion Picture Association says
Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images The Motion Picture Association on Monday urged OpenAI to “take immediate and decisive action” against its new video creation model Sora 2, which is being used to produce content that it says is infringing on copyrighted media. Following the Sora app’s rollout last week, users have been swarming […]
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Instagram will award top creators with a gold ring. But no cash
Instagram announced on Monday the launch of a new “Rings” award that will give 25 creators a literal gold ring and a matching badge on their profile, but no cash. Winners will be chosen by a panel including Instagram chief Adam Mosseri, filmmaker Spike Lee, designer Marc Jacobs and YouTuber Marques Brownlee. The move comes […]
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Indonesia reinstates TikTok’s license after app shares data amid protest fallout
Indonesia lifted a suspension on TikTok’s local operating license on Saturday after the platform shared data requested by the government. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Indonesia has reinstated TikTok’s local operating license after it shared data requested by the government that was linked to the nationwide protests between late August and September. […]
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AI Sam Altman and the Sora copyright gamble: ‘I hope Nintendo doesn’t sue us’
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images OpenAI launched short-form video app Sora this week, and users have flooded the platform with artificial intelligence-generated clips of popular brands and animated characters. The startup could soon face a deluge of copyright lawsuits, experts told CNBC. “A lot of the videos that people are going to generate […]
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How to get Sora app invite codes for OpenAI’s viral AI video creator
Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images OpenAI’s new artificial intelligence video app Sora has already grabbed the top spot in Apple‘s App Store as its number one free app, despite being invite-only. Sora, which was launched on Tuesday, allows users to create short-form AI videos and share them in a feed. The app is […]
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OpenAI’s invite-only video generation app Sora tops Apple’s App Store
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images OpenAI now has two of the top three free apps in Apple’s App Store, and its new video generation app Sora has snagged the coveted No. 1 spot. The artificial intelligence startup launched Sora on Tuesday, and it allows users to generate short-form AI videos, remix videos created […]
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OpenAI’s Sora 2 is putting safety and censorship to the test with stunningly real videos
Fresh off a $6.6 billion share sale that made it the world’s most valuable private company, OpenAI’s TikTok-style video app, powered by its new artificial intelligence model, Sora 2, is going viral. Despite the gated release that requires an invite code, the video creation tool has already shot to the number three spot on Apple‘s […]
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Meta wants to bring its Business AI chat tools to third-party websites
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks as he presents the new Meta Ray-Ban Display at the 2025 Meta Connect conference in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 17, 2025. Benjamin Legendre | AFP | Getty Images Meta‘s efforts to expand its core business from online advertising involves pitching companies AI-powered chat tools that they can use on […]
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Meta greenlights Facebook, Instagram ads based on your AI chats
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg holds a smartphone as he makes a keynote speech at the Meta Connect annual event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Meta will soon show ads and other content to users based on their interactions with the company’s digital assistant and […]
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