This is clearly a sign that the product failed to draw in enough customers and its viability was overhyped.
Hopefully, it is the start of the AI bubble bursting.
I think “this is clearly a sign” is anything but clear.
We all know incredibly popular projects are routinely shelved for a variety of reasons. Usually some tax loophole or strategy conflict. But with no details and a rollercoaster ride of The Mouse involvement, there’s no reason to not assume The Mouse altered the terms of the deal behind closed doors. Did The Mouse see too much potential from this and bought the tech behind the scenes? Maybe. They got deep deep deep pockets and occasionally run against other evil empires, if only for their own benefit.
I do think it’s likely but about as clear as mud
Shortly before it announced the pact with OpenAI, Disney sent Google a cease-and-desist demand, alleging the internet giant was engaging in copyright infringement on a “massive scale” using AI models and services to “commercially exploit and distribute” infringing images and videos.
More recently, China’s ByteDance incurred a spate of legal threats from studios including Disney, Paramount, Warner Bros., Sony and Netflix with its Seedance 2.0 AI system.
My guess is the powers that be have thought it through and decided to crack down on generative video as a whole with a lawsuit campaign, new legislation or both. The planned crackdown is severe enough that OpenAI can’t continue offering video services without standing in opposition to the closed door oligarch consensus, so they agreed to cooperate in advance by shutting it down.
Not sora its gone
Morged.
My buddy paid for this (I think?). He started posting its-me-donny-only-im-starring-in-indiana-jones vids to FB.
Dancing baby gif vibes circa 1996.
