OpenAI’s Sora Video Generator is Impressive, But Not Ready for Prime Time

The startup’s text-to-video tool struggles with stray body parts and a mixed understanding of physics. It also requires more time to process requests than you might think. 

OpenAI’s Sora produces a short AI-generated video clip in response to the prompt: “An overhead view of a parrot flying through a verdant Costa Rica jungle, then landing on a tree branch to eat a piece of fruit with a group of monkeys. Golden hour, 35mm film.”

This week, we got an exclusive look at OpenAI’s new text-to-video software, Sora, which quickly captured the attention of the AI and media worlds. But first...

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