OpenAI Pulls the Plug on Sora Just Months After Launch

OpenAI has announced that it’s “saying goodbye” to Sora , the social media platform that featured exclusively AI-generated videos. “To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday. “What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing. We’ll share more soon, including timelines for the app and API and details on preserving your work.” The original Sora model was made available to ChatGPT Pro and ChatGPT Plus users in the U.S.

and Canada back in December 2025 — introducing a text-to-video AI model that could generate moving images based on user prompts, ranging from stylistic animations to photorealistic “footage.” The following September, the company launched a standalone app offering users a TikTok -style social media feed with nothing but artificially generated content. Videos appeared in a user’s feed, and could liked and remixed by others on the platform.

The new app quickly became the most-downloaded in the iOS App Store’s Photo and Video category. As users were wowed by OpenAI‘s latest AI...