OpenAI Is Preparing to Launch a Social App for AI-Generated Videos

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OpenAI is launching a stand-alone app for its video generation AI model Sora 2, resembling TikTok but with AI-generated content.
The app features a vertical video feed, swipe-to-scroll navigation, and a For You–style page with a recommendation algorithm.
Users can create 10-second videoclips using OpenAI’s next-generation video model, with no option to upload external media.
The Sora 2 App includes identity verification, allowing users to confirm their likeness and be tagged in videos.
OpenAI launched the app internally last week, receiving positive feedback, though some worry about productivity impacts.
OpenAI sees the Sora 2 app as a way to change how people interact with AI-generated video, similar to ChatGPT’s impact on text.
The app may benefit from TikTok’s uncertain US operations situation, offering a short-form video app without ties to China.
Sora was initially launched in December 2023, accessible via a webpage and later integrated into the ChatGPT app.
Sora 2 will compete with AI video offerings from Meta and Google, which have introduced similar features.
TikTok has stricter rules on AI-generated content, banning misleading or harmful videos.
Sora 2 sometimes refuses to generate videos due to copyright safeguards, amid ongoing lawsuits like The New York Times case.
OpenAI faces criticism over child safety, introducing parental controls and working on age-prediction tools for ChatGPT.
Age restrictions for the Sora 2 app are currently unknown.

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