When OpenAI revealed its new generative video mannequin, Sora, final month, it invited a handful of filmmakers to attempt it out. This week the corporate revealed the outcomes: seven surreal quick movies that depart little doubt that the way forward for generative video is coming quick.
The first batch of fashions that might flip textual content into video appeared in late 2022, from firms together with Meta, Google, and video-tech startup Runway. It was a neat trick, however the outcomes had been grainy, glitchy, and just some seconds lengthy.
Fast-forward 18 months, and the most effective of Sora’s high-definition, photorealistic output is so gorgeous that some breathless observers are predicting the demise of Hollywood. But fears of misuse are rising too. Read the complete story.
—Will Douglas Heaven
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Interested in studying extra about how filmmakers are already utilizing Sora? Check out how three of them are already experimenting with it to create gorgeous movies—and discover out what they informed us they consider is coming subsequent.
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