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February 2024Model Release
Sora PreviewOpenAI

OpenAI drops a preview that changes the conversation overnight. 60-second videos with coherent physics, consistent characters, and cinematic camera movements. Nothing publicly available comes close. The internet is split between awe and existential dread. For creators, the preview is both inspiring and frustrating: it proves AI video can be genuinely cinematic, but almost no one can actually use it. The gap between 'demo' and 'product' becomes the story.

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