Sora-generated video of a woman in a leather jacket and red dress walking in Tokyo at night, with the wet pavemet shiny with lights.
A video generated by Sora shows a woman strutting the streets of Tokyo.
  • OpenAI has launched a new tool, Sora, that generates AI videos based on user text.
  • It's currently in beta with safety experts and a limited group of creators.
  • But the first — admittedly hand-picked — results look eerily realistic.

AI-created images are about to get a lot more real-looking.

On Thursday, OpenAI showed off a new tool called Sora that can generate strikingly realistic videos based on users' prompts.

The videos created by Sora can be up to a minute long, and can consist of "complex scenes with multiple characters, specific types of motion, and accurate details," the company announced.