Sam Altman keeps changing the plan. The rest of us have to keep up.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has promised "a very high rate of change" at his company.

GIP

Farewell, Sora. You were too beautiful and too stupid for this world.

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Sora was too good for this world. Now it's gone.

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OpenAI's Sora decision is all about AI compute

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OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo
OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo

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Disney and OpenAI are breaking up, and it's a big test for new CEO Josh D'Amaro

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New Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro has had an eventful first week, including the loss of a key business partner.

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OpenAI is scrapping the Sora app to chase bigger AI goals

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The Sora by OpenAI logo appears on the app store.
OpenAI is discontinuing Sora, its AI text-to-video generator.

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OpenAI executive sees a Rubik's Cube of future revenue sources

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Finance executive Sarah Friar speaking at a conference
Finance executive Sarah Friar speaking at a conference

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Lightspeed Ventures partner says Sora will make social media creators 'far, far, far less valuable'

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Lightspeed Ventures partner Michael Mignano is pictured.
AI-generated video marks a "whole new chapter for the internet," Lightspeed Ventures partner Michael Mignano said.

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ChatGPT's year-end recap is here — and it tells you how many em-dashes you exchanged

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ChatGPT has its own recap à la Spotify Wrapped

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Disney bets $1 billion on OpenAI in deal that opens its vault of characters to ChatGPT and Sora

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Disney CEO Bob Iger announced a team-up with Sam Altman's OpenAI
Disney CEO Bob Iger announced a team-up with Sam Altman's OpenAI in a deal that brings popular characters to ChatGPT and Sora while making the House of Mouse an investor in OpenAI.

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All the Bad Things That Can Happen When You Generate a Sora Video

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